<h2>A GOVERNMENT THAT GETS THE JOB DONE, FOR <span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary);">YOU</span></h2><p>Genny is the <strong>ONLY</strong> candidate with a real plan to change city government so it works for our families on the basics: housing, homelessness, and crime. </p>

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<h5>"As a small business owner, hostage negotiator, special needs mom, and sexual assault detective, <span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">I've gotten tough jobs done</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">. </span>Now, I'm running to make city government get the job done for <span style="color: var(--color-headline-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-headline-secondary)">you</span>."</h5><h5>-Genny Altwer</h5>

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Raised in District 9, Genny followed in her dad’s footsteps, working in law enforcement as a sexual assault detective and hostage negotiator. Today, she runs a successful small business and is raising her family on the same streets she grew up on. 

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Too often, City Hall insiders and special interests block progress. </strong></span>They’re distracted by old ideological battles and aren’t focused on results. As a hostage negotiator, therapist, and small business owner, you learn to cut through the BS and get the job done. I’ve got a plan to do that on City Council.</p>

<h2>A City Hall That Works For You</h2>

<p><em>Altwer in Strong Position Beginning ‘26, Raised More Than All Her Opponents Combined</em></p>

<h4>Genny Altwer Outraises All Opponents Combined</h4>

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<h4>Meet and Greet: Branham - Kirk Neighborhood</h4>

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<p><strong>Lifelong District 9 resident Genny Altwer,</strong> a licensed marriage and family therapist and former police hostage negotiator, is making the case that her professional background and outsider status will position her well to represent the district, which covers southwest San Jose.</p>

<h4>Political newcomer enters District 9 San Jose council race</h4>

<p>The Small Business Owner and Former Hostage Negotiator Received Over 200 Individual Contributions. </p>

<h4>Genny Altwer Raises $70k+ In First Weeks of Council Race<br></h4>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">When you’re the victim of a crime, it doesn’t matter that San José was just named America’s Safest Big City. </strong>That’s an important title, but we still have work to do until everyone feels safe on our streets. As the only candidate in this race who’s walked the beat, I have a common-sense plan for a safer San José. </span></p>

<h2>A Safer San José</h2>

<p>Join Team Altwer for a pancake social followed by a neighborhood canvas with friends and neighborhood leaders!</p>

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<p>Join the Doerr Neighborhood and Genny Altwer as they discuss housing, an end to street homelessness, a safer San José, and what a City Hall that works for you looks like.</p>

<p><strong>Based on the state of play across all government levels</strong>, Genny Altwer’s career arc from former hostage negotiator to therapist to now-aspiring San Jose politician seems less implausible and more logical every day.</p>

<h4>Hostage negotiator turned therapist eyes spot on San Jose City Council</h4>

<p>Join Team Altwer for a neighborhood canvas with friends and neighborhood leaders!</p>

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<p>Join us for our campaign kick off with Mayor Mahan, Vice Mayor Foley, and Congressman Liccardo! You can say hi to some of our favorite elected, meet neighbors, and enjoy coffee and donuts.</p><p>After Mayor Mahan, Vice Mayor Foley, and Congressman Liccardo say a few words, we will be canvassing in the area around De Anza Park if you would like to join us.</p>

<h4>Mayor Mahan, Vice Mayor Foley, and Congressman Liccardo Campaign Kickoff</h4>

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<p>Join the Branham-Kirk Neighborhood and Genny Altwer as they discuss housing, an end to street homelessness, a safer San José, and what a City Hall that works for you looks like.</p>

Meet and Greet with Genny Altwer in the Branham - Kirk Neighborhood 

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<h4>Mayor Matt Mahan, Congressman Sam Liccardo, and Local Elected Officials Endorse Genny Altwer</h4>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Our streets are for everybody, but they shouldn’t be anybody's home. </strong>San José is facing a homelessness crisis, and I bring the right experience to address it. As a mental-health professional and former police officer, I know that real progress requires compassion and accountability.</span></p>

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<h4>Meet and Greet: Willowmont Neighborhood with Genny Altwer</h4>

<p>Join the Willowmont Neighborhood and Genny Altwer as they discuss housing, an end to street homelessness, a safer San José, and what a City Hall that works for you looks like.</p>

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<p><strong>The Small Business Owner and Former Hostage Negotiator and Detective is Running to Get Tough Jobs Done. </strong></p>

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<h4>Genny Altwer Launches Campaign for San José City Council District 9</h4>

<h4>Mercury News Endorsement: San Jose needs a blight fighter. Elect Genny Altwer to City Council.</h4>

<h4>Meet and Greet: Cambrian Neighborhood with Genny Altwer</h4>

<p>Join the Cambrian Neighborhood and Genny Altwer as they discuss housing, an end to street homelessness, a safer San José, and what a City Hall that works for you looks like.</p>

Meet and Greet with Genny Altwer in the Cambrian Neighborhood

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">My husband Marcelo and I stretched to buy our home. Today, that just isn’t possible for too many working families like ours. </strong>And the way things are headed, it probably won’t be possible for our kids, either. For far too long, City Hall insiders and special interests have stood in the way of making housing more affordable. I’ll stand up to them so we can build a more affordable San José. </span></p>

<h2>Housing You Can Actually Afford&nbsp;</h2>

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