Richard CasavecchiaIncumbent
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Winters · Financial Analyst
Richard Casavecchia works in finance. He helps run a Sacramento County health plan for Medi-Cal and Medicare patients. He has served on the board of the Winters Healthcare Foundation for almost seven years. Casavecchia served 10 years in the Army. He was a Cavalry Officer. His last post was with the California Army National Guard. There he worked with local, state, and federal teams on disaster response. He helped write a state logistics plan for disaster response. That plan is still used today. He has a degree in Criminal Justice from Sacramento State. He also has an MBA from UC Davis. Casavecchia was first elected to the Winters City Council in 2022. In office, he voted for a bigger power rate cut for Valley Clean Energy customers than PG&E offers. He pushed for a new Fire Department training site. He proposed a plan to fix a stalled senior center project. He also proposed a food truck space at Three Oaks Park.
Positions in brief
Casavecchia wants steady city income and more new shops. He also wants safer streets and no license-plate tracking cameras.
Casavecchia says Winters leans too much on one-time building fees. A slow building year turned an expected surplus into a break-even budget. He wants the city to be more business-friendly. He wants more shops and steady income so city services do not depend on unpredictable fees. On street safety, he says street design controls how fast people drive, not just driver choices. He wants cheap fixes like painted lines and protected bike lanes. These keep cars, bikes, and walkers from crashing into each other. He also wants a parks committee to guide choices on ball fields and the creek area. On surveillance, he wants the city to stop using license-plate tracking cameras. He says the cameras track everyone's movements without a warrant. He says a partner agency already misused the data. He says courts should require a warrant for that kind of tracking.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Wants the city to rely less on one-time permit fees and grow steady revenue by making Winters more business-friendly.
“We should strive to make Winters more business-friendly, encourage commercial development, and grow recurring revenue so city services aren't dependent on unpredictable one-time windfalls.”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants street design changed, with protected bike lanes and striping, to slow cars and prevent crashes with bikes and pedestrians.
“Street design, not just driver behavior, determines how fast people drive; wide, straight streets invite speeding, and Winters' street standards should prioritize people over vehicle throughput.”
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Wants the city to end its current contract for automatic license-plate tracking cameras, saying it amounts to warrantless surveillance.
“We should end our relationship with Flock Security in its current form. Warrantless, blanket surveillance of everyone violates the 4th Amendment.”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Pushed to open public space for food trucks and mobile startups, and to cut permitting barriers that block them from growing into brick-and-mortar shops.
“Used a suggestion from community members and proposed an incubator/cafe space in Three Oaks Park to council, resulting in a space with utility hook ups for food trucks and other mobile startups that will be installed Fall 2026.”
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