[{"createTs":"2026-09-29T20:21:36.163492","statement":"<h1 dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">STATEMENT OF ERIC OHLSEN</h1><h2 dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">CANDIDATE FOR MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL,<br dir=\"auto\">4th District</h2><h3 dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">CITY OF PALMDALE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION</h3><p dir=\"auto\">Age: 43</p><p dir=\"auto\">Occupation: Councilmember</p><p dir=\"auto\">Palmdale is my home. It's where I'm raising my child.</p><p dir=\"auto\">I enlisted into the military right out of high school and served through September 11th and the years that followed. Service taught me something I've carried ever since: show up, do the work, and finish what you start.</p><p dir=\"auto\">Before I ever held office, I was out in our neighborhoods hauling away illegal dumping and painting over graffiti, not because it was my job, but because it needed to be done. As your Councilmember, I turned that work into the city's Community Preservation Program, helping ensure no neighborhood gets left behind.</p><p dir=\"auto\">Working families here are stretched thin. I've fought to hold the line on costs, bring good-paying jobs closer to home, and secure our fair share of transportation and infrastructure funding so Palmdale residents spend less time commuting and more time with their families.</p><p dir=\"auto\">I believe in safe neighborhoods, clean streets, and a city government that listens, responds, and respects the people it serves.</p><p dir=\"auto\">We've made progress, but there is more work to do. I'll keep showing up, doing the work, and fighting for Palmdale.</p><p dir=\"auto\">I respectfully ask for your vote.</p><p dir=\"auto\"></p><p dir=\"auto\"></p>","editTs":"2026-09-29T20:21:36.163492","language":"EN","status":4,"contestId":10496,"electionId":4348,"candidateId":26612,"publishedBy":69,"statementId":60998,"createdBy":69,"lastChangeBy":69,"publicCandidate":null}]