Sacramento County Young Democrats Endorsement Questionnaire City Council District 4 Name: Steve Hansen Contact Information: steve@steve4sacramento.

com | 916-448-3274 Ballot Designation: Biotechnology Senior Manager Volunteer Campaign Manager: Joe Devlin Political Consultant: Chris Chaffee Fundraiser: Lisa Stratton Money Raised to Date: $165,000 Cash On Hand: $26,000 Total Anticipated Budget for November: $150,000 Former or current titles/offices held: This is my first time running for elected office but I have served the city as an appointed member to the City of Sacramentos Redistricting Advisory Committee in 2011. Affiliations with clubs, neighborhood groups, organizations, homeowners associations etc.: 2011-Present Member, Japanese American Citizens League Florin Road Chapter 2011-Present Member, Latino Democratic Club 2011-Present Member, Land Park Community Association 2010-Present Member, Verge Center for the Arts Advisory Board 2007-Present Member, Alkali Flat Mansion Flats Neighborhood Association 2006-Present Board Secretary, Center for AIDS Research, Education, and Services (CARES) 2003-Present Member and former Secretary, Stonewall Democratic Club of Sacramento 2002-Present Member, Sacramento County Young Democrats 2008-2012 Board Member and former Vice-Chair, Downtown Sacramento Partnership 2009-2011 Member and former Western Caucus Chair, Victory Fund Campaign Board 2003-2011 Elections Official, Sacramento County Registrar of Voters 2008-2010 Vice President , McGeorge Lambda Law Students Association 2006-2009 Board Member, Equality California Political Action Committee 2008-2009 Vice President, McGeorge Health Law Association 2008-2009 Board Member, McGeorge Government Affairs Student Association 2007-2008 Member, Barack Obama for President LGBT Policy Advisory Committee Fall 2006 City of Sacramento Management Academy 2004-2006 Legislative Director, Equality California 2004-2006 Steering Committee and Executive Committee Member, California Safe Schools Coalition Fall 2004 City of Sacramento Planning Academy 2004-2005 Board Member, Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians (SacLegal) Please attach a list of endorsements. Sacramento County Young Democrats Endorsement Questionnaire

1. How long have you lived in the Sacramento area? How long have you lived in the district? I have lived in the city for the last decade, and inside the district for 8 of those years. 2. Are you a registered Democrat? If yes, how many years have you been registered? Yes, I am a registered Democrat. I have been registered for 14 years, since I was 18. 3. Do you support a womans right to choose? Yes 4. Do you support equal rights for the LGBTIQ community? As an openly gay person, I fully support equal rights for LGBTQ individuals. During my tenure as the Legislative Director for Equality California, it was my proudest professional accomplishment when were able to get a marriage equality bill through the California Legislature, which was a historic accomplishment that no other legislature had yet done. Further, I am an early member of the Stonewall Democratic Club. In 2007-2008, I was privileged to serve on the LGBT advisory committee for President Obamas campaign. I have served on the national campaign board of the Victory Fund. I am a recognized leader in the LGBT rights movement locally, statewide, and nationally. In addition, I helped coordinate an independent expenditure with Stonewall, SCYD, and Planned Parenthood in the 2008 Mayors race where we ran television ads to show the choice between Heather Fargo and Kevin Johnson on marriage and reproductive choice. Later that year, I coordinated fundraisers to fight Prop. 8 and organized legal groups to do an amicus letter to the California Supreme Court encouraging them to exercise original jurisdiction over the Prop 8 case. 5. What are your top 3 priorities/major goals for the district and what are your top 3 priorities/ major goals for the city and how would you implement them? My top three goals for both the city and the district are retaining and creating jobs, ensuring the publics safety, health, and welfare are not compromised, and working on homelessness and revitalizing the arts. 6. How do you plan to incorporate Young Democrats into your campaign and work with SCYD on future issues? Do you have any policies specifically for young voters in your district? As a Young Democrat, I believe my policies are most closely aligned with young voters in my district, because I am focused on ensuring that Sacramento retains its quality of life while growing various job sectors to diversify our economy and ensuring that more young people think of Sacramento as a place to move to or to stay for opportunity particularly within the healthcare field, clean and green technology, and software innovation. In addition, I want to strengthen the arts community, which is an area that creative innovative young people have gravitated to in my district. 7. What are you going to do to better represent young people on the City Council? To extend my previous answer, I believe that the choices I make on the City Council will be best aligned with the younger constituents in my district. Equal representation is important for a successful government. My voice on the council will be one that allows everyone to have equal opportunity.

