{"id":1589,"date":"2018-09-13T19:07:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T19:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/?page_id=1589"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T22:45:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_85682949\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2021514479\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:600px;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/with-hands.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/with-hands.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/with-hands-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/with-hands-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2021514479 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-2016581\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2016581 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-bold\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Paul D. L\u00f3pez biography \u2013 Candidate for Denver Clerk and Recorder<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-334730890\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1660394089\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lopez_family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lopez_family.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lopez_family-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>A native of Denver, Paul D. L\u00f3pez is a proud graduate of West High School and credits growing up in the Westside and the Denver Public Schools for shaping him into a fighter for the underdog.<\/h4>\n<p>Paul D. L\u00f3pez is the third elected Clerk and Recorder in the City of Denver and became the first Mexican-American to be elected to this position in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In his role, Clerk L\u00f3pez is Denver&rsquo;s chief elections official, overseeing the administration of elections, city clerk,  public   trustee, and recordings operations. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0Since his time as Clerk and Recorder, Clerk L\u00f3pez has made elections   safer and more accessible by expanding the number of 24-hour drop boxes   and the number of voter service and polling centers and creating a first   ever civic engagement program to create a culture   of civic participation.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0Under the leadership of Clerk L\u00f3pez, the Elections Division also created   more transparency and accountability to the public by providing   a\u00a024-hour live-feed of the ballots being processed during the 2020   elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clerk L\u00f3pez led the Elections Division to successfully run major   elections, two of which were during the global health pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0Turnout   hit its second highest point with a majority of ballots cast in drop   boxes or by mail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Due to the global health pandemic, the services provided by the Office   of the Clerk and Recorder were forced to change, but the services did   not stop.\u00a0 A new remote services model was implemented in only four days   and the model became so successful it is now   state law.\u00a0 He led the office to process hundreds of marriage license   applications via mail and a new dedicated drop box.\u00a0Records digitized   and available to the public. The Public Trustee also saw an increase of   62 percent of volume of Release of Deeds of   Trust and the Office generated $2.3 million in 2020, 26% more revenue   than 2019.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> In his prior role, Clerk L\u00f3pez served as the youngest elected City   Council member representing his home district in Denver&rsquo;s west side and   was re-elected for his second and third terms unopposed. Despite the   challenges of being elected during the great recession,   his passionate leadership has spurred civic engagement, led efforts to   building healthier communities, access to new health clinics, parks,   libraries, and a new recreation center.\u00a0He led effort to increase policy   accountability, and protect Denvers immigrant   and refugee population and strengthened public oversight in law   enforcement. In his final term he serving as the highest ranking member   and president pro-tempore, West Denver&rsquo;s historically overlooked   neighborhoods saw the highest investment of public\u00a0bond   resources second only to downtown Denver.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic-19_800-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic-19_800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic-19_800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pic-19_800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Paul D. L\u00f3pez is a proud graduate of Denver West High School and the   University of Colorado at Denver. \u00a0Despite his addiction to hot sauce   and old school tunes, Paul is a proud papa and enjoys raising his   teenage daughter, Nayeli a young leader her own right.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_85682949 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2052,"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1589\/revisions\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lopezfordenver.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}