The same information as the comparison page, with no color coding: full answer text, caveats, and update notes in an ordinary table.
| Question | Sample A fictional · incumbent-style | Sample B fictional · data-center critic | Sample C fictional · budget-first | Dionne Adams no response · not yet sent | Arlene Kobata no response · not yet sent | Sonja Shephard no response · not yet sent | Iztaccuauhtli Hector Gonzalez no response · not yet sent | Amhari Perkins no response · not yet sent | Alvin Nelson no response · not yet sent | Mark Linde no response · not yet sent | Wolf Croskey no response · not yet sent | Pauline Johnson no response · not yet sent | Carolynne Born no response · not yet sent | C.C. Cardinalli-Macaluso no response · not yet sent |
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| 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 · caveat: "Right on jobs and tax base, wrong on outreach. I would have required community meetings a year earlier." | Strongly disagree · caveat: "A 99 MW industrial use near homes and a school should never have been noticed the way it was." | Neutral · caveat: "I care less about relitigating the vote than about what the revenue does for the general fund." | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-2 The single biggest lesson the city should take from the data center process: | Earlier and wider public notice | Binding community benefits agreements · caveat: "Notice matters, but enforceable benefits are what residents can bank on." | Independent review of impacts | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-3 Later phases of the project should proceed only after Phase 1's water, energy, and noise commitments are independently verified. | Agree · caveat: "Verification is reasonable if it doesn't duplicate what the settlement already requires." | Strongly agree (updated Aug 12, 2026) | Agree · caveat: "Verify, but with a defined timeline so the city doesn't lose the revenue to delay." | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-11 The next council should close the city's roughly $5 million budget gap primarily through: | Growing the tax base · caveat: "Every new employer on the waterfront and at the technology park shrinks the gap without touching services." | A stated mix | Spending cuts · caveat: "A city that can't rank its own spending shouldn't ask residents for more." | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-23 Police staffing should grow over the next four years even if that requires cuts elsewhere in the budget. | Agree · caveat: "Growth should track response-time data, not a fixed headcount promise." | Neutral · caveat: "Fill existing vacancies first; I want to see the overtime numbers before committing to new positions." | Strongly agree | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-33 The city's homelessness response should prioritize expanding shelter and services over enforcement of encampment rules. | Agree | Strongly agree · caveat: "Enforcement without somewhere for people to go just moves the problem between districts." | Disagree · caveat: "Services yes, but rules that exist must be enforced or they mean nothing." | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-41 Pittsburg should allow more multi-family housing near downtown and the BART stations. | Strongly agree | Agree · caveat: "With real infrastructure conditions: the streets and storm drains have to come with the units." | Disagree · caveat: "Downtown parking and traffic are already failing residents; fix that first." | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-51 When the two conflict, attracting large employers matters more than supporting small local businesses. | Neutral · caveat: "False choice most years; the anchor employers are what keep the small ones alive." | Disagree | Agree | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-69 Waterfront development should be one of the city's top three capital priorities in the next four years. | Strongly agree · caveat: "It is the city's most undervalued asset." | Neutral · caveat: "Top five, not top three. Roads and drainage first." | Agree | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| PB-93 Which single issue should get the council's most attention in 2027: | Economic development | Roads and infrastructure | Public safety | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| 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. | 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. | Boring in the best way: balanced budgets, paved roads, staffed police shifts, and a council meeting that ends on time because the basics are handled. | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |
| 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. | 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. | 1. A structurally balanced two-year budget. 2. Police vacancies under 5%. 3. A pavement condition index above the county average. | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response |