Westwood Neighborhood Council candidates: Main platforms

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The Westwood Neighborhood Council held a candidate forum on Wednesday. There are 35 candidates running for 19 seats on the council, and the public was invited to listen to two-minute speeches by candidates and ask questions about their stances. Here are candidates’ platforms:

Ann Hayman

“Traffic, congestion and quality of life is a major concern of mine.”

Armen Hadjimanoukian

“Westwood has so much potential and I want to once again make it a destination spot in Los Angeles.”

Jerry Brown

“Westwood is an amazing place. My goal is to try and preserve the major aspects of this neighborhood. Any attempt to or any enterprise that has some sort of degradation of those five building blocks will face my opposition.”

Mike Stajura

“I’d like to continue what we started. … I want to bring what I’ve studied into the community through action.”

Ryan Krebs

“As a UCLA graduate, I can provide a bridge between the UCLA community and Westwood as a whole.”

Sam Haws

“I’m committed to representing and empowering students. UCLA’s stake is too large to ignore.”

Brant Feldman

“What I’d like to see is to have better outreach to our community. … I want to see more people come out and know that we exist, that we are here to support them.”

Lisa Chapman

“I feel that we have a divisive relationship between UCLA and Westwood. I would really like to see that relationship repaired and improved.”

Clarification: There are 35 candidates running for 19 seats on the council, and the public was invited to listen to two-minute speeches by candidates and ask questions about their stances.