Gabe QuintoIncumbent
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), El Cerrito · Incumbent
Gabe Quinto was born in Berkeley and grew up in El Cerrito. He holds a degree in Radio, TV and Film from Cal State Long Beach. He served on El Cerrito's Human Relations Commission from 2011 to 2014, chairing it in 2013-14, before being elected to the City Council in 2014, where he has since served multiple terms as Mayor, including in 2018, 2022, and 2026, and as Mayor Pro Tem in 2017, 2021, and 2025. He is Immediate Past President of the League of California Cities (2026-2027). He also serves on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District board and the Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission, and is a board member of Equality California and CivicWell. He is recognized as El Cerrito's first Filipino-American and LGBTQ councilmember.
Positions in brief
Has focused much of his tenure on equity and inclusion in local government, alongside environmental policy work through regional air-quality and planning bodies.
Quinto has centered much of his civic work on equity and inclusion, including past leadership of the League of California Cities' Asian Pacific Islander and LGBTQ caucuses. He has also been active on environmental policy through his seat on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District board and the League's Environmental Policy Committee.
On the issues
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