Kevin McCarty

Kevin McCarty (born in 1972) is a Sacramento, California, city councilman who represents the 6th district which includes part of the eastern and southeastern parts of the city.^[1] Prior to being elected to the Sacramento City Council, McCarty served as policy director to former California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante, and as an assembly budget committee consultant to former California State Assembly member Denise Moreno Ducheny.^[2] McCarty was first elected to the city council in 2004 after Dave Jones stepped down in order to run for the state assembly. He is a resident of the Elmhurst neighborhood.^[1]

Background

McCarty was born and raised in the Sacramento area. He graduated with a degree in political science from CSU Long Beach and is working on a masters degree in public policy and administration from Sacramento State. He worked for former Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante and also served as a consultant to the Assembly Budget Committee. While on the city council, McCarty supplements that with serving as the legislative advocate for Preschool California.

Work on city council

Representing many of Sacramento's older neighborhoods, McCarty has been a big advocate for safe housing and for inspections of Sacramento's numerous rental housing units. He is also known as a big advocate of gun control. He also works with creating after school programs for District 6 schools. Councilmember McCarty along with Darrell Fong voted against a $257 million subsidy to develop a downtown entertainment and sports complex for the Sacramento Kings. He has received a lot of flack from local business leaders for that vote in that it was against a development project that would have led to thousands of much needed jobs.

6th District

The 6th district includes the suburban College Greens and Glenbrook neighborhoods which are located in the eastern edges of Sacramento. He also represents the Tahoe Park area and the surrounding neighborhoods that make up southeast Sacramento.

2004 election

In the 2004 election, McCarty faced John Boyd, the director of Shriners Hospital for Children. McCarty defeated him by a 62% to 38% margin.

2008 election

McCarty did not face any opposition in his 2008 reelection bid. He did gain notoriety as the lone city councilman who declined to take sides in the mayoral primary between Heather Fargo and Kevin Johnson. However, by the general election, he decided to support Fargo's unsuccessful reelection bid.

2010 Assembly Bid

In 2010, Assembly Member Dave Jones was term limited. McCarty lost a close primary election to Roger Dickinson, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors member from District 1.

2012 Election

In 2012, McCarty was challenged by information technology manager Mitch Netto. He easily won in the primary election by a 3 to 1 margin.

References

External links

• Biography: Councilman Kevin McCarty