Serena Oh
Running for mayor in the City of Langley
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Advisor for the highest ranking politicians (2015-18), 60
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• Have you held office in past? If so, please specify: Not answered
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Candidate provided bio: Residency: Langley. Volunteering: BC Seniors Games, seniors resources society. Top issues: 1. Affordable housing, poverty reduction. 2. Safe healthy, vibrant City. 3. Clean rapid transit.
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Phone: 778-277-1110
Email: serenaoh100@gmail.com
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• Who is your favourite superhero, and why? Serena Oh is my superhero, honest, kind, loving, courageous, bold, problem-solver, never give up, strong leadership.
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There are three candidates running for the City of Langley’s mayor’s chair. The following are questions asked of each candidate hopeful. They were directed to provide a minimum of a Yes, No, or Don’t Know answer, and given an option to expand on one answer in print (to a maximum of 100 words per question). They could expand on all questions online, if they wished to do so. The following are their replies.
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Questions and Answers:
1. What neighbourhood of Langley do you live in?
Answer: Douglas
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2. How many years have you lived in Langley?
Answer: Five years
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3. How many Langley City council meetings have you attended in the past year?
Answer: 5-7
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4: Should the City be directly funding social housing to reduce homelessness?
Answer: Work with federal government.
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5. Do you support elevated rail over light rapid transit from Surrey to Langley?
Answer: No.
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6. Should the City’s industrial area be phased out in favour of residential and commercial development?
Answer: Yes.
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7. Would you vote to raise taxes to hire more police?
Answer: No.
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8. Do you agree with the growth estimates for Langley City in its new Nexus of Community strategic plan?
Answer: No.
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9. Should Langley have its own municipal police force, replacing the RCMP?
Answer: Yes.
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10. Should the City fund an arts centre?
Answer: Yes.
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11. Does Langley City need an indoor swimming pool?
Answer: No.
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12. Should Langley City lobby for its own urgent care centre?
Answer: No. Work with Township.
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13. Do you think residential property taxes are too high?
Answer: Yes. Review.
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14. Should the City amalgamate with the Township?
Answer: No. Homeless issues work with Township.
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15. Should the municipality offer tax breaks, incentives, or rebates to companies looking to set up shop here?
Answer: Yes.
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16. Is Langley City being pushed to grow too fast?
Answer: No.
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17. Should Langley City take more direct action to combat the opioid crisis locally?
Answer: Yes.
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18. Should the City encourage the creation of more rental and low-income housing?
Answer: Yes.
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19. Should the City taxes be cut by cutting services?
Answer: No.
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20. Should there be a limit to the number of consecutive terms a member of council can serve?
Answer: Yes.