In addition to being elected to the Vallejo City Council on her first run for political office in 2009, Marti has 10 years of project management experience in redevelopment and urban planning.
During Marti’s tenure on the Vallejo City Council, she successfully spearheaded bringing the ...
In addition to being elected to the Vallejo City Council on her first run for political office in 2009, Marti has 10 years of project management experience in redevelopment and urban planning.
During Marti’s tenure on the Vallejo City Council, she successfully spearheaded bringing the first city-wide Participatory Budgeting (PB) process in the United States to the City of Vallejo (www.pbvallejo.org), joining the Health Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Campaign, establishing a Community Benefits District Ordinance, removing Binding Interest Arbitration from the City Charter, launching the ‘Reinventing City Government’ Speaker Series, promoting a comprehensive General Plan Update including the city’s first-ever Community Health Element, sponsoring a progressive Medical Marijuana Dispensary ordinance and tax, and advocating for government efficiencies via City Charter amendments and Inter-public agency cost savings and service-sharing.
Currently, Marti is also the Executive Director of the North Franklin District Business Association – a non-profit corporation representing 600 businesses and more than 150 property owners in the “Latino District” of South Sacramento.
Previously, Marti was a Senior Planner with the Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency where she managed a $14 million budget and regularly coordinated improvement projects with the City’s Planning, Building, Transportation, Public Works, and Economic Development Departments, as well as collaborated with the City’s Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Services Departments.
Prior to being elected to office, Marti also Co-Chaired the Vallejo Waterfront Coalition (VWC), where she was instrumental in negotiating a 10-month long settlement agreement between Callahan-DeSilva, the Waterfront Master Plan Developer, and the Vallejo Redevelopment Agency guaranteeing an additional four-acres of public open space for Vallejo residents on the Waterfront, increasing view corridors and animal habitat, and improving the Project’s overall design and architecture. The VWC won the Clearwater Award for Excellence on the Waterfront in 2005 for its proposed Vallejo Waterfront Community Plan and its tremendous effort to improve community involvement and participation in the development of Vallejo’s Waterfront.
Marti completed her Masters of Business Administration from Hope International University in 2000, her Master of Arts in Geography from San Francisco State with a concentration in Resource Management and Environmental Planning in 1998, and her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Environmental Studies from the now obsolete World College West (Petaluma, California) in 1988.