The incumbent’s challengers are both Vietnamese American, hoping to provide representation on the council for the city’s Asian American community.
Both of Esparza’s opponents have in part decided to run for a seat on the council to provide representation for the city’s large Asian American population. Nearly 40% of San Jose residents identify as Asian yet the city council does not currently have any elected officials who reflect that segment of the population.
If elected, Doan said he wants to reduce taxes across the board for both residents and corporations and to hire hundreds of more police officers and firefighters by providing them with higher salaries and better benefits. Le, 63, owns a State Farm Insurance office in San Jose and has served as a trustee of the East Side Union High School District since 2010. She’s also been involved in several regional and state-level organizations like the California School Board Association and Vietnamese Americans in Northern California. In 2018, she ran against Esparza for the same council seat but failed to garner enough votes to make it to the runoff.
“It’s important to treat the homeless with compassion but also accountability,” she said. “We’ll support them but they have to understand that they need to support themselves.”
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