Diedre Thu-Ha's Accomplishments
- Fully funded public safety department
- Balanced city budget
- Delivered new mental health services: Be Well OC Mobile Response team
- Created hundreds of affordable senior homes
- Created grants for small businesses
- Secured 1000 new jobs from new development
- Assisted in opening Garden Brook Senior Village, which created 394 affordable apartments for seniors
- Raised 1.3 million to improve Garden Grove Park with new playground
- Approved budget for Navigation Center for emergency shelter rehabilitation and operations to serve individuals experiencing homelessness
Diedre Thu-Ha's Pro-Democracy,
Pro-Human Rights Record
- Vietnamese Young Marines (Founder/President) 2003-Now
- Coordinating Committee of Vietnamese American Youth Organizations (BAN LIÊN LẠC CÁC HỘI ĐOÀN GIỚI TRẺ VIỆT NAM) (Coordinator) 2012-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Annual Black April event (Commemorate April 30, 1975) from 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Annual South Vietnamese Armed force Day 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Commemorate King Hung’s day 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Little Saigon Tet Parade 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Children Festival 2016-now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Human Right Night 1990s-Now
- Volunteer annually for Disable Veteran and Widow Concert since 2008-Now
- Organized and volunteered Walk for Refugee 2015
- Organized many candlelight vigils advocate for Human Right and Democracy for Vietnam. In addition, for Hong Kong (Yellow Umbrella 2014) and Democracy for Hong Kong 2019
- Organized and volunteered for many relief effort fundraising events many years including: Marching for Refugees in 1990s, Katrina 2005, hurricane Sandy 2012, Haiyan 2013.
- Vietnamese Young Marines (Founder/President) 2003-Now
- Coordinating Committee of Vietnamese American Youth Organizations (BAN LIÊN LẠC CÁC HỘI ĐOÀN GIỚI TRẺ VIỆT NAM) (Coordinator) 2012-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Annual Black April event (Commemorate April 30, 1975) from 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Annual South Vietnamese Armed force Day 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Commemorate King Hung’s day 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Little Saigon Tet Parade 1990s-Now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Children Festival 2016-now
- Organize and volunteer annually for Human Right Night 1990s-Now
- Volunteer annually for Disable Veteran and Widow Concert since 2008-Now
- Organized and volunteered Walk for Refugee 2015
- Organized many candlelight vigils advocate for Human Right and Democracy for Vietnam. In addition, for Hong Kong (Yellow Umbrella 2014) and Democracy for Hong Kong 2019
- Organized and volunteered for many relief effort fundraising events many years including: Marching for Refugees in 1990s, Katrina 2005, hurricane Sandy 2012, Haiyan 2013.
