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Candidate Statement

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.

ABOUT SHANE

Putting Shane's Experience
to Work

Shane Smith has a history of civic involvement in Merced. In 2018, Shane was elected as a trustee of the Merced City School District serving the City’s northeast and north-central neighborhoods. He relentlessly fought for the best interests of children and the value of parent choice during the COVID-19 shutdown.
Shane has been a stalwart contributor to City of Merced initiatives as well. In 2015 he was an active member of the citizens’ commission that developed the City of Merced’s first Council district boundaries.

In 2019, Shane chaired the City of Merced’s Charter Review Committee and stewarded the successful passage of Measures K, L, and M to enact Charter amendments that same year. In 2020, in the midst our nation’s emotional discussion of race relations in America, Shane was invited to serve on the Police Advisory Committee alongside representatives from the Merced Police Department and a diverse group of residents to thoroughly review all police “use of force” policies.