Tara is running to bring a neighbors-first, public-health approach to the challenges Vallejo residents feel every day: blight, safety concerns, homelessness, housing instability, addiction, neighborhood trauma, and barriers facing local small businesses. Her campaign is focused on practical action, measurable progress, and visible improvement in District 5.

Tara’s campaign is built on three priorities:

Revitalize Vallejo

Public health means public safety. Tara is focused on addressing blight, addiction, exploitation, sanitation, lighting, neighborhood trauma, and coordinated outreach through a public-health lens.

Proof point: Tara’s public-health experience gives her a systems-based understanding of how safety, sanitation, behavioral health, and neighborhood conditions intersect.

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Housing with Accountability

Tara supports clearer timelines, better coordination, and more transparent reporting on homelessness, encampment response, supportive housing, transitional housing, and pathways from street to services.

Proof point: Her prior service on Vallejo’s Housing & Community Development Commission and Housing First Solano’s Continuum of Care Board gives her direct experience with housing systems, service coordination, and accountability gaps.

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Local Opportunity Now

Tara believes healthy neighborhoods need healthy economies. She is focused on small-business support, corridor comeback strategies, youth jobs and training, second-chance hiring, micro-loans, financial-literacy partnerships, and buy-local campaigns.

Proof point: As a local small-business owner and second-chance employer, Tara understands what it takes to hire locally, remove barriers, and keep neighborhood dollars circulating in Vallejo.