HomeMy WebLinkAboutPapp, James Candidate StatementCANDIDATE STATEMENT FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER
City of San Luis Obispo
JAMES PAPP
Occupation: Historian/Business Owner
Education and Qualifications: We live in San Luis Obispo because it’s exceptional. Shouldn’t it have exceptional government? Smart? Bold? Open to serious debate? Because you can’t come
together without working through disagreement.
And we need to come together to curb COVID and dig out from its huge economic fallout. Erase racism and classism. Mandate and innovate affordable housing. Reverse the decline of local
retail. Solve homelessness as a human and economic problem, not a policing one. Be serious, not symbolic, about climate change. Keep San Luis San Luis, not make it Little LA.
Maybe you know me as the guy who promoted masks when the City Council wouldn’t. Led the charge against the Council’s ban on art that commemorates people. Formed SLAP! to sue the city
for violating the California Environmental Quality Act. Confronted a backhoe to save the Chumash aqueduct. Was elected Cultural Heritage Committee chair three times, then fired by the
Council because of their new rule against “disagreement.” Got called “tireless,” “staunch,” by community members; “adversarial,” “a cudgel” by developers.
I have decades of experience in government initiatives—from administering USAID microgrants to overseeing multibillion University of California budgets. That doesn’t matter unless you
listen to people and stand up for your community. Read more at pappforcouncil.com—or call me at 805-470-0983.
Contact Information:
James Papp
964 Chorro Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805-470-0983
jamesralphpapp@hotmail.com