Candidate Forum: BOS, 3rd District

Thrive, in partnership with other nonprofits, is hosting a series of candidate forums to elevate the most pressing issues of nonprofits and their communities in San Mateo County.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors oversees county departments, programs, and property, with an annual budget of over $3 billion dollars.

Featuring: Steven Booker, Virginia Chang Kiraly, Ray Mueller, and Laura Parmer-Lohan.

Hosted by: Leadership Council San Mateo County,

Co-hosted by: Puente, Coastside Families Taking Action, Abundant Grace Coastside Workers, Pacific Coast TV, Coastside Hope, and Thrive Alliance.

All districts have changed since the 2020 census report and the redistricting process that followed. District 3 includes the cities of Atherton, Southeast Belmont, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, Portola Valley, San Carlos, and Woodside, Unincorporated Devonshire Canyon, El Granada, Emerald Lake Hills, Harbor Industrial Park, La Honda, Ladera, Loma Mar, Los Trancos Woods, Miramar, Montara, Moss Beach, Palomar Park, Pescadero, Princeton By-The-Sea, San Gregorio, Skyline, Skylonda, Stanford Lands, Vista Verde, and West Menlo Park.

Note: If any candidate receives 50% plus one of the votes, the race will be decided in June.

**Zoom information will be sent to registered attendees. Spanish interpretation and a live transcript will also be made available during the event.

Steven Booker was born and raised in the Bay Area and currently lives in Half Moon Bay. He served a tour of duty in the Gulf War as a member of the US Air Force before returning to attend the College of San Mateo. Steven was first accepted into the Electrical Apprenticeship Program in 1998 and worked his way up the ranks to the position of Political Director & Community Affairs Liaison, where he has served since 2014. Steven is a regular at Board of Supervisors and City Council meetings up and down the Peninsula, advocating for workers’ rights and affordable housing.

Ray Mueller is a California native and Bay Area resident of over 25 years. He is a third-term Menlo Park City Councilmember, elected city wide in 2012 and 2016, and has served as Mayor twice where he was able to work on projects which have had an impact county-wide. He served as Menlo Park’s last city-wide elected Councilmember Mayor in 2019 and ran unopposed in the first District 5, City Council election in 2020. Ray attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate and received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Virginia Chang Kiraly has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. Following a 15-year career in financial analysis, planning, and investments, she was appointed by the then Governor to the California Commission for Economic Development, where she served from 2008 to 2014. She has continued serving our community in elected office on both the Menlo Park Fire Protection District since 2011 and the San Mateo County Harbor Board of Commissioners since 2015. She is proud to be the first Asian-American woman to serve on both boards.

Local Councilmember and former Mayor, Laura Parmer-Lohan champions a vision for the County that includes communities prepared for any emergency such as wildfire, flooding, sea-level-rise, housing near transit to fight traffic gridlock, and a region affordable to teachers, firefighters, essential workers, and future generation. A graduate of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, small businesswoman and working mom, Laura's inclusive leadership style embrace the unique characteristics and needs of our diverse Coastal and Peninsula communities.

Candidate Forum: Board of Supervisors, 3rd District

Thursday, April 21, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

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