REELECT SHANE SMITH FOR
MERCED CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICT 4
Our City has made great progress toward realizing its potential, and we must stay on the right track. That ideal guided my work as your MCSD trustee when I fought to keep our kids in school during the pandemic. As your City Councilmember, I will continue to do the right thing, even when it’s unpopular.
Our quality of life is directly connected to investments made in Merced’s residents, neighborhoods, and businesses. I will vote for job-creating projects, but not at the expense of neighborhood character. I will promote opportunities for early career workers, invest in affordable housing and homelessness solutions, and work to diversify our local economy while protecting agriculture from sprawl. Most of all, I will ensure the City does its part to beautify and maintain our parks, trails, and sidewalks.
Of course, none of this matters if we don’t feel safe. Your Councilmember should prioritize adequate support for all public safety personnel while working towards common-sense reforms. I promise never to vote against police officer and firefighter safety.
That’s why parents, teachers, and first responders in District 4 support me.
Keep Shane's Experience
at Work for Merced
Shane Smith was elected to serve District 4 on the Merced City Council in 2022. He has emerged as a common sense leader who successfully carried multiple legislative initiatives during his first term. Shane consistently served as a voice of reason and pushed back on colleagues looking to import symbolic national issues into our local Council chambers.
Shane routinely championed sensible
economic development initiatives such as the return of commercial jet traffic to Merced Yosemite Regional Airport. Putting our community first, Shane also worked (and continues to work) to build consensus on difficult issues such as the California High Speed Rail Authority’s unilateral decision to relocate Merced’s long-promised station out of Downtown.
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