Gail Wilk Dixon
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), East Palo Alto · Legal Investigator
Gail Wilk Dixon grew up in a military family and has lived in East Palo Alto since before its 1983 incorporation. She has operated a tax preparation practice and worked as a legal researcher. She has served on the East Palo Alto Senior Advisory Board, the Rent Stabilization Board, the Public Works and Transportation Commission, and the East Palo Alto Sanitary District Rate Advisory Committee.
Positions in brief
Local news reporting describes her wanting to bring a mainstream grocery store to East Palo Alto and end no-bid city contracts, though a detailed platform was not independently verified against her own materials.
According to Almanac/Palo Alto Online reporting, Dixon says she wants to bring a mainstream supermarket to East Palo Alto and end no-bid contracts. No campaign website or candidate statement with a fuller issues platform was found, so these points are noted as reported rather than as confirmed positions.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Promises to bring a mainstream supermarket to East Palo Alto, which she says has gone 43 years without one.
“A mainstream supermarket in East Palo Alto, after 43 years without one.”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to rebuild the Whiskey Gulch area as a gathering place and economic engine.
“A modern Whiskey Gulch, rebuilt as the gathering place and economic engine it once was.”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports rent protections she describes as fair to both tenants and landlords.
“Real rent protections are fair to both sides.”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Wants to end what she calls no-bid city contracts and increase transparency in contracts, votes, and spending.
“The era of hidden transparency's are over. Transparency in every contract, every vote, and every dollar.”
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