PIVOT is Excited to Endorse Thai Viet Phan for Santa Ana City Council

May 1, 2020

PIVOT is excited to endorse Thai Viet Phan for Santa Ana, California City Council in a special recall all-mail election on May 19th. Like many first-generation refugees, Thai was the first in her family to go to college. She currently works as a local government attorney at Rutan & Tucker, LLP, where she provides legal advice and counsel to cities throughout Southern California. She also serves as a Santa Ana Planning Commission and sits on the Board of Directors of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California.

Though Santa Ana is ¼ of the Little Saigon community and has tens of thousands of Vietnamese-American residents, if Thai wins this election, she would be the first and only Vietnamese-American to serve on the Santa Ana City Council. Santa Ana has long neglected its Vietnamese-American residents by failing to have in-language outreach for important issues such as the Census and failing to involve the community in City-sponsored events such as the 150th Anniversary Celebration. Thai’s platform focuses on housing affordability, holding the Orange County Board of Supervisors accountable for the homelessness crisis which inequitably impacts Santa Ana’s low-income residents, improving responsible community policing, and helping mom and pop shops survive and thrive in the city. Thai has the experience and commitment we need to bring a progressive Vietnamese voice to the Santa Ana City Council.

Please consider signing up to phone or text bank (English, Vietnamese, Spanish) and/or make a contribution. Any amount will really go a long way in this grassroots campaign!