Who is running for mayor in Stockton? Part 2: Shakeel Ahmad, Christina Fugazi, Tom Patti

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VOTERS UNDECIDED NOW ON THE BALLOT FOR VOTERS IN STOCKTON IS THE RACE FOR MAYOR. THERE ARE SIX CANDIDATES IN ALL, AND KCRA 3'S ORKO MANNA SHOWS US THREE OF THEM. YESTERDAY AND TODAY. ORKO INTRODUCES US TO THE OTHER THREE CANDIDATES AND ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR TOP PRIORITIES. AS WITH JUST DAYS UNTIL THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, THREE MORE CANDIDATES FOR STOCKTON MAYOR ARE SITTING DOWN WITH KCRA THREE. THEIR LEVELS OF POLITICAL EXPERIENCE VASTLY DIFFERENT. TOM PATTY HAS SERVED ON THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I'VE GOT A RECORD OF 2030 THINGS THAT I'VE INITIATED INTO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY THAT HAVE HAD A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE. NOW IS THE TIME TO BRING IT TO THE CITY. CHRISTINA FUGAZI IS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR WITH STOCKTON UNIFIED AND WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN TRULY UNDERSTANDING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. SHAKEEL AHMED HAS NEVER HELD PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE, BUT SAYS HE CAN CONNECT WITH VOTERS. I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND A SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL WORKER. DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, PATTY AND AHMED HAVE THE SAME TOP ISSUE. HOMELESSNESS DATA SHOWS THERE ARE AROUND 900 UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN STOCKTON, SO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO PIVOT AWAY FROM HOUSING FIRST? WHICH IS NOT THE ANSWER FOR EVERYBODY. IF WE HAVE S SHELTER BEDS, THENE CAN PUT TOGETHER A CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, ENGAGE WITH THEM AND BRING THEM TO A PLACE OF STABILITY. WE TEACH THEM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, GIVE THEM SOME, UH, SHOW THEM SOME, UH, SKILLS. SO WHEN THEY COME OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN FEET. AND ONCE WE SEE THAT THEY'RE READY, THEY CAN WE CAN JUST LET THEM GO. HOW WOULD YOU TACKLE HOMELESSNESS IN STOCKTON? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR HOUSING IN GENERAL FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MERELY WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PRICED OUOUT OF THE MARKET. FUGAZI SAYS HER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS ADDRESSING CRIME. DO YOU HAVE A PLAN OR IDEAS OF HOW YOU WOULD GO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO WORK ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION? OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS ARE WHO WE HAVE TO GET TO. AND THEN MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES. I WAS THINKING OF TWO DAYS A WEEK, TWO HOURS AFTER SCHOOL, TO BE WORKING AT ONE OF THE AREA BUSINESSES HOUSES AND MAYBE NOT GO OUT AND DO THINGS THAT THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T DO. A MADAM PATTY ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE YOUTH. CAN YOU GIVE ME A SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF WHAT KIND OF YOUTH PROGRAMS YOU WOULD CREATE? I-8 THERE ARE SO MANY TRADES, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TEACH THEM WHEN THEY DON'T SEE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THE THE EASY WAY AND THE EASY WAY IS THE, THE CRIME, THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING. NOTHING IS GOING TO IMPROVE THE NOT ONLY QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT BUT LESSEN THE DEGREE OF OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND GRAFFITI AND ALL THE BLIGHT. THEN A JOB, THAT JOB IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND YOU GIVE KIDS A HOPE, A GATEWAY IN TERMS OF RESPONDING G TO CRIME, THE THREE CANDIDATES SAY THEY WOULD WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS TO BOOST THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON THE STREETS. THIS QUALITY OF LIFE AND REJUVENATING DOWNTOWN ALSO TOP OF MIND FOR THE CANDIDATES WE CAN CREATE AN EPICENTER OF ECONOMY. HOW ABOUT WE BRING IN A CONVENTION CENTER, A HOTEL, MUSIC VENUE, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET TO INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO BRING A BUSINESS HERE THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE LIVABLE WAGE JOBS. I BELIEVE IN PRACTICAL WORK. I WANT TO SEE WORK DONE ON THE STREETS. ALL CANDIDATES BELIEVE THEY ARE THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE. STOCKTON'S NEXT MAYOR. I AM SOMEBODY THAT DOES THE WORK. I'M HANDS ON. I ROLL UP MY SLEEVES, I WILL GO TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMON PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEIR BUSINESSES. I WILL ON REGULAR BASIS. ONE DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND OTHERS RUNNING FOR MAYOR IS RESULTS REPORTING IN STOCKTON, ORKO MANNA KCRA THREE. NEWS ON THE RACE FOR STOCKTON MAYOR COULD BE DECIDED WITH THE MARCH 5TH PRIMARY. IF ONE CANDIDATE GETS MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTES, IF NOT, THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES WILL FACE OFF DURING THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. TO LEARN ABOUT ALL SIX STOCKTON MAYORAL CANDIDATES, H

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