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Sample Candidate B
Pittsburg City Council · November 3, 2026
Fictional sample respondent. fictional · data-center critic. 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.
Strongly disagree
"A 99 MW industrial use near homes and a school should never have been noticed the way it was."
PB-2 The single biggest lesson the city should take from the data center process:
Binding community benefits agreements
"Notice matters, but enforceable benefits are what residents can bank on."
PB-3 Later phases of the project should proceed only after Phase 1's water, energy, and noise commitments are independently verified.
Strongly agree
Updated. The settlement requiring 100% renewable power and recycled-water cooling set a bar. Independent verification of Phase 1 is now the minimum I would accept before any later phase.
PB-10 Name three things you want to accomplish on the council that have absolutely nothing to do with the data center.
1. A public dashboard for every development application in the city. 2. Sidewalk and lighting repairs in the oldest neighborhoods. 3. A youth jobs program with the school district.
Budget and city finances
PB-11 The next council should close the city's roughly $5 million budget gap primarily through:
A stated mix
Public safety and policing
PB-23 Police staffing should grow over the next four years even if that requires cuts elsewhere in the budget.
Neutral
"Fill existing vacancies first; I want to see the overtime numbers before committing to new positions."
Homelessness
PB-33 The city's homelessness response should prioritize expanding shelter and services over enforcement of encampment rules.
Strongly agree
"Enforcement without somewhere for people to go just moves the problem between districts."
Housing and growth
PB-41 Pittsburg should allow more multi-family housing near downtown and the BART stations.
Agree
"With real infrastructure conditions: the streets and storm drains have to come with the units."
Economic development, jobs, and downtown
PB-51 When the two conflict, attracting large employers matters more than supporting small local businesses.
Disagree
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.
Neutral
"Top five, not top three. Roads and drainage first."
The candidate, the race, and accountability
PB-93 Which single issue should get the council's most attention in 2027:
Roads and infrastructure
PB-99 In two or three sentences: what should Pittsburg look like ten years from now?
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.