 As a third-generation Santa Cruz County resident, I want our county to be a place where youth, singles, families and seniors all thrive. As the founder of Civonomics, my company worked with city and county governments for over a decade to respond directly to voters' concerns. I graduated from Stanford and have served on the board of directors for my own business as well as that of Digital Nest and the City of Santa Cruz's Downtown Commission. I know that doing things differently starts by working with you, the voter. I will rebuild county services based on your needs. Learn from you to improve them and invest your money wisely. Today, our county is stuck. We continue to study a $1.3 billion train that we can't afford. Our county roads score an F. We received $10.5 million from the state in 2019 to relieve homelessness, but didn't build a single home. And two grand jury reports on fire safety and preparedness blast the county's leadership for failure to understand the urgency and seriousness of the problem and act accordingly. These are the types of bad decisions and so-called experience we don't need going forward. It's time for a new approach. Helping our county recover from the pandemic and making progress on Black Lives Matter require new thinking. I have proposed new ideas for housing, homelessness, transportation, fire safety, and the environment, which draw on best practices nationwide. You can read about them at my website, monoconic.com. I'd be honored to serve as your voice for change in creating a better Santa Cruz county for all.