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  "title": "Pittsburg City Council",
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   "code": "PB-1",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": true,
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The council's 2024 approval of the data center project on the former golf course site was the right decision for Pittsburg.",
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   "code": "PB-2",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The single biggest lesson the city should take from the data center process:",
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     "options": [
      "Earlier and wider public notice",
      "Independent review of impacts",
      "Binding community benefits agreements",
      "The process worked as designed"
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  {
   "code": "PB-3",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
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   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Later phases of the project should proceed only after Phase 1's water, energy, and noise commitments are independently verified.",
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     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-4",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The settlement terms (100 percent renewable energy and recycled-water cooling) are a sufficient standard for any future data center proposal in Pittsburg.",
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     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-5",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "For future large industrial or energy-intensive projects, the trigger for community meetings should be:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "At initial application",
      "Before environmental review begins",
      "Before any council vote",
      "Current noticing rules are sufficient"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-6",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg should adopt a specific data center ordinance (setbacks from homes and schools, noise limits, water and energy disclosure) rather than handle each proposal case by case.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-7",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The tax and lease revenue from the data center should be earmarked for the neighborhoods nearest the site rather than flowing entirely to the general fund.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  },
  {
   "code": "PB-8",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "On a scale of 0 to 10, how much ability does the incoming council actually have to change the outcome of the already-approved project?",
     "type": "number",
     "options": null,
     "unit": "out of 10",
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-9",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "If you had been on the council in 2024, describe the specific motion you would have made when the project came to a vote.",
     "type": "short",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-10",
   "sectionTitle": "The data center and the development process",
   "core": true,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Name three things you want to accomplish on the council that have absolutely nothing to do with the data center.",
     "type": "short",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-11",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": true,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The next council should close the city's roughly $5 million budget gap primarily through:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Growing the tax base",
      "Spending cuts",
      "New voter-approved revenue",
      "A stated mix"
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-12",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg should not place any new tax measure on the ballot until the council has published a line-item review of existing spending.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-13",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "If cuts are required, the first place you would look:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Administrative overhead",
      "Parks and recreation programming",
      "Non-safety contract services",
      "Capital project deferrals",
      "Across-the-board reductions"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-14",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Public safety budgets should be on the table in a deficit year like any other department.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-15",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "What share of the general fund should public safety consume at most, as a percentage?",
     "type": "number",
     "options": null,
     "unit": "percent",
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-16",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city should publish a public, plain-language dashboard of budget versus actual spending, updated quarterly.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-17",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg relies too heavily on one-time revenues (fees, land transactions, development payments) to cover ongoing costs.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-18",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "On unfunded pension liability, the council should:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Pay it down faster than required even if services feel it",
      "Meet minimum required contributions and prioritize services",
      "Refinance or restructure where legal",
      "This is not a near-term priority"
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  {
   "code": "PB-19",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Every new development approval should include a fiscal impact analysis, published before the vote, showing whether it pays for the services it consumes.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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  },
  {
   "code": "PB-20",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Rank these four as claims on any new revenue:",
     "type": "rank",
     "options": [
      "Road maintenance",
      "Police staffing",
      "Homelessness response",
      "Reserves and debt reduction"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-21",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city keeps adequate reserves today.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-22",
   "sectionTitle": "Budget and city finances",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Name one specific line item in the current city budget you believe is too large, and what you would do about it.",
     "type": "short",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-23",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": true,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Police staffing should grow over the next four years even if that requires cuts elsewhere in the budget.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-24",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The bigger staffing problem today is:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Authorized positions are too few",
      "Authorized positions exist but vacancies stay unfilled",
      "Overtime dependence",
      "Staffing is roughly right"
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-25",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "What is the maximum average response time for high-priority calls you would hold yourself accountable to as a councilmember, in minutes?",
     "type": "number",
     "options": null,
     "unit": "minutes",
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-26",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg should expand non-police response teams (mental health clinicians, community responders) for calls that do not require an armed officer.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-27",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city should publish response times, clearance rates, and staffing levels on a public dashboard, updated monthly.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-28",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Automated license plate readers and camera networks in Pittsburg are worth their privacy trade-offs.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-29",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "On retail theft and street-level crime, the most effective near-term investment is:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "More patrol officers",
      "Focused deterrence on repeat offenders",
      "Lighting, cameras, and environmental design",
      "Regional and county partnerships"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-30",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Traffic enforcement (speeding, sideshows, red-light running) deserves a larger share of police attention than it gets today.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-31",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Community trust in Pittsburg PD is strong today.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-32",
   "sectionTitle": "Public safety and policing",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Describe one specific public safety program from another city you would bring to Pittsburg, and what it costs there.",
