Nancy S. Sidebotham
Candidate for City Council Member, Oakland, District 6 · Tax Prepreparer
Nancy Sidebotham has owned a tax preparation business since 1973 and has been a longtime Oakland civic advocate, chairing her neighborhood's crime-prevention council for two decades. She serves as a board member of the city's Community Policing Advisory Board.
Positions in brief
Sidebotham's platform emphasizes fiscal responsibility, opposing bad city contracts and land giveaways, and supporting Oakland's small businesses and crime-prevention efforts.
According to Local News Matters, Sidebotham has said the city's budget problems are a core reason she is running, and that she would not saddle residents with bad garbage contracts, give away public land, or push out longtime residents. As a member of Oakland's Community Policing Advisory Board, she says she understands how the city's organizations, budgets, and politics work.
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