Jaskirat Sondh
Candidate for Mayor, Rancho Cucamonga · Businessman
Jaskirat Singh Sondh describes himself on his campaign site as "a businessman, pilot, teacher, artist, and accountant" who was "born and raised in California." He identifies as a Democratic Socialist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). His mayoral platform for Rancho Cucamonga lays out detailed positions on development, economic development, public safety, city finances, housing, transportation, utilities, small business, labor, infrastructure, police oversight, and privacy, and states the campaign runs on small donors only, with no PAC or developer money.
Sondh's platform centers on five stated priorities: scaling back and re-reviewing the approved Etiwanda Heights development; making job recruitment his top economic priority to replace jobs lost when Frito-Lay left the city; modernizing emergency response (relocating the Emergency Operations Center, expanding the drone program, seeking a new hybrid fire engine); pursuing more state and federal grant funding through a dedicated city grants office; and fixing core services such as potholes, parking, and the animal shelter. Beyond those five, he proposes tenant protections and a city-run public-housing land trust, free citywide bus service, expanded municipal broadband and 100% renewable power through the city's own utility, small-business grants and labor agreements, a fully independent civilian police review board with subpoena power, removal of the city's license-plate-reader cameras on privacy grounds, and advocacy for cheaper water and gas rates through the water district and a possible public gas utility. His campaign says it accepts only small donors and no PAC or developer money.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Opposes the density approved for the Etiwanda Heights project and wants it scaled back, with a full independent environmental review and wildfire evacuation planning required before construction begins.
“rushed review the city did”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Wants a city office giving renters free legal help and mediation, and a city-backed land trust offering public housing with rents tied to building cost rather than the market.
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to make job recruitment his top priority as mayor, working to bring manufacturing, logistics, and green-energy employers to replace jobs lost when Frito-Lay left the city.
“job recruitment my #1 economic priority”
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Wants to relocate and modernize the city's Emergency Operations Center, expand the drone program used for fire mapping and disaster assessment, and push for a new hybrid fire engine and evacuation planning for foothill communities.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Plans to pursue more state and federal grant funding for the city, including Community Development Block Grants, and to create a dedicated grants office in the City Manager's office.
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants to launch a 'Pothole Patrol' with a 48-hour repair response time, reform parking management through the city's newly adopted Parking Authority, and raise pay to address an animal-shelter veterinarian shortage.
“Pothole Patrol”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants to make city buses free for all riders, funded through the general fund or a sales tax, with direct weekend service between Victoria Gardens and Haven City Market.
“Fast And Free Buses For All”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants to treat internet access as a public utility, expanding the city's existing fiber network with a price target around $68 a month for gigabit service.
“public utility”
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Wants to expand the city-owned Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility Company toward 100% renewable energy procurement and expand net metering for rooftop solar customers.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports creating a civilian police review board that is fully independent of the police department and has subpoena power.
“truly independent”
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Wants to remove the city's Flock automated license-plate-reader cameras, calling them a violation of residents' privacy.
“severe infraction of privacy rights”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Says his campaign relies only on small donors and refuses PAC money or large developer contributions.
“SMALL DONORS only, no PAC money, no BIG DEVELOPER MONEY”
Source → - Education & Schools
Wants to partner with Chaffey College on a free community college program and start a pilot free childcare program for a small number of low-income families with children under three.
“50-100 low income families with children aged 0-3”
Source → - Water & Natural Resources
Wants the city to push the water district for more low-income rate assistance and to explore bringing natural gas service under public ownership.
“Voluntary Purchase”
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