Moni Gangopadhyay
Candidate for City Council Member, Berkeley, District 1 · Consumer Protection Investigator
Moni Gangopadhyay is a policy professional who has worked on clean energy and consumer-protection issues, including a role as a policy coordinator for energy efficiency at the California Public Utilities Commission. Her campaign describes her as an experienced policymaker who relies on data and expert input, and who has spent her career designing clean energy policy and protecting low-income Californians from fraud.
Positions in brief
Gangopadhyay's platform centers on expanding affordable housing, protecting small businesses and artists from displacement, and making city government more accountable, safe, and sustainable.
Gangopadhyay says Berkeley deserves an affordable, thriving city where families, seniors, and young people are not priced out, and opposes policies that let corporations buy up blocks of the city and push out families and beloved small businesses. She calls for a city government accountable to its constituents, streets and public spaces safe enough to walk and play in, and a Berkeley that is vibrant, equitable, and sustainable.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Supports expanding affordable housing and opposes policies that let corporations buy up blocks of the city, pushing out families and small businesses.
“We deserve an affordable thriving Berkeley”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to protect artists and small businesses in the district and create opportunities for working families and people across the income spectrum.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Wants city government to be more accountable and responsive to residents.
“We deserve a city government that is accountable to its constituents”
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports safe streets and public spaces through enforcement of traffic rules.
“We deserve streets and public spaces where we can walk and play safely”
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