Truc "Christy" Lam-Julian
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Pinole · Mother/Nonprofit CEO
Truc "Christy" Lam-Julian is a first-generation Vietnamese American, the daughter of refugees, and a Pinole resident of more than a decade. She holds a degree in International Business, has worked as a chef and small-business owner, and describes herself as using food to bridge social, economic, and cultural divides. She serves as a Pinole Planning Commissioner and previously served on the city's Community Service Commission. She founded East Bay United Against Hate and has been a shop steward, PTA president, Rotarian, Interact advisor, member of the county's Developmental Disabilities Council, and member of the county's Women and Girls Commission.
Positions in brief
Lam-Julian's platform centers on public-safety infrastructure, transparent city government, and drawing on her labor and budget experience.
On her campaign site, Lam-Julian says the city should address Pinole's physical and safety-related infrastructure needs and calls for enhancing transparency and engagement between city government and the community. An advocacy-group endorsement profile also cites her experience with the labor movement and managing municipal budgets.
On the issues
- Public Safety & Policing
Says the city should address the physical and safety-related infrastructure needs of Pinole.
“Addressing the physical and safety-related infrastructure of the city”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Calls for enhancing transparency and engagement between city government and the community.
“Enhancing transparency, access, and engagement between the city government and the community”
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Says her experience with the labor movement and managing municipal budgets informs her approach to city finances.
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