STOCKTON – Hollywood Unlocked CEO Jason Lee was the top vote getter in the March primary and is headed to a November runoff against incumbent Kimberly Warmsley.
Today is the day! We’ve done all the work. We’ve proven that this campaign was a real movement and not a moment. We ran a campaign with integrity, collaboration, and inclusion of all people within District 6.
We’ve shown you who the other opponents are without personal attacks, all while me, my family, and our characters were attacked by them daily.
We included youth – an often forgotten face when people sell you in ideas of how to better the city. We unlocked their dreams, provided platform for their voices to be heard, and taught them first had what civic engagement looked like. We empowered them and made them understand their place in the fight to restore South
I hope we earned your trust and as such your vote. A vote for me today is a vote to move Stockton in a new direction. This is not only a change you can count on, it’s a promise.
According to the Stockton Record, Lee announced his run for the District 6 council seat in December, six months after the current council members denied his nonprofit Hollywood Cares a $1 million grant in an unanimous vote in May.
At the time, City Manager Harry Black said the nonprofit’s plan for the money was too vague. Hollywood Cares also had a roughly $3,000 unpaid debt to the city from a previous project, Black said.
If elected, California’s conflict-of-interest laws would prevent Lee from voting on funding to his nonprofit, and from taking part in any other council decision that would benefit him financially.
Lee is a former union organizer and leveraged his social media accounts to propel himself as the top vote getter receiving 1,049 votes (38%) and Warmsley received 863 (32%).
