Previously the vice-mayor, Erica Stewart was unanimously appointed as mayor in 2021 by the San Luis Obispo City Council after former mayor Heidi Harmon stepped down to pursue a profession as a local weather advocate. The appointment helped the town keep away from a particular election that might have price up to $200,000.
Now, Stewart, who’s the primary Black mayor in San Luis Obispo’s 145-year historical past, will announce her official mayoral campaign launch for the 2022 election on the San Luis Obispo City Hall steps at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Stewart promoted the launch announcement on her campaign Instagram account on Sunday.
The statewide major election will happen on June 7. The basic election is Nov. 8.
Stewart’s present mayoral time period ends this December.
Stewart is endorsed by all of her fellow metropolis council members.
While she has solely been mayor since October, Stewart has bigger plans for a possible subsequent time period.
“One of our major goals for the city is 20% multi-modal transportation,” Stewart’s campaign web site reads. “I will advocate for electric-vehicle charging stations, bike-share programs, and other traffic-congestion options.”
She additionally advocates for San Luis Obispo to proceed its objectives of turning into a “net-zero” carbon metropolis. She would really like to see “more water conservation methods,” a rise in bus and rideshare use and safer bike routes to encourage the town’s residents to use cleaner power.
As an undergraduate at Cal Poly, Stewart created the primary professor score system, in accordance to Mustang News. She returned to San Luis Obispo after receiving a grasp’s diploma in public administration from the University of San Francisco. She beforehand labored because the assistant director of personnel and advertising for the Cal Poly Health Center and was elected to the City Council in 2018.