Meet Patricia
Meet Patricia
I was born and raised in San Diego, and I moved to La Mesa with my husband and our three children in 1996. We chose it because we thought our family would grow here, in these schools and these neighborhoods, and we did. My two daughters and my son are off changing the world now, and we have three grandsons who are the reason I do any of this.
When you put down roots like that, you want more than a good city for today. You want to leave it stronger for the next generation.
How I got here
I spent close to forty years in business development and sales, ten of them at AT&T. I also spent years in home lending, sitting across the table from families here in La Mesa while they did the math on whether they could buy a house in this city.
That work stays with me. It's why I think so much about whether our younger generation will be able to start out here the way we did.
Serving La Mesa
Before I was elected I served as Vice Chair of the Community Police Oversight Board, working to build honest trust between our police department and the people they serve. I co-founded La Mesa's Juneteenth celebration, which brings hundreds of people downtown and puts our local businesses in front of customers they'd never have met otherwise.
In 2022, La Mesa elected me to the City Council with more votes than any other candidate on the ballot.
On the Council
I've worked on the things that decide whether a city works on a Tuesday.
One I'm proud of is HOME, our Homeless Outreach Mobility Engagement program. HOME sends trained people out to help residents living on our streets and connect them with the services they need. That lets our police officers focus on the work they were trained to do, and it means somebody whose actual job it is is caring for people who need extra help.
Our community asked for a bigger library, and we finally have a path to build it. And I sit on the Metropolitan Transit System board, working to bring better, more affordable ways to get around this city.
I'd like that to be my job, and I'd like to keep La Mesa the Jewel of the Hills.
Why I'm running for Mayor
Two hospitals, parks, a trolley, a downtown people drive across the county to visit. Everything you need is already here, and I want this city to be strong and to stay strong.
What I want is a Mayor whose job it is to go get the rest of it. The grant money nobody goes and gets. The projects that need somebody staying on them until they are finished.
I'd like that to be my job, and I'd like to keep La Mesa the Jewel of the Hills.
I would be honored to earn your vote.