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Businesses & Jobs
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres
Eric Yung's promise
Support responsible AI and data-centre development where it brings investment and jobs without compromising Richmond’s electricity, water, infrastructure or climate goals.
Business Permitting
Eric Yung's promise
Make Richmond easier to do business in by simplifying permits, setting clear service standards and giving entrepreneurs a single point of contact to navigate City Hall.
Economic Growth
Eric Yung's promise
Grow Richmond’s economy by supporting existing businesses, attracting new investment, expanding commercial opportunities and creating conditions where entrepreneurs can succeed.
Tourism
Eric Yung's promise
Strengthen tourism by promoting Richmond’s food, culture, waterfront, heritage and major events while supporting the local businesses and neighbourhoods that make our city distinctive.
Climate Change, Heat, Fires, & the Environment
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres
Eric Yung's promise
Support responsible AI and data-centre development where it brings investment and jobs without compromising Richmond’s electricity, water, infrastructure or climate goals.
Private Vehicles & Parking
Eric Yung's promise
Reduce congestion while recognizing that many Richmond residents still rely on cars; new development should provide realistic parking and support a gradual transition to cleaner vehicles.
Walking & Cycling
Eric Yung's promise
Make walking and cycling safer and more practical through connected routes, protected infrastructure, better crossings and continued expansion of Richmond’s greenways.
Zoning
Eric Yung's promise
Plan growth strategically by concentrating greater density near transit, services and infrastructure while allowing neighbourhood-sensitive housing choices rather than one-size-fits-all zoning.
Community Centres, Libraries, Parks, and Other Public Spaces
Sidewalks & Bike Paths
Eric Yung's promise
Close gaps in Richmond’s sidewalk, greenway and cycling networks so residents can travel safely between neighbourhoods, schools, parks, transit and commercial areas.
Zoning
Eric Yung's promise
Plan growth strategically by concentrating greater density near transit, services and infrastructure while allowing neighbourhood-sensitive housing choices rather than one-size-fits-all zoning.
Culture & Events
Housing & Homelessness
Affordability
Eric Yung's promise
Increase housing choices and supply, streamline approvals and reduce unnecessary costs so more Richmond residents can afford to stay, raise families and age in place.
Building Maintenance & Occupant Health
Eric Yung's promise
Maintain strong building standards that protect residents from unsafe conditions, extreme heat, poor air quality and deferred maintenance while keeping requirements practical and enforceable.
Homelessness
Eric Yung's promise
Work with senior governments and community providers to expand permanent supportive housing, mental-health and addiction services rather than relying indefinitely on temporary solutions.
Housing Accessibility
Eric Yung's promise
Require and encourage more accessible, adaptable and family-sized homes so seniors, people with disabilities and families can find housing that meets their needs.
Indigenous-Led Housing
Eric Yung's promise
Support partnerships with Indigenous housing providers and senior governments to create culturally appropriate housing while respecting local planning, infrastructure and community needs.
Property Taxes
Eric Yung's promise
Keep property taxes as low as reasonably possible through disciplined budgeting, smarter service delivery and better use of City assets without weakening essential services.
Public & Assistive Housing
Eric Yung's promise
Use City land, partnerships and senior-government funding to expand affordable and supportive housing while preserving long-term public benefit wherever feasible.
Rent & Rental Stock
Eric Yung's promise
Encourage more purpose-built rental housing, protect viable existing rental stock and reduce unnecessary barriers that make new rental projects harder or more expensive to build.
Zoning
Eric Yung's promise
Plan growth strategically by concentrating greater density near transit, services and infrastructure while allowing neighbourhood-sensitive housing choices rather than one-size-fits-all zoning.
Local Government, Planning, & Democracy
Public Safety & Policing
Non-Police-Based Public Safety
Eric Yung's promise
Expand prevention, mental-health, outreach and community-based supports so police are not the only response to every social or behavioural crisis.
Police Funding
Eric Yung's promise
Fund policing based on demonstrated community needs, service levels and outcomes, while requiring strong fiscal discipline before increasing the burden on taxpayers
Police Wrongdoing & Accountability
Eric Yung's promise
Support transparent oversight, clear complaint processes and strong accountability so residents can trust that police powers are exercised lawfully, fairly and professionally.
Upstream Causes of Crime
Eric Yung's promise
Reduce crime by addressing housing instability, addiction, mental-health challenges, youth disengagement and other underlying conditions alongside effective enforcement.
Reconciliation & Indigenous Nations
Roads, Transit, & Getting Around
Private Vehicles & Parking
Eric Yung's promise
Reduce congestion while recognizing that many Richmond residents still rely on cars; new development should provide realistic parking and support a gradual transition to cleaner vehicles.
Sidewalks & Bike Paths
Eric Yung's promise
Close gaps in Richmond’s sidewalk, greenway and cycling networks so residents can travel safely between neighbourhoods, schools, parks, transit and commercial areas.
Transit Projects
Eric Yung's promise
Advocate for more frequent and reliable transit, better connections between Richmond neighbourhoods and improved regional service, while aligning growth with transit capacity.
Walking & Cycling
Eric Yung's promise
Make walking and cycling safer and more practical through connected routes, protected infrastructure, better crossings and continued expansion of Richmond’s greenways.
Biography
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Richmond resident since 1975. Eric is a former School Trustee and Chair of the Richmond Board of Education, past Chair of the Insurance Council of BC, active Lion and Rotarian, and a staff scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute.
Eric Yung has resided in Richmond since 1975 and attended Richmond’s public schools from elementary through secondary. Along with his wife Grace, Eric is raising their two children, Megan and Evan, in Richmond.
Eric has been active in many community organizations including the For Children We Care Fundraising Committee for the Children’s Hospital, Pathways Clubhouse, and the Vancouver Diamond Lions, and is a past voting member and Chair of the Insurance Council of BC.
From 2008-2011, Eric was President of the Richmond District Parents’ Association and in 2011 and 2014 he was elected as a School Board Trustee. Eric chaired the Richmond Board of Education in 2015 and 2018.
Eric holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from UBC, and a Ph.D in Molecular Genetics from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. After receiving his doctorate, he continued his research at Harvard University in Boston where he worked in cutting-edge gene therapy research. Eric is currently employed at BC Cancer Research Institute in the immunotherapy program.
Promises
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Upstream Causes of Crime
Reduce crime by addressing housing instability, addiction, mental-health challenges, youth disengagement and other underlying conditions alongside effective enforcement.
Property Taxes
Keep property taxes as low as reasonably possible through disciplined budgeting, smarter service delivery and better use of City assets without weakening essential services.
Affordability
Increase housing choices and supply, streamline approvals and reduce unnecessary costs so more Richmond residents can afford to stay, raise families and age in place.
Reason for running
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I’m running to keep Richmond a place where people can build a life, raise a family and age in place. I’ll bring practical, evidence-based leadership to housing, infrastructure, public safety and affordability, while keeping City Hall accountable and focused on Richmond’s future.
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