Ernesto Olivares

<p>Opponents: Michael Allen, Eddie Alvarez, Carol Dean, Hans Dippel, Bobbi Hoff, Lee Pierce, John Sawyer, Don Taylor, Marsha Vas Dupre, Gary Wysocky</p><p>Age: 50</p><p>Hometown: Santa Rosa </p><p>Occupation: Santa Rosa police lieutenant, manager of gang prevention and intervention services</p><p>Background: Current board of directors member for Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Volunteer Center of Sonoma County and United Way of Wine Country, and member of Sonoma County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce</p><p>Web site: www.olivares4santarosa.com</p><p>Priorities: </p><p>BUDGET</p><p>Problem: Budget gap expected to reach a $10 million.</p><p>Solution: Temporary salary reductions or freezes to save jobs and services while reducing costs, perhaps cutting salaries based on a sliding scale.</p><p>ECONOMY</p><p>Problem: "We are bleeding money out of our area."</p><p>Solution: Develop plan to entice emerging companies like video game designers to locate and bring their high-paying jobs to Santa Rosa. "The traditional thing, manufacturing jobs, isn't working."</p><p>PUBLIC SAFETY</p><p>Problem: The police department has gotten away from neighborhood-oriented policing.</p><p>Solution: Greater outreach to and familiarity with neighborhoods by police and expansion of Neighborhood Watch programs would provide a first line of defense to prevent crime from gaining a foothold.</p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/294377113" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1808217332&playerId=294377113&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="510" height="550" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>