Candidate
Running for Office of:
Reno City Council Ward 3
First name:
Clifton James
Last name:
Young
To be seen on Ballot:
Address:
650 S. Rock Blvd., 21-A
City:
Reno
State:
NV
Zip:
88502
Email address:
Phone:
(775) 677-7777
Website:
Formal Education:
University of Nevada, Reno, Business Management BA 1980
University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1983
University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1983
Current Occupation:
Attorney at the Law Office of Clifton Young
Government Background:
Former Assistant Reno City Attorney.
Commissioner on the Washoe County Open Space and Regional Parks Commission 10 years. Elected chairman 9 times.
Appointed to the RTC 2030 and 2040 Regional Planning Steering Committees.
Appointed to the RTC Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 8 years.
Appointed to the Reno Bicycle Council, 8 years.
Appointed to the Truckee River Corridor Advisory Board 2 years
Commissioner on the Washoe County Open Space and Regional Parks Commission 10 years. Elected chairman 9 times.
Appointed to the RTC 2030 and 2040 Regional Planning Steering Committees.
Appointed to the RTC Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 8 years.
Appointed to the Reno Bicycle Council, 8 years.
Appointed to the Truckee River Corridor Advisory Board 2 years
Reason for seeking position:
I would enjoy working with people who want to make Reno a better place to work, live, commute, and recreate.
I believe my legal background will help to understand technical issues in regional planning, flood management, and dealing with creating adequate shelter for homeless people.
I promise to be conservative in spending and fight against any new assessments on property without a clear sunset clause. Although property taxes are capped at the maximum rate, cities are looking for new ways to tax homeowners through assessments, and once the government gets their hand in your pocketbook, they just won’t let go. California property values have plummeted in many communities where special assessments grow to be as much as property taxes. Reno has a policy of sending even small delinquent accounts to an out-of-state debt collection agency that will foreclose on people’s home for a $60 assessment that goes unpaid for six months. Suddenly, the homeowner has to pay $3,000+ in attorney fees and lien removal charges on top of the small assessment.
I will push for our police department to start a program that allows people to text message photos from their security cameras of suspected prowlers or post h pirates. That would be so much easier than filling out an on-line service request, when a concerned citizen just wants to create a record and not have police respond.
I commend our City for providing incentives for builders of affordable housing and the transitional facilities for the less fortunate. Before the police can remove the defiant homeless from camping in our parks, hillsides and next to businesses, without facing potential lawsuits, there must be a suitable place they can be relocated to. No one wants homeless people camping in their car in front of their house or setting campfires in fields that could catch fire. It shouldn’t be that hard to meet the U.S. Supreme Court’s standard of providing somewhere suitable they can go before resorting to arrest if they don’t cooperate.
I believe my legal background will help to understand technical issues in regional planning, flood management, and dealing with creating adequate shelter for homeless people.
I promise to be conservative in spending and fight against any new assessments on property without a clear sunset clause. Although property taxes are capped at the maximum rate, cities are looking for new ways to tax homeowners through assessments, and once the government gets their hand in your pocketbook, they just won’t let go. California property values have plummeted in many communities where special assessments grow to be as much as property taxes. Reno has a policy of sending even small delinquent accounts to an out-of-state debt collection agency that will foreclose on people’s home for a $60 assessment that goes unpaid for six months. Suddenly, the homeowner has to pay $3,000+ in attorney fees and lien removal charges on top of the small assessment.
I will push for our police department to start a program that allows people to text message photos from their security cameras of suspected prowlers or post h pirates. That would be so much easier than filling out an on-line service request, when a concerned citizen just wants to create a record and not have police respond.
I commend our City for providing incentives for builders of affordable housing and the transitional facilities for the less fortunate. Before the police can remove the defiant homeless from camping in our parks, hillsides and next to businesses, without facing potential lawsuits, there must be a suitable place they can be relocated to. No one wants homeless people camping in their car in front of their house or setting campfires in fields that could catch fire. It shouldn’t be that hard to meet the U.S. Supreme Court’s standard of providing somewhere suitable they can go before resorting to arrest if they don’t cooperate.
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