Santa Clara Valley Water District Director, District 6
What does this office do?
- Setting water rates and the district's budget
- Deciding on dams, pipelines, recycling, and flood-control projects
- Hiring and overseeing the general manager who runs the water district
Affects: Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency, Cost of Living Reduction,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
Milan Balinton has led the African American Community Service Agency in San Jose since 2011 and is a former Franklin-McKinley School District trustee. He says he will keep the Anderson Dam project on schedule, finish flood projects in neighborhoods that flooded first, and report costs plainly.
Nonpartisan
Phuong Tran Nguyen is a field representative for State Senator Dave Cortese and a lifelong resident of the district. Nguyen lists dam and levee safety, creek maintenance, transparent water rates, and plain-language budgets as priorities.
Sources: files.santaclaracounty.gov · vote.santaclaracounty.gov