Steve Bradford

In the spirit of this mission, Bradford made history when he became the first African American elected to the Gardena City Council. Over the 12 years that he  served on the City Council, he presided over robust job and economic growth, along with a balanced budget for the city. When Bradford was elected to the Council, the City of Gardena was on the brink of bankruptcy and he inherited the job to bring the city out of its $27 million in debt.   By the time he left Gardena’s City Council, we had eliminated the debt, had $8.5 million in the bank, gave employees raises without raising taxes or cutting services, and secured millions of federal dollars for various improvement projects for North Gardena- something that had never happened prior to me being elected to the Council.

Determined to address major issues like social and economic inequality and environmental protections, in the legislature, Bradford supported a statewide increase in California’s minimum wage, helped the state rebound following the Great Recession, pushed for measures to grapple with California’s unprecedented drought crisis, expanded health insurance for our state’s residents, and pushed for common sense immigrant rights measures like drivers licenses for undocumented individuals, along with myriad other policies that have helped improve the quality of life for millions of Californians.

Website:  SteveBradfordforSenate.com