Grant McCracken
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), South Lake Tahoe
Grant McCracken is a South Lake Tahoe small-business owner and cybersecurity executive who founded the firms vlkn.ai and DarkHorse. He previously served as vice president of operations at the cybersecurity company Bugcrowd. He and his family, including a daughter born at Barton Hospital, live in South Lake Tahoe.
Positions in brief
McCracken's platform emphasizes regular town halls and transparent government, permitting well-designed affordable housing, diversifying the local economy beyond tourism, and balancing environmental protection with housing and business needs.
He proposes regular town halls accessible to working people and committing to explain and measure the results of council decisions. On housing, he wants to permit well-designed housing where it makes sense, with affordability requirements tied to development incentives. On the economy, he wants to balance tourism management with building locally rooted technology businesses and workforce development. On the environment, he wants to reject substantial, unmitigated environmental harm while challenging rules that block housing or business development without a measurable environmental benefit. He also lists road maintenance, snow operations, wildfire resilience, and safe pedestrian/cycling infrastructure as core service priorities.
On the issues
- Government, Elections & Democracy
Wants regular town halls accessible to working people and commits to explaining and measuring the results of council decisions.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Wants to permit well-designed housing where it makes sense, with affordability requirements tied to development incentives.
“Permit well-designed housing where it makes sense”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to balance tourism management with building locally rooted technology businesses and workforce development.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Wants to reject substantial, unmitigated environmental harm while challenging rules that block housing or business development without measurable environmental benefit.
“Reject substantial environmental harm that cannot be mitigated”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Wants to maintain roads, drainage, snow operations, wildfire resilience, and safe pedestrian/cycling infrastructure as core city responsibilities.
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