Tracy La
for ASUCI President
My name is Tracy La and I am honored to announce that I am running to be your next ASUCI President. I am a third year student double majoring in Political Science and Social Policy & Public Service. I am currently serving as the co-commissioner of the 60 by 16 Commission, ASUCI’s official voter registration campaign, under the Office of the President. During my time serving our campus with ASUCI, I co-ran the first year of the newly established 60 by 16 Initiative, established ASUCI’s first-ever Campus Debate Series, collaborated with the Mental Health Commission to showcase the Student Mental Health Panels, and have been part of an effort that has registered over 1,000 students to vote since summer of 2015. Aside from ASUCI, I have served as Co-President of No Strings Attached, a peer support group on campus, that hosted workshops every week on issues pertaining to student mental health. I also work in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, where I have become familiar with the policies and issues pertaining to sexual violence and assault, discrimination, affirmative action, and equal opportunity.
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If elected President, I will work to address five issues I find critical on our campus: 1) having affordable textbooks, 2) housing security, 3) expanding mental health services, 4) strengthening our campus climate, and 5) providing students adequate resources to remain politically engaged. I am ready and committed to change and I hope you will join me in reforming UCI this election. 

Rafael Carrazco
for ASUCI Administrative Affairs Vice President
My name is Rafael Carrazco-Sanchez and I am a third year double majoring in Criminology, Law & Society and Psychology & Social Behavior. Currently, I serve as your Student Life & Advocacy Commissioner under the Office of Administrative Affairs. Through this position, I have implemented advocacy efforts regarding initiatives such as student health, mental health, and disability access. During my time in ASUCI, I have worked in Legal Clinic, where I orchestrated campus-wide outreach events to inform students about various legal matters. Additionally, I have represented students on the Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee (SHIAC), where I advocated for reforming and enhancing the health insurance plan package for the upcoming school year. I have also served as the elected Vice-Chair of the Bus Love Board, where I ensured that student fees pertaining to the Anteater Express shuttle services are properly and wisely distributed to the benefit of student’s needs and desires. It is with great passion, enthusiasm, and honor that I announce that I am running to become your next ASUCI Administrative Affairs Vice President.
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If elected as your next Administrative Affairs Vice President, I pledge to stand by the student body and ensure that student rights are prioritized in the various decisions made by our campus administrative functions. Departments such as the Transportation & Distribution (aka parking), housing, and student health often lack transparency in the functions that they serve, as well as the decisions that they make. Therefore, as a student leader, I believe it is my role to ensure that we address the questions, concerns, and needs of students within these areas. As your Administrative Affairs Vice President, I will ensure that these departments become more transparent and are held accountable. I am committed to change, and and if you believe in this change, I will see you during elections week!  

Taylor Chanes
for ASUCI Executive Vice President

My name is Taylor Chanes and I am a third year student double majoring in Political Science and Education. I am running for the position of the Executive Vice President (EVP) in Associated Students University of California Irvine (ASUCI) for the 2016-2017 academic school year. I joined the EVP office almost as soon as I began my freshman year at UCI, as an intern learning how to plan and lead grassroots social justice campaigns. During my first year experience, I was exposed to a plethora of information that had never been readily available to me in my home community. I was able to take part in the abundance of advocacy opportunities available: learning about grassroots movements, meeting with legislators to make demands, organizing campus actions and mobilizing the community for a cause. The EVP office equips students with the tools necessary to advocate on issues that affect their communities on a local, statewide, and national scale. 

Currently, I serve as the Organizing Affairs Director for the Executive Vice President, Kristine Jermakian. Being Organizing Director has allowed me to advocate on behalf of students on a statewide level, through my seat on the Board of Directors for the UC Student Association (UCSA). In 2014, when the UC system was threatened with another tuition increase, I led a campus action alongside a UC-wide day of action, calling on our Chancellors and UC President to refuse to increase student tuition. Along with state cuts to higher education funding, students are also threatened by federal cuts to student aid as well.        READ MORE

Chelsea Baloo
for ASUCI At-Large Representative

As an legislative council representative, Chelsea aims to build better connections between student body and legislative council and have a better presence/support for student orgs. She also wants to give more voice for under-represented, under-served communities, such as Native Americans. For example, she wans to change campus tours to include the fact that UCI was built on Acjachemen and Tongva land. Furthermore, she wants more faculty that represent the communities they are teaching about, as well as more accountability for Greek life.

Vote YES on the Food Pantry Initiative
We are in favor of a $3.00 per quarter fee to fund the operations and expansion of the current campus food pantry and support student food access and security initiatives. This initiative will keep UCI's current Food Pantry running, providing students with healthy means to fight food insecurity.

This student fee will be used to cover the expenses of operating the current food pantry that provides free nonperishable food to students who experience food insecurity. This includes, but is not limited to, the cost of food, transportation, marketing, and maintenance. Additionally, the funding will be used towards the expansion of the food pantry and establishing a mobile food pantry with fresh produce. The funding from this initiative will also be used to coordinate financial, nutritional, and wellness programs, provide food consultation and referral services, and establish an emergency food fund.

Vote YES on the ASUCI Constitution Amendments
Language has been source of confusion, ambiguity and gray areas in the ASUCI constitution, and these amendments aim to change that, along with giving ASUCI more transparency and accountability, and increasing student representation. The impeachment process is also made easier, requiring only 2/3 of the council and the Judicial Board's approval. Lastly, there will now be 2 deputy student advocate generals, an internal and an external.