     "type": "short",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-33",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": true,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city's homelessness response should prioritize expanding shelter and services over enforcement of encampment rules.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-34",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Encampment rules that exist should be consistently enforced, provided shelter is actually available.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-35",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The county, not the city, should lead on homelessness; Pittsburg's role is mainly:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Funding its share of county programs",
      "Operating its own outreach team",
      "Providing land or sites for shelter and housing",
      "All three"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-36",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg should site at least one additional shelter, navigation center, or transitional housing facility within city limits in the next four years.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-37",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "If such a facility is sited, the honest answer about location is:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Near services and transit even if central",
      "Industrial or commercial areas away from homes",
      "Wherever a willing property owner exists",
      "I would oppose new facilities in Pittsburg"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-38",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "RV and vehicle dwelling on city streets needs a designated safe-parking alternative before stricter enforcement.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-39",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "By the end of your term, what percentage reduction in unsheltered homelessness in Pittsburg would you consider success?",
     "type": "number",
     "options": null,
     "unit": "percent",
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-40",
   "sectionTitle": "Homelessness",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "What is one thing the city is currently doing on homelessness that you would stop doing?",
     "type": "short",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-41",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": true,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg should allow more multi-family housing near downtown and the BART stations.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-42",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city should approve housing at the densities required to meet its state housing targets even where neighbors object.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-43",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The biggest barrier to new housing in Pittsburg today is:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Permitting time and fees",
      "Infrastructure capacity",
      "Construction costs beyond city control",
      "Community opposition",
      "The city is building enough"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-44",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg has absorbed more than its fair share of the region's growth compared to wealthier Contra Costa cities.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-45",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city should require a higher percentage of below-market units in new projects, even if some projects become infeasible.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-46",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "On accessory dwelling units, the city should:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Actively promote them with pre-approved plans and fee waivers",
      "Permit them as state law requires, no more",
      "Tighten local standards to the legal limit"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-47",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Protecting existing renters (anti-displacement measures, relocation assistance, stronger code enforcement on landlords) deserves as much council attention as building new units.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-48",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "New residential growth should be conditioned on funded street, drainage, and utility capacity, in writing, before approval.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-49",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Rank these housing priorities for Pittsburg:",
     "type": "rank",
     "options": [
      "Market-rate supply",
      "Subsidized affordable units",
      "Homeowner assistance and anti-displacement",
      "Senior housing"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-50",
   "sectionTitle": "Housing and growth",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Name a specific parcel or corridor in Pittsburg where you would support significantly more housing, and at roughly what scale.",
     "type": "short",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-51",
   "sectionTitle": "Economic development, jobs, and downtown",
   "core": true,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "When the two conflict, attracting large employers matters more than supporting small local businesses.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-52",
   "sectionTitle": "Economic development, jobs, and downtown",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city's most effective economic development tool is:",
     "type": "choice",
     "options": [
      "Faster and cheaper permitting",
      "Marketing available industrial land",
      "Downtown investment and events",
      "Workforce partnerships with Los Medanos College",
      "Direct incentives to targeted employers"
     ],
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-53",
   "sectionTitle": "Economic development, jobs, and downtown",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg's industrial land is a competitive advantage and should be preserved for employers rather than converted to housing.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-54",
   "sectionTitle": "Economic development, jobs, and downtown",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "How many net new storefront businesses in Old Town and downtown would you consider success by the end of your term?",
     "type": "number",
     "options": null,
     "unit": "storefronts",
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-55",
   "sectionTitle": "Economic development, jobs, and downtown",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city should create a vacancy program (fees or incentives) targeting long-empty commercial buildings downtown.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-56",
   "sectionTitle": "Economic development, jobs, and downtown",
   "core": false,
   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg residents should not have to leave the city for most of their shopping, dining, and services; closing that retail gap is a council-level priority.",
     "type": "likert5",
     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "PB-57",
   "sectionTitle": "Economic development, jobs, and downtown",
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     "text": "On large logistics and warehouse employers, Pittsburg should:",
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      "Generally steer land toward higher-wage uses"
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   "code": "PB-58",
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     "version": 1,
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   "code": "PB-59",
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     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg markets itself poorly; the city's image lags years behind its reality.",
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     "unit": null,
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   "code": "PB-60",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Name one employer or industry you would personally spend council time trying to bring to Pittsburg, and why it fits.",
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   "code": "PB-61",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Road maintenance should be funded as a fixed, protected line in the budget rather than competing year to year.",
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   "code": "PB-62",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "What pavement condition index (0 to 100) should Pittsburg commit to reaching within eight years?",
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   "code": "PB-63",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city's worst infrastructure liability today is:",
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      "Aging public buildings"
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   "code": "PB-64",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Pittsburg should build protected bike lanes and safer pedestrian crossings even where that removes street parking or a travel lane.",
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     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-65",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Traffic congestion on and around Highway 4 should shape how much new development the city approves, not just how it mitigates it.",
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-66",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The areas around the two BART stations are underused and should be a top focus for investment in the next four years.",
