Public Safety & Neighborhood Stability
Housing Affordability & Responsible Growth
Homelessness & Real Solutions
Small Business & Local Economy
A BUILDER, NOT A BYSTANDER!
Meet Tamika
Most candidates talk about 'caring.' I talk about Standard of Care. As a state-licensed provider managing highly regulated systems and a tech founder who built SheltrLink, I don’t see our city’s challenges as mysteries I see them as Logic Leaks. I have spent 20 years in the 'Warzone' of foster care and homelessness, building the data-driven infrastructure to restore accountability where manual bureaucracy has failed.
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I am not running to occupy a seat; I am running to fix the plumbing of District 1
I am the Founder and Executive Director of Connections for Women, providing emergency shelter and support for homeless families, and operating a state-licensed STRTP serving foster youth under county contract. I work within highly regulated systems to ensure accountability, safety, and measurable outcomes.
As a District 1 business owner and creator of SheltrLink, a data-driven platform improving coordination in homelessness services, I bring a builder’s mindset to leadership. I also advanced equitable economic policy in Long Beach and serves as Board Co-Chair and Commissioner of the Long Beach Continuum of Care for Homelessness, actively bridging sectors to deliver practical solutions.
Why I’m Running
Tamika Wagner-Osio is running for Long Beach City Council, District 1, because she believes leadership should be measured by outcomes — not intentions. Her work across homelessness, family shelter, foster care, City of Long Beach small business, economic equity, and innovation reflects a single guiding principle: if policy doesn’t improve lives, it isn’t working and it must change.
She is committed to practical solutions, fiscal responsibility, and building a District 1 where families thrive, businesses grow, and everyone has a fair chance at stability and opportunity.
