Melanie Jones-Carter
Candidate for City Council Member, Santa Rosa, District 4 · Non-Profit Board Member
Melanie Jones-Carter is a longtime community organizer who chairs Santa Rosa's Design Review and Preservation Board and previously served as a member and vice chair of the city's Art in Public Places committee. She relocated to Santa Rosa's Junior College area from Palo Alto in 2013 and retired after more than 30 years in operations and management roles, including overseeing budgeting, staffing, and procurement at Dynatex International. She co-founded the Benton Street Improvement Association with her neighbors.
Positions in brief
Jones-Carter's campaign focuses on quality-of-life issues including housing, road and sidewalk improvements, homelessness, and downtown revitalization.
Jones-Carter has campaigned on quality-of-life issues including housing, infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks, homelessness, and downtown revitalization, describing herself as a hands-on "doer" committed to constituent service. Outgoing District 4 councilmember Victoria Fleming has endorsed her, saying Jones-Carter "understands how a city actually functions economically, and who also genuinely cares about the people in it."
On the issues
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