I am Mayor Jeff Lee.  My wife, Mary, and I moved to Grover Beach in 2001 and have loved every minute that we have lived in this city.  We have made many friends, enjoyed many local restaurants and establishments … and are very much looking forward to a time when we can attend the Sizzling Summer concerts or other local recreational events.

SERVICE: 

Serving as Mayor has been an honor and a privilege.  I was originally elected to the City Council in 2012, re-elected in 2016 and elected Mayor in 2018.  We have completed many projects, started others and I look forward to continuing what we’ve started…together.  For me, being Mayor is about providing opportunities – for families, for businesses and for visitors – to live, work and play in our great city.

REPRESENTATION:

I have represented the City as a board member on a number of local, regional and state boards…some of the agencies include:

·         the Five Cities Fire Authority

·         the South SLO County Sanitation District. 

·         the Integrated Waste Management Authority

·         the Zone 3 Water Advisory Committee,

·         the Central Coast Community Energy

·         the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments

·         the League of CA Cities Transportation, Communication and Public Works committee

PRIORITIES and VISION:   

My vision and priorities for our City are based upon my conversations and what I have hear from you.  I have been listening to people and heard that our priorities include:

·         Leading economic recovery efforts and business retention as the City and the region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic

·          Continuing to fix our streets by implementing the Measure K-14 Street Bond. 

·         Supporting housing projects that provide opportunities for safe, affordable housing

·         Ensuring, maintaining and improving public safety and emergency services by our local Police Department and the Five Cities Fire Authority

·         Proactively advocate for the dunes

COMMITMENT:

I bring solid leadership skills and experience to the position of Mayor.  I have been endorsed and supported by nurses, teacher, firefighters as well as your friends and neighbors. 

I look forward to continuing to serve as your Mayor and ask for your vote on or before November 3, 2020.  Thank you!

Court Reporter working at all levels of the legal community, Federal Court, Superior Court, depositions, court hearings and trials, public hearings, special administrative hearings.

20-year community advocate and volunteer, especially surround environmental impacts and zero-wasting local events to ensure as much as possible is recycled, composted or reused.

Beach walker that carries a bag for trash pick-up

Any local representative must have the interests of the public as a whole as their first priority - quality of life, safe streets for the traveling public, bicycles, walkers, children going to school.

Avoid any untoward links to special interests so the decision-making process is for the best interests of the community.

I am very concerned how imposed densities, heights and build-ups with infil projects will hurt our small community with adverse impacts such as traffic, noise, that impacts quality of life.

Our city needs once and for all a tree canopy, tree preservation ordinance passed to preseve what we can.  I see trees coming down every day to replace with large building projects, we need to be better stewards of the land.

No new taxes of the already overburdened taxpayer.

Our community must learn to take care of and prepare for the housing needs of every socioeconomic group, take care of our elderly and protect their low income housing from being wiped out.

As we go into this unknown and scary future with a myriad of tasks, let's all work together to ensure the health and safety of every citizen.