I continue to have these meetings and work. If I leave the office at 2 a. What I choose to do above the mayor's basic duties is who I am and I can use my influence to work together with so many others. She wants to continue as mayor, she said, to help meet the challenges of a growing city and because she believes "with more hard work, our streets and neighborhoods will thrive.
With no challengers who come close to the level of name recognition of opponent Carter or matching her experience in government, business and the nonprofit world, it seems unlikely she will be unseated. But that has not deterred several city residents who look around their community and feel they could do better. All four of Goh's challengers mentioned homelessness as an issue that prompted them to run with varying solutions to solve the problem.
Tatum, 60, a pastor for Change Community Church and former Army veteran, said he wants to assemble a taskforce dedicated to studying and solving the homeless problem. He would also study ways to prevent homelessness by locating the people who are "a paycheck away or a day care bill away" from homelessness, he said.
Married for 42 years, Tatum said he's "more family-oriented than Goh" and his previous work in east Bakersfield and places like Compton have given him an advantage in helping youth and working to improve areas that struggle with gang and drug problems.
He hopes to particularly focus on reducing the rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people and providing them opportunities to learn coding, gaming and space exploration as a counterweight to the traditional agriculture and oil jobs in the community. Joseph Caporali, 88, says he is "strong as a bull," and is running to give the people a voice. In an interview with The Californian, he talked about wanting to help the homeless but offered few ways to do it.
Caporali said he would be in the community every day working for the people if elected, not "out at some country club playing golf. Write-in candidate Hudson, who said he's owned various janitorial businesses, car washes and window-cleaning services, also spoke of the people, specifically giving the vote back to them. He said he will put issues that come before the city to a vote of the people, but didn't elaborate on how he would do that.
The year-old said he's running for the position because he doesn't feel Goh has made an impact. Hudson spoke against sanctuary cities, even though Bakersfield is not one, saying that it leads to people living in fear and not able to reach their true potential. And on the topic of homelessness, he said he would build detox and rehabilitation centers instead of a homeless shelter, which he called an "idea from the heart.
Asked why he's running for mayor, Harrington, a father of six and a small-business owner, also cited homelessness. Harrington, 49, said he operates several businesses under Express Enterprise but did not want to say what they were. He also cited a desire to improve schools — though that is not within the purview of city government — and improve the business climate. He said he would also promote more police involvement in the community. More Coronavirus coverage. Login Subscribe.
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Karen Goh is the Mayor of Bakersfield in California. Goh assumed office on January 3, Goh's current term ends on January 6, Goh won re-election for Mayor of Bakersfield in California outright in the primary on March 3, , after the general election was canceled. Mayoral elections in Bakersfield are nonpartisan. Media outlets have reported that Goh is affiliated with the Republican Party. Goh attended Bakersfield High School.
She earned a bachelor's degree in music and a graduate degree in music education from the University of Southern California. After graduating, she taught music at Bakersfield Christian Life Schools and then moved to New York to work at the McGraw-Hill Companies, where she held several positions including vice president of publishing operations.
She was the fifth district supervisor of Kern County from to See also: Mayoral election in Bakersfield, California Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection. Karen Goh did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events Events and activity following the death of George Floyd See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May , Goh was mayor of Bakersfield during the weekend of May , , when events and activity took place in cities across the U.
Events in Bakersfield, California , began on Friday, May 29, The national guard was not deployed. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson, said that it was "not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process. Floyd's death was filmed and shared widely, leading to activity regarding racism, civil rights, and police use of force. The first events took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul on May Michael Pfleger took place the same day, making it the first major city outside of Minneapolis to host an event in response to Floyd's death.
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