Laura Hoffmeister
Candidate for City Council Member, Concord, District 1 · Concord Council Member
Laura Hoffmeister is a lifelong Concord resident who attended local public schools and UC Davis. She was first elected to the Concord City Council in 1997 and has been reelected every term since, serving as mayor multiple times, including in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2016-2017, and most recently was selected as mayor in December 2022. She has chaired the Contra Costa Mayors Conference, served on the boards of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance, the John Muir Health Benefit Fund and County Connection, chaired the city's Design Review Board and Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and is a graduate of Leadership Concord.
Positions in brief
Hoffmeister's reelection campaign focuses on road repair, public safety and reducing unsheltered homelessness, alongside preserving established neighborhoods and expanding parkland.
Hoffmeister points to backing major roadwork on Clayton Road, Treat Boulevard, Concord Boulevard, Willow Pass Road, Oak Grove Road, Port Chicago Highway and parts of Bailey Road, funded partly by a $120 million capital improvement plan using state and federal grants. On public safety, she supports license-plate readers, cameras and other crime-prevention technology alongside neighborhood patrols and code enforcement, and opposes defunding the police. On homelessness, she credits the city's outreach and services with cutting Concord's unsheltered population by 45% since 2023 even as homelessness rose countywide, supports outreach teams, mental-health evaluations and federal grant funding for housing and wraparound services, but opposes dedicated homeless encampments. She also highlights roughly 2,500 acres set aside for a future East Bay Regional Park District park open to all residents, and supports fair market wages for city employees within a balanced budget.
On the issues
- Infrastructure & Transportation
Supports continued major road repair funded through a $120 million capital improvement plan.
“adding $120 million to repair our roads”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports outreach teams, mental-health evaluations and federal grant-funded housing and services, but opposes dedicated homeless encampments.
“comprehensive outreach, housing and wrap around services”
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Opposes defunding police and supports crime-prevention technology such as license-plate readers and cameras alongside neighborhood patrols.
“license plate readers, and cameras and other crime prevention efforts”
Source →
Profiles are compiled from the candidate’s own statements and public records. We never tell you how to vote.