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Meet councilman
kevin mcnamee In Fall 2020, eight candidates vied for the two seats on Thousand Oaks City Council. With only Mayor Al
Adam seeking re-election there was a guarantee that there would be at least one new councilmember in 2021. After four weeks of counting, Kevin McNamee was elected by a slim 79-vote margin.
WHAT ABOUT ON THE PERSONAL SIDE, ANY HOBBIES OR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT YOU ENJOY?
become less dependent on Los Angeles imported water.
I volunteer at the local free clinic and develop educational tools through my company Magic of Phonics. I also enjoy reading many books and articles, riding my horse Tommy, and listening to my wife as she tells me about her day.
Former Governor Jerry Brown was ordered by the courts to reduce the prison population because they were overcrowded. With passage of AB 109, Proposition 47 and 57, much of the prison population was released onto our streets with no food, no shelter, no medication and most importantly they were released into our communities which were unprepared to provide needed support services.
The Chamber reached out to Councilmember McNamee to find out his plans for his term on city council.
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE TOP ISSUES FACING THOUSAND OAKS AND WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS TO ADDRESS THEM?
WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL?
Downtown Development
I want to be part of the bright future of Thousand Oaks by bringing my diverse background to the discussion providing “out of the box” options to consider for difficult choices facing the city. TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. I am the founder and former business owner of one of the nation’s largest medical supply company distributors of acupuncture and Asian medical health care products and a retired reserve LAPD officer. I’m the Founder of the California Health Institute, expert witness for work related to malpractice lawsuits and college educator at Ventura College Department of Water Sciences.
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going beyond what’s expected
The look and feel of our city should be controlled locally not dictated by out-of-town big-money developers or policymakers from Sacramento. It is time we stand up for our residents and tell Sacramento and Washington “no more”. For over 50 years we have controlled our destiny and we created a beautiful and vibrant community. Water Independence and Lower Water Rates for the City Ventura County is almost 100% dependent on imported water purchased from Los Angeles. A twofold plan is underway that consists of placing water holding tanks that would allow our city draw from these tanks during an emergency. The second approach is to reuse the ultrapure water from our Hill Canyon plant so we
Homelessness
Now we have a local problem created by Sacramento. We need to address this because Sacramento is not. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HOW DO YOU PLAN ON ADDRESSING THE ISSUES FACING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHT NOW? As a 30 plus year business owner, I have suffered through the onerous inefficiencies of government. My goal for business is to make local government more efficient and remove duplicated regulations imposed on us.
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