Montclair Mayor Dutrey

Mayor Javier "John" Dutrey is a lifelong resident of Montclair and a proud graduate of Montclair High School. Before his tenure as the Mayor he served on the Montclair City Council and brings decades of experience in public service to his role. 

He and his wife, Anne, have two children and two grandchildren, with both Anne and their son being U.S. Army veterans. Anne coordinates the food pantry at their church, Our Lady of Lourdes. Mayor Dutrey is also the son of Basque immigrants who ran a local business in Montclair for almost 50 years. 

Mayor Dutrey holds two degrees from California State University, San Bernardino: a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Arts in Public Administration. 

His professional career spans both the public and private sectors. It includes work in Real Estate— focusing on property and development; Urban Planning— concentrating on land use, housing, and community development; and Economic Development— aimed at supporting local businesses and job creation.

• Revitalizing and sustaining safe neighborhoods.
• Attracting and retaining quality businesses.
• Ensuring the City’s fiscal integrity by promoting fiscally responsible budgets.
• Maintaining a vibrant Montclair Place.
• Developing a transit-oriented area for north Montclair that includes the Gold Line commuter train.
• Improving the City’s streets and parks.

• Addressing street homelessness through comprehensive mental-health and substance-use rehabilitation services, expanding shelter options, and implementing nuisance-related enforcement for individuals who decline available assistance. 
• Sustaining enhanced public safety with added police and fire personnel and investing in modern crime-fighting technologies. 
• Focusing on improving major streets and traffic safety, with upgrades planned along Arrow Highway, Holt Boulevard, Monte Vista Avenue, Mills Avenue, and Benson Avenue, along with critical safety improvements near schools. 
• Upgrading community parks, specifically enhancing Saratoga Park and its baseball fields, while building on the recent completion of Sunset Park and Reeder Park. 
• Expanding programs for families, children, and seniors, offering diverse activities such as after-school programs, senior lunch services, youth sports, and the teen center, along with the Montclair-to-Chaffey College scholarship program. 
• Supporting new housing construction, which includes affordable units, expanding dining, shopping, and recreation options while advancing transit-oriented development in North Montclair surrounding the future Gold Line station.

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