City of El Paso
Representative, District 1
Daniela Garcia
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Daniela Garcia
- Current role
- Administrative assistant
- Background
- Bachelor's in visual art and innovative education, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
- Coronado High School graduate (2008)
- Lead organizer, Desert Defenders, a local group opposing data centers (per candidate)
- Spent the past year working on land restoration and agricultural sustainability (per candidate)
- Born and raised in El Paso
- Experience
- Worked for the City of Austin as an education specialist (per her KVIA questionnaire)
- Worked for the State of Texas supporting the state health department's software and policy (per her KVIA questionnaire)
- Has also worked as a loan officer and in her family's company (per candidate)
- Top priorities
- "The decades-long tax incentives to large corporations need to stop"
- "I plan to support small local businesses, public transportation, sustainable, environmental solutions"
- Wants to "move council meetings, work sessions, public comments and meeting times to the evenings"
- Says the Meta data center "must be held accountable to its original promises to the city"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: In a KVIA questionnaire: "We need to stop relying on our property taxes through tax reform and investment reform."
- Growth and infrastructure: In a KVIA questionnaire: "Hyperscale data centers are exploitative industries". Says she opposes the Deck Plaza "because it is being sold to the city as a mirage".
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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