Chamber of Commerce Archives - Donald Childs for Rancho Cordova City Council

Join me in voting No on Measure R! No more writing off $250k loans to breweries or $192k loan forgiveness to Chamber of Commerce.

Please read these articles to learn more about how Measure H funds have been managed and what may be in store for Rancho Cordova taxpayers with Measure R.

2015: City loans American River Brewery $250K – Source: City of Rancho Cordova

2017: American River Brewery goes out of business

2019: Sacramento Biz Journal reports City of Rancho Cordova trying to collect on $235K balance of loan or write off loan – Source: Sacramento Business Journal

August 2019: Sac News and Review reports on Rancho Cordova Chamber Bailout after I ask them to look into story. Sacramento Bee declined to respond.

June 2019: Rancho Cordova City Council votes to convert $192, 000 loan balance from 2008 Chamber Bailout into grant. Source: Donald Childs for Rancho Cordova City Council, City of Rancho Cordova

2018: 2008 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BAILOUT VIDEOS – CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA Source: Donald Childs for Rancho Cordova City Council/ City of Rancho Cordova

Ballot Guide Candidate Statement

I moved into Rancho Cordova in 1973 when my parents bought their first home in the Mills Park-Croetto neighborhood. I graduated from Cordova High School, attended American River and Cosumnes River College. I served as a member of the Rancho Cordova Incorporation Committee.

My experiences advocating for change in my neighborhood enabled me to develop conflict resolution skills, a value of respecting different views and the importance of actively listening to people.

During the 1980s-1990s, my parents and neighbors struggled to find solutions to address blight, crime, traffic safety and failing infrastructure, such as roads, sidewalks. Cityhood changed that, but recently, residents have been increasingly excluded as stakeholders.

Rancho Cordovans should be full partners in developing projects and policies that avoid the problems of the past, dividing our community. We deserve to be involved in the decisions that impact our quality of life and economic opportunities. Citizens of every other city in Sacramento County benefit from due process and inclusion a planning commission brings to the land use planning and zoning decisions that affect them.

In 2011, the Rancho Cordova Planning Commission was suspended to benefit developers. If elected, I will work to restore the Planning Commission.
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