Tom Patti is a second-generation Stocktonian. He graduated from native faculties and attended Delta School. He’s a five-time state and Golden Gloves boxing champion who as soon as thought-about an expert boxing profession, spending time coaching with the legendary boxing coach Cus D’Amato. He returned to Stockton in 2001 to work beside his father to construct Delta Cranes into the preeminent crane firm within the San Joaquin Valley.
As a single dad, Tom is keen about making certain protected communities and creating extra alternatives for households. He understands the significance of inexpensive schooling and is working to make sure our youth have the alternatives for larger schooling or profession coaching.
As a second-generation native enterprise proprietor, Tom acknowledges that small companies are the job creators of our neighborhood – the engine that drives our society. He’s a member of the Nationwide Federation of Impartial Enterprise Homeowners, Stockton Builder’s Alternate, and the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau. Tom’s imaginative and prescient is wise financial development with an eye fixed on the way forward for self-sustaining, energy-efficient communities.
With a lifetime ardour for giving again, Tom serves on the Delta School Basis Board, and served on the Youngster Abuse Prevention Council, Stockton Crime Stoppers, March of Dimes and the Equal Employment Alternative Advisory Committee. In 2015, Tom had the distinction of being chosen by the African American Chamber as their “Man about City” in recognition of his many native contributions.
Tom Patti was overwhelmingly elected to the County Board of Supervisors in 2016 and once more in 2020. Throughout that point he led efforts to remodel how the County offers with homelessness, fought for larger salaries to retain Deputy Sheriffs and Nurses, and helped usher in new jobs and companies like Tesla and Unifab.
On the Board, Patti has pushed for actual motion and transformative management to vary the trajectory of our neighborhood. He fought to re-open our faculties & companies, led efforts to get homeless off the road, elevated Sheriff patrols and improved public security, created new packages for workforce and schooling, expanded job creation & financial growth, and packages to help veterans.
Now he’s operating for Mayor.
Patti’s targets for Mayor are clear: He needs motion and calls for outcomes.
He’ll push to remodel how the town offers with homelessness. It’s time to acknowledge that “housing first” has failed – CA has spent billions of {dollars} with worse than no outcomes – we’re really going backward. We have to reclaim our streets, get folks into shelters with therapy, and create an actual path out of dependancy and homelessness.
He’ll push to make sure safer neighborhoods. Stockton was named one of many worst cities within the state for violent crimes. Patti is decided to vary that. As County Supervisor, he took unprecedented motion when the county began dropping Deputies to different communities – he reopened the contract and raised their pay to the median. The outcome has helped guarantee we’re holding the best-trained Deputies who learn about and are available from our neighborhood. As Mayor, he’ll push to rebuild our Police Division, guarantee Officers are paid a good wage, restore neighborhood police stations and neighborhood policing, and crack down on criminals who’re preying on our neighborhood.
Patti has daring plans to revitalize Downtown Stockton and the Miracle Mile – bringing new venues to offer households and younger folks artistic and productive actions, create extra jobs, and make downtown an financial powerhouse. Patti will push for redevelopment to create leisure districts with a neighborhood middle, lodges, eating places, and leisure venues. This may deliver jobs, scale back crime, present younger folks with retailers, and generate income for companies and the town.
Patti doesn’t sit again and wait – he pushes for options and outcomes. Typically that ruffles some feathers, however there isn’t a doubt Tom Patti will get outcomes. And he has proven that he can forge coalitions with out getting trapped in ”evaluation paralysis” by making an attempt to please everybody.
Tom Patti is a daring chief who is decided to vary the trajectory of Stockton’s future. Given the torpor and scandals of the previous few years, Tom Patti could be simply what Stockton wants
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