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Elliot Gonzales Wants to Fight the Good Fight for District 1
Elliot Gonzales is seeking to fill the vacant seat on the Long Beach City Council for District 1. Gonzales is a local environmental activist with Stop Fracking Long Beach. He is also a member of several progressive organizations including the Progressive Democrats of America, DSA Long Beach, and Our Revolution. Elliot Gonzales wants to fight the good fight on the Long Beach City Council for a very good reason.
“I like to say my heart is on fire for justice.”
Elliot Gonzales advocates that we all see the big picture when it comes to the mission of elected officials and citizens alike. He’s deeply concerned about what the future is going to look like if immediate action is not taken on a number of crises.
“We are in the midst of several crises. So not only do we have an environmental crisis that is pending our doom, but we are also in a housing crisis.”
The environment and housing are some of the priorities that Gonzales wants to address on the local level if elected to the Long Beach City Council.
PalacioMagazine.com interviewed Elliot Gonzales in Gumbiner Park about his activism, its roots, and his prescription for solutions to the issues facing the First District in Long Beach.
Elliot Gonzales Vision Statement
“We need land owned by the public to build public and affordable housing. We must fight for clean air and clean water. This requires clean energy. We must protect future generations by investing in a fair economy that offers good-paying union jobs, doing the most important work, taking care of the Earth and each other. We need a public bank to finance it all. I am a proud supporter of Bernie Sanders and I share his vision for a future to believe in. I believe we are that future, and I believe in us. We can end homelessness. We can create a just economy. We can clean the air and save this planet in the name of everything that we love.”
More on Elliot Gonzales
Elliot Gonzales is a local environmental activist with Stop Fracking Long Beach a group that has been organizing for a ban on fracking and acidizing in Long Beach. He is a member of several progressive organizations including the Progressive Democrats of America, DSA Long Beach, and Our Revolution. Elliot served on the Sustainability Commission for the City of Long Beach from 2010 until 2018. In 2018 he ran for the State Assembly. He is a candidate for the 1st District seat on the Long Beach City Council. His platform calls for creating a land trust for public and affordable housing, creating a public bank and transitioning the city off of oil through a Green New Deal.
Visit his website at elliotgonzales.com/
More on the special election on November 5, 2019, HERE
