Helene Schneider

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Helene Schneider

Helene Schneider (born November 18, 1970 in New York City ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and Mayor of Santa Barbara in California .

Career

Schneider attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York State , before moving to California with future husband David Greenberg in 1992. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997 and then worked as a consultant for human resources .

From 2004 Helene Schneider was on the city council of Santa Barbara - as one of ten applicants, she won one of the three free places as the only female candidate. In 2010 she won the mayoral elections in the traditionally more republican city and succeeded Marty Blum , who was no longer running. In the elections in November 2013 Schneider was confirmed in office with only one candidate with 73.3%.

Like her predecessor in office, as Mayor of Santa Barbara she supports the Mayors Against Illegal Guns initiative launched in 2006 by former Mayors of New York, Michael Bloomberg , and Boston, Thomas Menino .

As one of around 60 California mayors, she promotes the Freedom to Marry campaign for the introduction of same-sex marriage across the US.

In April 2015, she announced that she would run for the seat of the Democratic MP Lois Capps , who is no longer running for re-election , in the 2016 congressional elections . The seat was won by Salud Carbajal .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scope Magazine Spring 2004 Class Notes. In: Skidmore Scope website. May 2004, accessed May 20, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Human resources specialist calls on people skills. In: Santa Barbara City Council Candidate Profiles website. September 22, 2003, accessed May 20, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Scope Magazine Winter 2004 Class Notes. In: Skidmore Scope website. January 2005, accessed May 20, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Scope Magazine Winter 2010 Class Notes. In: Skidmore Scope website. January 2011, accessed May 20, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Mayor; City of Santa Barbara Voter Information. In: website smartvoter.org. November 5, 2013, accessed May 20, 2015 .
  6. ^ Mayors against Illegal Guns. In: Website Mayors against Illegal Guns Current coalition members. February 1, 2015, accessed May 20, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Mayors for the Freedom to Marry. In: Freedom to Marry website. May 20, 2015, accessed May 20, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Mayor Schneider Enters Congress Race. In: website edhat Santa Barbara. April 8, 2015, accessed May 20, 2015 .
predecessor Office successor
Marty Blum Mayor of Santa Barbara (California)
2010–
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Helene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1970 or 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City