16-year Buena Park resident and 25-year Orange County community leader Joyce Ahn is a candidate for Buena Park City Council, District 1. District 1 covers the north-end of Buena Park from Artesia Boulevard up to Rosecrans Boulevard. The current seat held by Mayor Sunny Park will be an open seat for the term beginning in January 2023.

Joyce is a healthcare advisor assisting eligible seniors obtain access to a Medi-Cal covered healthcare program. Prior to her advocacy for seniors, Joyce served as a 2020 Census Field Manager, ensuring our hardest to count populations were represented for our community’s fair share of funding and resources. Joyce has decades of experience in both the private sector and community work, including as President of Sunny Hills Foundation for Education and OC Korean-US Citizens League and currently, as a City of Buena Park Commissioner on the Cultural and Fine Arts Commission.

As a Buena Park councilmember, Joyce will utilize her extensive community leadership experience to ensure that all voices in our community are heard and represented. By increasing accessibility to public services and resources for residents and small businesses and focusing on public safety, she believes that our community can live, work, and thrive in our beloved city, the “Center of the Southland.”

She has received the endorsement of the current Buena Park Mayor, Sunny Park, Buena Park Councilmembers Connor Traut and Susan Sonne and many more community leaders.

“I would be honored to represent the community that I love. I am looking forward to working with District 1 to continue to move Buena Park in the right direction.” -Joyce Ahn

Sunny Park, Buena Park Mayor

Susan Sonne, Buena Park Councilmember, District 3

Connor Traut, Buena Park Councilmember, District 5

Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen, Garden Grove Councilmember

Frank Aurelio Yokoyama, Cerritos Councilmember

Sam Lee, Buena Park City Commissioner

Sharon Desai, Buena Park City Commissioner

Pradip Desai, Buena Park City Commissioner

Juanita Martinez, Buena Park City Commissioner

Silvia Hurtado, Buena Park City Commissioner

Yikwon Peter Kim, Buena Park City Commissioner

Lauren Shead, Buena Park City Commissioner

Marilia Balas, Buena Park City Commissioner

Benjamin Gonzalez, Buena Park City Commissioner

Devin Berman, Buena Park City Commissioner

Sharena Walker, Buena Park City Commissioner

Elizabeth Gonzalez, Centralia School District Board of Trustees

Steven Kwon, President, Korean American Federation of Orange County

Sang Eun Shim, President, Orange County Christian Church Association

Paul Shin, President, Orange County Korean-US Citizens League (OCKCL)

Sangil No, President, Orange County Korean Chamber of Commerce

Donald Kim, President of OC Chung Nam Association

Jong Dae Kim, Former President of KAFOC

Wendy Yoo, Former President of KAFOC & OCKCL