Tony Daysog
Candidate for Mayor, Alameda · Councilmember/Urban Planner
Tony Daysog is an urban planner who has served on the Alameda City Council for more than two decades. He has focused much of his council work on redeveloping the former Naval Air Station at Alameda Point, including building transit-oriented housing and setting aside more than 200 units for formerly homeless families. As vice mayor he pushed to expand the council from five to seven members and to plan transit connections, including a possible future BART link between downtown Oakland and Alameda Point.
Positions in brief
Daysog emphasizes concentrating new housing at Alameda Point rather than citywide, opposes new local taxes or fees, and prioritizes transit, sea-level-rise funding, and industrial land for jobs over converting waterfront land to housing.
Daysog says most of Alameda's state housing allocation should be built at Alameda Point, where transit investments can offset added traffic, and takes credit for transit-oriented, mixed-income development there including homes set aside for formerly homeless families. He opposed housing at the Catellus wharf site, preferring to preserve waterfront land for industrial jobs. On taxes, he opposes adding new fees to electric bills and says climate-related spending should come from reallocating the existing city budget rather than new revenue. On transportation he supports better-coordinated free shuttles, carpooling incentives, and bus rapid transit, along with a longer-term goal of BART service to Alameda Point and a new bike bridge over the estuary. On the environment he backs science-based sea-level-rise planning and electric vehicle adoption.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Believes most new housing should be built at Alameda Point rather than through broader citywide upzoning, citing transit and infrastructure limits.
“not in favor of over-building Alameda”
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Opposes new local taxes or fees, including added charges on electric bills, to fund climate or other programs.
“I do not support new taxes or new fees to be added to our electric bill”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Prioritizes better-coordinated free shuttles, carpooling incentives, and bus rapid transit, with a longer-term goal of BART service to Alameda Point.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Supports science-based approaches to sea-level rise and electric vehicle adoption, funded from existing budget reallocation rather than new taxes.
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Supports preserving industrial land, including at the northern waterfront, for job creation rather than converting it to housing.
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