What I would create for 6th District.

1A.  If elected, what will be your top three priorities and why? 

1. To bring in a Clean and Safety Team.

They will clean up our Corridors and Patrol our 6th District. They will clean up the business corridors, making sure all the trash and dirt is pickup and power wash the sidewalks and patrol our community. They will make sure that they are coordinating with the Police Department in ongoing investigations and help to deter crime. 

2. Focus on bringing more diverse businesses into our District. 

By this will bring in more jobs and a focal point to the community. We have empty storefronts that need businesses so that we can thrive and make our district grow. Our small businesses are the backbone of our city and to lose any more is to lose the fabric of our dreams. 

3. Work with several non Profit organizations to acquire property to build a Dormitory setting for the Homelessness. 

It will have workshops for skilled trades, educational programs & courses, counseling and so forth. I used to be homeless and lived in my car and working full time. I have seen individuals that need help by either mental health counseling, detoxification, housing and job placement. 

4. To make sure Everyone is heard will create a Collation of Community Members, Community Organizations and Small Business Owners. 

Everyone has the right for their voice to be heard and say what goes into the Community that we live and work in. 

5. To bring the Minimum wage up to $15 and to stop with the taxes that have burden our community. We have lost businesses, homeowners and renters. What I would like to do is to create a grant for people that are in hardships. The grant would be from $500 to $1,000 and applicants must provide evidence of hardship. 

6. To be transparent. I work for the Residents of 6th District. I will not be taking the Salary that comes with the district seat but putting it back into the 6th District Community. Bring in more Festivals, Concerts to our Parks, create green spaces for us, for our children and pets. 

I would like to bring in more programs for our children to learn about. Like Coding, how to create a game, how to create a Security code and see how it operates. How to create music, art, to learn and 

 1A: What are your pro-business priorities? 

Being a small business owner I have seen what it takes to keep your business thriving. Right now I am searching for an adequate storefront but have released that E-Commerce is the leading factor for businesses. Having an E-Commerce site in today’s age of technology is vital and I want to make sure all the businesses in our District has a site. I want to partner with them to help create their site, make sure they are getting the best traffic flow and to see them grow. I am creating a Small Business Long Beach Initiative that will help them with everyday challenges in businesses. For example there is payroll apps that you can download that can track your employees hours, mileage, so that you can keep a more efficient records, help create an app of their business to share on google play or apple.

This was one of the 2 encampments that was selling Meth to 13 year old kid. I sent all my evidence and information to the resource officers and to Shannon of the Homelessness Services Department. They came out twice and after several months this encampment and the other one at Kim Longs Market was disbanded. Selling drugs non stop, the encampment growing to 10-12 people mostly men but to sell to children and then having that kid go and share it to other children as young as 8. it broke my heart. I was homeless and I tried every single day to get them help, get them in contact with the services, to shelters but some didn't want to go.  Each day we had seen them naked, going to the bathroom, selling drugs, shooting up drugs, fights and we would call the police.

Hello Everyone,
This blog is created to reach out to my fellow neighbors and my community.
Feel free to ask me any questions, I am an open book.
Thank you Josie
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Josephine Villasenor: Platform for the Arts

How can politics support the arts? I would identify a business that allows artists to express themselves creatively. For instance,  I believe Fox Coffee House is an asset to the artistic community because it allows local artists to express themselves regardless of artistic genre. It is significant to the community because it helps the local artists connect with each other and grow.

The under-utilized municipal assets are homemade crafts and the artists that made them. I would make them more easily accessible by bringing those artists into Events like the Neighborhood Art Walks.

I would support these businesses by promoting them to the community, having meetings within the business and by having pop up events at the businesses themselves. Municipal Government should fund the arts through grants and school funding. I would advocate to discuss municipal funding for the arts to better understand how much government support and funding is practical and feasible. 

Please show your support by liking Josephine A Villaseñor's Facebook Candidate Page. And remember to vote in the District Six Primary on 04/12/2016.

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Josephine Villasenor's Bio - Candidate 6th District City Cuncil

Hi, I'm Josephine Villaseñor.  

 
I was born and raised in South Whittier grew up the 15th kid out of 20. I am Cherokee, Mescalero Apache, California Native Tongva, Mexican- Indian, Spaniard, Polynesian, Irish, Argentinean, Filipino, and Japanese. 

I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management with an Emphasis in Early Childhood Development. I started to work by the age of 15, took care of my family when my mother was ill, worked and went to school. I am that person that takes care of their family, friends and animals. 

I moved to Long Beach in the early 2000’s and have been here for 15 years. I started Wrigley Community Watch in April 2015 after I was attacked by 2 drug dealers while rescuing a Shih Tzu. They wanted to steal the dog to sell it to get more drugs. I knew something had to be done. So I took it upon myself to patrol my neighborhood because I didn’t want my neighbors to feel afraid or have something done to them like what had happened to me. My patrols grew while trying to keep neighbors safe and protected while keeping the neighborhood clean. 

After my patrols on Sunday’s I would start to do clean ups of my neighborhood. I also went on to graduate from the Long Beach CERT-Community Emergency Response Team and I am an American Red Cross Volunteer. 

I belong to a great organization called W.A.N.A- Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance along with MacArthur Park Community Association. I am still doing my patrolling but now I have 35 Community Watchers throughout Long Beach area. 

I put on Wrigley Community Watch BBQ’s so that the neighborhood knows that we are there for them no matter what and to bring us closer to each other as a Community. I have also hosted We Love Long Beach events and will continue to do so. 

When I am elected into the 6th District Office, I will not take the Salary. That will be distributed among the Long Beach Police Department, Long Beach Fire Department, Long Beach CERT, W.A.N.A, Wrigley Kittens and other Rescue Groups. 

I will keep on working with Piñata Fiesta along with District 6 Office job duties. I also take care of 3 families by bringing them food, making sure they get to their doctor appointments and whatever else that come up that they need. I am a survivor of child abuse, molestation and Stage 2 Cervical Cancer. I have Epilepsy and P.T.S.D. but I don’t let that stop me from helping me Community.
 
 Thank you Josie.

Please support me by voting for Josephine on April 12th, 2016, using the hashtag #SupportJosephine and by liking my Facebook Candidate Page.




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