Claudia Jiménez
Candidate for Mayor, Richmond · Councilmember, City of Richmond
Claudia Jiménez is originally from Colombia, where she worked as an architect designing affordable housing. She has served on the Richmond City Council since 2021, first elected to the District 6 seat in the city's first district elections and re-elected in 2024.
Positions in brief
Jiménez emphasizes diversifying Richmond's economy, a holistic approach to public safety, expanding city services, strengthening immigrant protections, and refusing corporate campaign contributions.
She points to leading public-safety and financial reforms she says contributed to Richmond's lowest homicide rate and highest city revenue on record, championing the "Make Polluters Pay" measure and negotiating a $550 million Chevron settlement, advocating for corporate business-tax requirements, and helping launch the ROCK mental-health crisis response team and increase funding for the Office of Neighborhood Safety violence-prevention program.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Wants to diversify Richmond's economy beyond oil refining by leveraging the city's deep-water port and ensuring job-training programs benefit Richmond residents.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports a holistic approach to public safety that combines police funding with mental-health crisis teams, road safety, fire prevention, and youth programs.
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants to invest in parks, libraries, road maintenance, and landscaping to make Richmond more attractive for residents and businesses.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Wants to strengthen Richmond's Sanctuary City protections and invest in organizations that provide legal protection for immigrants and other vulnerable residents.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Refuses all corporate campaign contributions in order to remain independent of business influence.
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