Fernando Banuelos
Candidate for Mayor, Parlier · Retired Instructor
Fernando Banuelos is a retired instructor who has worked at YCA in the Central Valley.
Positions in brief
No detailed public platform was found for Banuelos.
No campaign website or issue survey with specific policy stances could be located. His professional background is as a retired instructor.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Wants to increase residential development, including gated communities, to draw higher-income residents and raise the city's median income, saying housing growth has been nearly flat.
“I'm not looking at low income. I'm looking at our high income to draw in a different population.”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Proposes renovating vacant homes into shelters paired with job-training programs rather than indefinite support.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Emphasizes preventing crime before it starts, through technology and youth programs involving parents and churches, rather than relying only on reactive policing.
“It's to prevent crime from starting.”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to actively market Parlier nationally and internationally to manufacturers and tech companies, citing low land and labor costs as a draw, after years without corporate investment.
“why in the past 15 years, no corporations have been invested in the city”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Says the city budget should be the first priority, criticizes past spending without confirmed funding, and calls for hiring a financial director and a qualified city manager along with more budget transparency.
“writing checks without knowing that there's money in the bank”
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