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Olivia is on the June ballot

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The filing is complete for my re-election bid. I have many ideas for sharing information on this site - stay tuned for new content. For now, I will focus on the basics, including My Official Candidate Statement : As a lifelong member of the Tri-Valley community and proud alumna of our local schools, it is an honor to serve as your Zone 7 Director. When you elected me to my first term in 2018, I promised to analyze water rates and ask tough questions about how Zone 7 spends our money. I delivered on my promise when I voted NO to increasing residential and commercial rates. I also re-worked agricultural rates in a transparent, public process. My Board colleagues selected me to serve as President and Vice-President because I am a collaborative and trustworthy team player. As a UCLA-educated mathematician and MBA with over 20 years of professional experience in the science and technology industries, I bring to the Board real-world knowledge that is critical when evaluating construction pro
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Hometown Water: The Lifeline of Pleasanton

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  Summer 2020 was a busy time for producing content. I am incredibly proud of the Hometown Water: The Lifeline of Pleasanton documentary created by the college and high school interns at Go Green Initiative . The goal of this documentary was to explore the past, present, and future of water in Pleasanton. This past week, on April 21, 2022, we held the official in-person screening of the film at the Firehouse Arts Center. Pleasanton's Museum on Main and our local Tri-Valley Television  are excellent partners for this project. The Museum helped with the history research and interviews - if you watch the film, you will see the Museum's curator Ken MacLennan featured. In 2014 he published a book about the history of Pleasanton , and I have heard him describe how one of the main throughlines of Pleasanton's history is water. In fact, the Museum on Main had a special Smithsonian exhibit Water/Ways , during the summer of 2020, and you can watch Ken's entire presentation and
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Olivia featured in Sites Reservoir Project video

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  In August 2020, the Sites Reservoir Project asked me to film a video. Since we were in the middle of coronavirus pandemic uncertainty, the best option was to film the video myself using my phone. I decided to film the video from my favorite place, the Centennial Trail, next to the Arroyo Del Valle in Downtown Pleasanton. In fact, the photo I am using for this campaign site is a selfie from when I filmed this video. More recently, at the January 19, 2022, Zone 7 Board of Directors Meeting, the Board unanimously voted to support the Third Amendment to the Sites Reservoir Project, moving forward on the generational opportunity to participate in the construction of a multi-benefit water storage project. Zone 7's participation will be for 10,000 acre-feet of water per year and Zone 7 will contribute approximately $4 million over the next three years.  I support the Sites Reservoir Project because it is designed to capture stormwater and more specifically take advantage of the recent
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