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Sample Candidate A
Pittsburg City Council · November 3, 2026
Fictional sample respondent. fictional · incumbent-style. This profile exists to demonstrate how a completed survey displays;
it is not a real candidate.
12 answers on the record. Every answer links to its full version history.
The data center and the development process
PB-1 The council's 2024 approval of the data center project on the former golf course site was the right decision for Pittsburg.
Agree
"Right on jobs and tax base, wrong on outreach. I would have required community meetings a year earlier."
PB-2 The single biggest lesson the city should take from the data center process:
Earlier and wider public notice
PB-3 Later phases of the project should proceed only after Phase 1's water, energy, and noise commitments are independently verified.
Agree
"Verification is reasonable if it doesn't duplicate what the settlement already requires."
PB-10 Name three things you want to accomplish on the council that have absolutely nothing to do with the data center.
1. Break ground on the waterfront promenade. 2. A downtown facade and vacancy program with 20 storefronts filled. 3. A five-year road maintenance plan funded in the budget, not just adopted.
Budget and city finances
PB-11 The next council should close the city's roughly $5 million budget gap primarily through:
Growing the tax base
"Every new employer on the waterfront and at the technology park shrinks the gap without touching services."
Public safety and policing
PB-23 Police staffing should grow over the next four years even if that requires cuts elsewhere in the budget.
Agree
"Growth should track response-time data, not a fixed headcount promise."
Homelessness
PB-33 The city's homelessness response should prioritize expanding shelter and services over enforcement of encampment rules.
Agree
Housing and growth
PB-41 Pittsburg should allow more multi-family housing near downtown and the BART stations.
Strongly agree
Economic development, jobs, and downtown
PB-51 When the two conflict, attracting large employers matters more than supporting small local businesses.
Neutral
"False choice most years; the anchor employers are what keep the small ones alive."
Waterfront, parks, and quality of life
PB-69 Waterfront development should be one of the city's top three capital priorities in the next four years.
Strongly agree
"It is the city's most undervalued asset."
The candidate, the race, and accountability
PB-93 Which single issue should get the council's most attention in 2027:
Economic development
PB-99 In two or three sentences: what should Pittsburg look like ten years from now?
A city that finally gets credit for what it is: a working waterfront town with a full downtown, an employer base that pays for good services, and neighborhoods people move to on purpose.