Brandyn IversonIncumbent
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Orinda · Incumbent
Brandyn Iverson holds a JD/MBA from Northwestern (Law and Kellogg) and a BA from Stanford. With more than 20 years in commercial real estate and investment, she has experience in zoning and land use and has managed large-scale budgets; she serves as Chief Operating Officer and U.S. Corporate Counsel of a commercial real estate firm. She served on Orinda's Planning Commission, where she chaired the body from 2018 to 2020 and worked on the city's Downtown Plan, before her election to the Orinda City Council in 2022. Her council colleagues selected her to serve as Orinda's Mayor for 2026.
Positions in brief
Iverson says Orinda should balance state housing mandates with preserving the character of downtown as the city's Downtown Plan moves forward.
In her candidate statement, Iverson says that as the city balances the state's housing mandates with its own priorities for downtown, preserving community character should come first, and points to her work on the Planning Commission helping shape the Downtown Plan.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Says Orinda should balance state housing mandates with preserving the character of downtown as the Downtown Plan moves forward.
“As we balance the State's mandates on housing with our own priorities for downtown, preserving community character comes first.”
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