Denise El Amin
Candidate for Mayor, Solvang · Business Owner
Denise El Amin is a former member of the Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness Commission.
Positions in brief
El Amin's public profile centers on her prior service on the county's behavioral wellness commission.
Local news outlets reported that she did not respond to repeated interview requests about her campaign platform.
On the issues
- Government, Elections & Democracy
Says city officials, including the mayor, must be held to a higher ethical standard and should not use public office for personal financial gain; officials who err should step aside rather than set a bad precedent.
“We should have people, the mayor and city council, that are ethical, that believe in doing the right thing, didn't take office just to make money off Solvang.”
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
As of her 2024 campaign for this same office, El Amin criticized Solvang's water bills as too high compared with neighboring communities and opposed a city ordinance allowing liens on properties over tenants' unpaid water bills.
“Our water bills are the highest in the valley; we're drinking the same water, why are we paying more?”
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