Chirag Kathrani
Candidate for City Council Member, San Ramon, District 2 · Founder/Entrepreneur
Chirag Kathrani is a technology entrepreneur who founded the Open Governance Initiative and has helped multiple people build businesses. He previously ran unsuccessfully for San Ramon Mayor in 2024.
Positions in brief
Kathrani's platform emphasizes a leaner city budget without new tax increases, housing affordability through smaller starter homes, and relief from rising utility costs.
He argues that laws like the Density Bonus Law and SB 79 have not solved affordability and that the more effective path is building smaller starter homes that are affordable by design, contrasting this with cities building townhomes while single-family housing stock skews toward seniors. He opposes increasing the tax burden on residents and wants to cut back on city manager expenses, and he has raised concerns about utility rates doubling or tripling over five years, tying part of that increase to public utility investments serving AI and crypto operations.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Argues that laws like the Density Bonus Law and SB 79 have not solved affordability, and that building smaller starter homes that are affordable by design is the more effective path.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Opposes increasing the tax burden on residents and wants to cut back on city manager expenses.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Says utility rates have doubled or tripled over the past five years, tying part of the increase to public utility investment in serving AI and crypto operations.
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