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   "code": "PB-67",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "On street lighting and sidewalk repair, the most honest funding answer is:",
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      "General fund reprioritization",
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      "This will remain underfunded and I will say so"
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   "code": "PB-68",
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    {
     "version": 1,
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-69",
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    {
     "version": 1,
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-70",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The best near-term use of the waterfront and marina area is:",
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      "Industrial and maritime uses that produce revenue"
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   "code": "PB-71",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city should commit to a funded, dated plan for the waterfront rather than another vision document.",
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     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-72",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Existing parks are maintained well today.",
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   "code": "PB-73",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "If parks money is limited, prioritize:",
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      "Maintaining and securing existing parks",
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      "Trails and open space connections"
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  {
   "code": "PB-74",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Illegal dumping and blight enforcement should be a measurable council priority with published cleanup response times.",
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     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-75",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Air quality and industrial legacy pollution deserve more council attention than they currently get.",
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-76",
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   "versions": [
    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "What is one place in Pittsburg you take visitors to show the city off, and one place you avoid taking them? What changes the second one?",
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     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-77",
   "sectionTitle": "Transparency and how the council governs",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Residents should never learn about a major development project for the first time from a construction fence; current noticing practices need to change.",
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     "options": null,
     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-78",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "All council subcommittees should be subject to public agendas and minutes, whether or not the law requires it.",
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     "unit": null,
     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-79",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "The city should publish a public dashboard of every active development application, its status, and its next public hearing date.",
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   "code": "PB-80",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Closed-session real estate negotiations for major projects should be:",
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      "Disclosed as early as legally possible",
      "Handled as they are now",
      "Accompanied by a public \"term sheet\" stage before any binding commitment"
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   "code": "PB-81",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Councilmembers should publish their meeting calendars with developers and their representatives.",
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   "code": "PB-82",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "Campaign contributions from parties with business before the council should trigger recusal above a stated threshold.",
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   "code": "PB-83",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "What contribution amount, in dollars, should trigger that recusal?",
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   "code": "PB-84",
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     "version": 1,
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   "code": "PB-85",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "I will hold regular, calendared open office hours in my district or citywide, at least monthly, for all four years.",
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   "code": "PB-89",
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     "version": 1,
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     "version": 1,
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      "Economic development",
      "Homelessness"
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   "code": "PB-94",
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    {
     "version": 1,
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   "code": "PB-95",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "A councilmember who changes a position should publish the reason; I commit to updating my answers on this survey when my views change.",
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   "code": "PB-96",
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     "version": 1,
     "text": "With eleven candidates running, ranked-choice-style coalition building matters: I will name other candidates in this race I could work well with. (If agree, name them in the caveat.)",
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    {
     "version": 1,
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     "version": 1,
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      "Neighborhood and community organizing",
      "Business or development experience",
      "Public sector or public safety experience",
      "Lived experience of the issues in this race"
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     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-99",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "In two or three sentences: what should Pittsburg look like ten years from now?",
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     "substantive": true
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   "code": "PB-100",
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    {
     "version": 1,
     "text": "What is one campaign promise you have heard in this race, from anyone, that you believe is not actually achievable, and why?",
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       "version": 1,
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       "source": "admin",
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       "source": "admin",
       "createdAt": "2026-08-03T17:00:00.000Z",
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        "kind": "choice",
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       "version": 1,
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       "version": 2,
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       "version": 1,
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        "value": 3
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       "version": 1,
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       "version": 1,
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        "text": "A city where growth happens with residents instead of to them. Ten years from now no one in Pittsburg should learn about a major project from a construction fence."
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       "valueText": "Independent review of impacts",
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     "questionCode": "PB-3",
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       "version": 1,
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       "source": "admin",
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       "version": 1,
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       "version": 1,
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       "version": 1,
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        "kind": "likert5",
        "value": 4
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       "version": 1,
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       "reason": null,
       "source": "admin",
       "createdAt": "2026-08-03T17:00:00.000Z",
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       "version": 1,
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        "kind": "likert5",
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       "createdAt": "2026-08-03T17:00:00.000Z",
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       "version": 1,
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       "source": "admin",
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       "version": 1,
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        "kind": "choice",
        "choice": 1
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       "valueText": "Public safety",
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