Kim TrupianoIncumbent
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Clayton · Incumbent
Kim Trupiano is a Clayton resident since 2013 with decades of experience in the newspaper, shopping-center and nonprofit sectors, and is also a small business owner. She served as Clayton's mayor from December 2024 to December 2025, after being chosen for the role by the city council, and remains a city councilmember. She sits on the board of directors of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance and the Diablo Valley College Business Advisory Board, and is a member of the Clayton Historical Society and a volunteer with Save Mount Diablo.
Positions in brief
Trupiano's council record centers on fiscal responsibility, including moving Clayton to a two-year budget, updating its fee schedule, and putting contracts out to competitive bid, alongside support for local small businesses.
During her current term, Trupiano says she helped push the city to approve its first two-year budget for 2025-2027, complete Clayton's sixth Housing Element submission to the state, and finish a $2 million energy-efficiency project covering LED lighting, a solar array, EV charging, HVAC and irrigation controls. She has also reviewed dozens of city contracts, pushed for a competitive-bid process for future contracts, moved the city to a managed investment portfolio, and updated the Master Fee Schedule. She says her top aim is putting Clayton's 'financial house in order' proactively rather than reactively, and that she wants to help Clayton's business community thrive by drawing on her own experience as a small business owner.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Prioritizes proactive fiscal management, including competitive-bid contracting, a managed investment portfolio, and the city's first two-year budget.
“help balance our budget”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to help Clayton's small-business community thrive, drawing on her own experience as a business owner.
“I understand the challenges of being in business for yourself”
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