Why I'm Running

I am Benjamin Vazquez and I’m running for Santa Ana City Council in Ward 2. As a council member, my focus will be on making sure our limited city-wide resources benefit working class families and improve quality of life for all Santa Ana residents. Our city budgets, policies, and resources need to be centered on nurturing the families and communities of our city, instead of special interest groups. I believe that our city plan and budgets need to reflect a vision that prioritizes the working class families in Ward 2.

As a teacher at Valley High School, a cultural worker at El Centro Cultural de Mexico, and a proud homeowner at Heninger Park neighborhood, I am fully invested in my community and in the future of Santa Ana. I was born to working class parents and was raised on Center St. I attended Monte Vista Elementary, Carr Intermediate, and Valley High and am now proudly working alongside four siblings and my niece at Santa Ana Unified School District. Giving back to Santa Ana youth and community is not just a passion of mine—it is a shared family goal. I’m running for City Council in Ward 2 to continue to advance that goal.