8. What is your strategy to appoint Young Democrats, minorities and women to city boards and commissions? I believe our society benefits when all groups within it have equal access to the political system, therefore I fully intend to actively recruit and emphasize the appointment of young democrats, women and people of color to city boards and commissions. 9. Explain your history working with SCYD and/or Young Democrats in Sacramento. Ive been a member of the SCYD since 2002 and have been actively involved in multiple community groups that promote the advancement of young engaged individuals. 10. Given that the ESC didnt come together, what is your plan for developing The Railyards? Im open to exploring various ideas that leverage the transit-oriented design of the railyards, including the intermodal transportation facility. 11. The district you plan to represent has an issue of chronic homelessness. What ideas do you have or what steps will you take towards addressing the issue? Homelessness is a critical issue and Sacramento has much work to do. I am proud of the actions Ive taken so far in working with city and neighborhood leaders to address homeless issues in the district. For example, last year I took the initiative on creating the Downtown Sacramento Foundation, which is run by the Downtown Partnership and will help raise money to address homeless issues in the downtown corridor. Creating this foundation to address this important issue was a lot of work and I was pleased to have the support of my fellow Board Members to get it done. I have also worked with my fellow neighbors on the Alkali Flats Neighborhood Association to address homeless issues in our neighborhood. 12. In these tough city budget times during cutbacks to police, what are some new ideas and creative solutions that address public safety for your constituents in downtown and Midtown? Promote ride sharing programs to prevent drunk driving. Explore opportunities to put retail businesses such as coffee shops in alleys so that they are more vibrant, and thus more safe to walk through (Old Soul near 18th and L is a good example). Open more state parking garages for very affordable public use on the weekends, so people can park their vehicles in a safe and secure place (the $2 Parking garage on 17th and L is a good example of this type of collaboration). Work to expand and improve communications between downtown business owners so they can immediately alert each other when there is a bad actor on the grid. 13. How will you balance your priorities for the district against the priorities of the city? I firmly believe that what is good for the city is good for the district and vice-versa. There is not necessarily a conflict between the two. As a trustee for the city and a representative of the people of District 4, I believe that my priorities are aligned with those of city as a whole. 14. The Supreme Court ruling has eliminated redevelopment agencies. How will you try to maintain the revitalization and economic development for the district? The council person representing the Central City will be a main voice in the Capitol to keep the states hands out of Sacramentos pockets. For almost a decade, I have successfully advocated for issues and communities with the state government, and I will work hard to ensure that Sacramentos hard earned resources are not misappropriated.

The city as a whole is not reliant on redevelopment funds. Midtown and other vibrant areas of the city do not occupy redevelopment areas nor received these funds. For the part of the city that were prime generators of tax increment financing, such as the downtown redevelopment area, we should target the limited remaining resources on infrastructure improvements and mitigating high impact fees or unreasonable obstacles to business in these zones. Finally, the city needs to be more creative about how attract and grow investment in the Central City. For instance, an independent Downtown Sacramento Redevelopment Corporation with a board of finance and development experts could participate in projects it funds and reinvest the proceeds into future projects. We need to utilize tools like this to continue our citys forward progress. 15. Name your top 10 contributions from Sacramento and your top 10 contributions from outside of Sacramento (specify name, amount and location). Sacramento 1.Sacramento Police Officers Association- $5,050 2.Stonewall Democratic Club-$5,050 3.Dennis Mangers- $3,050 4. Rosanna Herber-$3,000 5.Jesse Powell $3,000 6. Christopher Cabaldon- $1750 7. Northern Alliance of Law Enforcement- $1,500 8. Rainbow Pac- $1,500 9. Sam Catalano-$1,500 10. Peace Officers Research Association of Ca-$1,000 Out of Sacramento 1. Roche Good Government Committee- $5,050 2. Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund-$3,000 Washington DC 3. Cher Mitchell-$3,000- Hillsborough, Ca 4. Evan Morris-$3,000-Alexandria, Va 5. Tracy Morris-$3,000-Alexandria, Va 6. Assembly Speaker John Perez $1,500 Los Angeles, CA 7. Assemblymember Ricardo Lara-$1,500- Los Angeles, Ca 8. Assemblymember Rich Gordon-$1,500- Menlo Park, Ca 9. David Wagner-$1,500- Portland, Or 10. Bill Dickey-$1,100-Portland, Or 16. How many donors do you have that contributed less than $100? 238 17. Would you have supported the strong mayor initiative? Do you support the charter commission? What other ideas do you have for changes is in the city governments structure, if any? I have not been in support of the proposed strong mayor initiatives. I feel the same way about the charter commission. There are more pressing issues our city faces and I believe our time could be better spent tackling some of those topics.

In addressing changes in our government structure, I dont think our current system of city government is causing the dysfunction seen on the council. I believe its our inability to collaboratively work together. By electing the right people, we can get the city focused again on its priorities. 18. Do you support the proposed city tax initiative? At this time, I do not support the city tax initiative, because, among several reasons, of the need to pass the Governors measure on the fall ballot. I support taxes and fees appropriate to the level of public services needed to meet the needs of our city within the constraints of growing a resilient economy.

