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Councilmember Kevin Park

District 4

kpark@santaclaraca.gov

(408) 615-2250


A newcomer to the Santa Clara City Council, took on incumbent Teresa O’Neill in 2020 and won with 57 percent of the vote. In his third run for the council, Park scored an endorsement from the Mercury News as well as support from former Santa Clara Councilmember Patty Mahan and current councilmembers Raj Chahal and Karen Hardy. His website, Kevin Park.org, lists his involvement with local organizations: Santa Clara Sister Cities Association, Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Committee, Santa Clara’s General Plan Steering Committee, Silicon Valley Korean-American Federation, and Santa Clara Office of Education projects. In an interview with San Jose Spotlight, he describes his priorities: “Fiscal stability reducing costs and unnecessary expenditures, city infrastructure including upgrades to existing neighborhoods, city vision (planning) putting high-density development in areas marked for high density and supporting a vibrant downtown and more affordable housing.”


First elected: November 2020


Day job: Engineer, engineering manager


Alma maters: Stanford University (master’s degree); Caltech (bachelor’s degree)


Assignments:
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