Vacaville families need housing that they can afford. The median wage for a Vacaville family is $74,000 while the median housing price is $470,000. If you do the math the average Vacaville family would have to pay 55% of their monthly budget just to afford their home. Only 60% of Vacaville’s housing stock is owner occupied. Home ownership is the cornerstone of building a families financial future. We can do better! Nolan believes we must update the way we issue permits and incentivize developers to build smaller in-fill development projects that young Vacaville families can afford. By building homes that help young families start their equity journey we are able keep Vacaville families in town and spur economic activity as families build equity and buy up to larger and larger homes.

Nolan was raised to respect his elders. Over the last two years the actions of the developers and city in regards to the Green Tree Golf Course

Vacaville workers need living wage jobs that can support their families. Median wages are far below other locales in the region. Vacaville families are often forced to look outside of town for gainful employment. The average commute for Vacaville workers is 27 miles each way. This is hours and hours a day in the car in traffic when you could be at home with your kids. 1/3 of the Vacaville jobs that are in town are service sector jobs with low wages and no benefits. We continue to attract and build businesses that add to the local sales base but also don’t pay living wages. Workers in these jobs are often forced to use public benefits to support their families food, shelter and medical needs. No Vacaville worker working 40 hours a week should be living in poverty. Nolan believes we can do better. We have the 2nd largest bio-manufacturing plant in the entire world directly next door to one of only two accredited community

Vacaville needs a balanced budget with built in stability and assurances for our city employees and future residents. Nolan believes we need strong fiscal leadership that is transparent, responsive and educates the community. For a city with robust revenue sources like Genentech (the largest tax payer in the region), the outlets (a major sales tax producer) and 1000’s of new homes on the market at high price points (bolstering property tax revenues) we should not be relying on increased taxes to support basic city services. We can do a better job managing our money and spend Measure M revenues where they were intended; roads, facilities and parks for our residents. We should not be deficit spending on permanent expenditures while propping our budget up with a temporary tax.

Our city workers deserve the surety of their hard earned benefits. Residents deserve city leaders who better educate the public on the issue of unfunded liabilities and our plan