19. Do you support the rank and file city employees paying their share of their pensions. I support the City Managers efforts to achieve budget reform through the collective bargaining process.
20. Do you support efforts to increase the role of charter schools in public education? Do you support Mayoral control of public education in Sacramento? The Sacramento City Unified School Board is responsible for school governance, not the City Council. I support tax dollars going toward building and maintaining a strong public school system and I will advocate for strengthening public schools as a councilmember. However, state and federal laws protect the rights of independent charter schools to form and operate so long as they meet certain criteria and guidelines. I am a firm believer that the school board, not the City, should run the schools. 21. What is your strategy for increasing jobs in the district? Specifically in Downtown and Midtown. By diversifying our economy we can begin to create and sustain healthy jobs in the downtown corridor. I feel the new economy we find ourselves in is one based on knowledge. As a city, we should foster the synergies of our universities through technology transfer and enterprise zones to attract clean-tech, bio-tech, high-tech, arts, entertainment and film/television. We should focus on creating industry clusters inside the city, such as the newly forming biotech cluster on Stockton Boulevard by UCD Medical Center, which is a preeminent research institution and a leading Sacramento business. I believe my strong relationships with many downtown business owners and advocates of job growth will be a tremendous help as I lead efforts around job retention and growth. I would also be an advocate for small businesses and work hard to make the city more responsive to the needs of small businesses. Small businesses create most of the new jobs in this country and our city can and should improve its support of small businesses. 22. What are your budget priorities? How do you intend to generate more revenue for the city and where can we save money? I think city government should end business as usual and start rethinking and re-strategizing its approach to how scarce tax dollars are used. This means that first and foremost, taxpayer dollars should be used to provide basic services that individuals cannot, or should not, be expected to provide for themselves (i.e. public safety, roads, parks, water, sewer, etc.). By spending smarter,

we can hopefully grow the Citys general fund through economic activity rather than simply raising rates or adding new fees. 23. What ideas do you have to make Sacramento a greener city? We need to embrace the culture of becoming a sustainable city. By promoting a more complete city we can encourage the use of bicycles, public transportation, and walking in the city. I support bicycle and pedestrian-oriented development, complete streets, and will advocate for related policies that benefit public health, the economy and the environment. Further, I will work with Regional Transit, Congressmember Matsui, and the Citys Transportation Department to ensure we continue to grow our public transportation system and provide consistent coverage. I will also strive to think innovatively on the council and promote new sources of green jobs. Some of the fields that could be brought to Sacramento are in the high tech, clean tech, biotech, and renewables industry. Sacramento is in a unique position to grow this sector with its access to highly educated workers, research institutions, access to statewide policymaking bodies, favorable climate and existing green initiatives, both public and private. I would further seek to leverage this position for additional federal support and to attract companies engaged in these industries to facilitate the development of a green jobs sector in Sacramento. 24. What makes you different than the other candidate in the race? My unique set of experiences as a community advocate and working for a company that strives to innovate will bring a fresh focus to economic development in the city and help protect our quality of life. The city has for too long relied on the government and construction industries as engines of growth, and we need divergent thinking to diversify our economy. 25. What have you done to better the lives of Sacramentans? For almost a decade, Ive worked to improve Sacramento as an advocate for neighborhoods, civil rights, and responsive government. I live in the Alkali Flat community and am actively involved in my neighborhood association. In 2008, I was appointed as the neighborhood representative for the Board of Directors of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership a non-profit public-private organization focused on improving the downtown community. As a Member of the Board, I led the effort to create the Downtown Sacramento Foundation, which was incorporated in 2011. The Foundations mission is to support arts and cultural activities in the downtown area while working to reduce homelessness. Also, in order to further good governance, I led the formation of the Governance and Audit Committee at the DSP in 2009. Recently, I worked with community leaders to organize the construction of a new playground in Zapata Park to provide local children with a safe place to play. In my spare time I enjoy volunteering on the advisory committee of a local arts organization, and serving on the Board of the Center for AIDS Research, Education, and Services (CARES). I completed the City of Sacramentos Planning and Management academies courses designed to help educate me on how to navigate local government and prepare me to be an effective city leader. In 2011, I was one of fifteen city residents selected to serve on the Sacramento Redistricting Citizens Advisory Committee. As a member of the committee, I used the knowledge I gained from the academies and my ties to the neighborhoods, to work tirelessly to ensure neighborhoods and communities of interest stayed together so that council district maps were drawn in a way that represented their needs.

My time in Sacramento has been defined by efforts to give back and provide opportunities for young people to lead and empower themselves for a great future.