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Palmdale
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City Council
District 3: Anain RoblesRecommended
Anain Robles is a small business owner, as the founder of Almas Mexicanas, a community advocate, and a mother.
Her priorities include:
-Local Business Support: Advocating for resources and investment to help small businesses and local entrepreneurs thrive.
-Youth & Family Investment: Committing to programs, safe spaces, and resources for Palmdale's youth and families.
-Infrastructure & Traffic: Proposing studies on traffic solutions to ease congestion in District 3.
-Accountability & Transparency: Pushing for clear budgets, tracking city decisions closely, and putting District 3 residents first.
She’s endorsed by Latino Demócratas Unidos and the local Democratic Party.
District 4: Eric OhlsenRecommended
Eric Ohlsen founded Community Coalition of the Antelope Valley, a grassroots nonprofit to promote a cleaner and safer Palmdale. They’ve worked on bringing broadband to rural areas and cleaning up our deserts. He served in the Coast Guard and now lives with his family in Palmdale.
His priorities include:
-Creating Mortgage-Paying Jobs
-Reducing Crime
-Caring for the environment and reducing illegal dumping
-Investing in children by recruiting quality educators and providing -extracurricular opportunities for Palmdale's kids.
He’s endorsed by the local Democratic Party.
District 5: Raycine EctorRecommended
Raycine Ector is a mother of four, community leader, housing professional, and public-safety advocate. Her years of community leadership in the Antelope Valley have centered on public safety, government accountability, civil rights, youth and family advocacy, and ensuring residents have a meaningful voice in decisions that affect their neighborhoods.
Raycine believes City Hall should be accessible, transparent, and responsive. She is running to bring community experience directly to the City Council and to make sure District 5 receives the attention, investment, and representation it deserves.
Her priorities focus on safer neighborhoods, stronger families, better infrastructure, economic opportunity, responsible growth, and transparent government.
She’s endorsed by Latino Demócratas Unidos and the local Democratic Party.