Giselle Hale is a mom, advocate and businesswoman who is currently the Mayor of Redwood City. She has built a reputation for hard wor Giselle Hale is a mom, advocate and businesswoman who is currently the Mayor of Redwood City.She has built a reputation for hard work, collaboration and effectiveness, with the courage to take on tough problems – and gets results.k, collaboration and effectiveness, with the courage to take on tough problems – and gets results.
Giselle was one of the first leaders in the County to call for a strong local response to the pandemic together with health care experts. Giselle helped lead Redwood City and the County’s response to COVID-19, focusing on health and safety measures, maintaining essential government services and programs, Safe Streets for pedestrians and bicyclists, funding to keep childcare programs open, securing funding for small business pandemic grants and restaurant parklets, as well as getting the local economy back on track.
Giselle knows countless families face similar or even more difficult challenges as her own family did and need help – especially related to equity, housing and food insecurity, and access to programs and services.