ANNA ROHRBOUGH
Folsom City Council - District 5
PRIORITIES
Every decision I make on the Folsom City Council comes back to one question: does this respect the people who live here and what it costs them to do so?
Folsom residents didn’t move here to be nickeled and dimed. They moved here for safety, quality of life, and a community worth investing in. My job is to protect that.
TRAFFIC AND ROADS
East Bidwell is one of the first things residents bring up with me, and they are right.
My priority is simple. Fix the traffic we have first.
That means working to secure funding to build the Empire Ranch interchange. It gives drivers a new way on and off Highway 50, and a new way across it, so traffic from south of 50 can reach the north side without pouring onto East Bidwell. It means pressing developers to pay for and finish the connecting roads south of Highway 50, so drivers have a route that bypasses East Bidwell. And it means roads get built alongside new homes, not years later.
It also means holding the line. If a project cannot build the roads it needs, it does not move forward. The city will not pay for a developer's infrastructure, and when the roads cannot handle more, I have voted no and I'll do it again.
Catch up before we build up.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Safe neighborhoods aren’t a luxury. They’re the foundation everything else is built on and the reason most people chose Folsom in the first place.
I championed the creation of Folsom's Homeless Outreach Team and supported additional police staffing. My priority going forward is ensuring our Police and Fire Departments remain properly staffed, well led, and focused on the issues residents are actually experiencing. That means continuing to back that team, maintaining strong emergency response, and staying ahead of emerging issues before they become crises.
Public safety has to be funded sustainably. Not through last minute scrambles or cuts that quietly erode service. Through honest budgeting and clear priorities that put community safety first every single time.
That includes making sure new development pays its share. New development agreements now include funding for the police and fire service those neighborhoods require, so the residents already here are not left covering the cost. That is the kind of oversight I have brought to the council, and I will keep pushing for it.
FISCAL STEWARDSHIP
Folsom residents have been clear. They want a city that lives within its means, spends money wisely, and doesn’t treat their wallets as a backup plan when things get tight.
I hear that. I’ve been fighting for exactly that since 2022.
When I joined the council, city spending was running over the budgets the council approved. I pushed for oversight until that changed. Today the city operates within its adopted budget and exceeds its reserve targets.
The work isn't finished. Folsom still has infrastructure needs and long term financial commitments that require honest planning and difficult conversations.
Before we ask residents for more, we owe it to them to prove we’ve done everything possible with what we have. That’s the standard I hold myself to and the standard I’ll continue to hold this city to.
QUALITY OF LIFE
Folsom’s quality of life is what people paid for when they chose to live here. Protecting it isn’t optional and it isn’t cheap. But it doesn’t have to mean constantly asking for more.
I fought to keep park and trail maintenance funded when it was on the chopping block. My priority is maintaining and improving what we already have before adding what we don’t need. That means keeping our parks and trails in good shape, and making sure development decisions protect neighborhood character rather than erode it.
New homes should never come at the expense of the neighborhoods already here. That is the test I apply to every decision.
These priorities aren’t complicated. They’re what honest leadership looks like when you actually respect the people you serve.
Folsom is worth protecting. I intend to keep doing exactly that.