Hans Buder
Candidate for Mayor, Carmel-By-The- Sea · Carmel City Councilmember
Buder is a Carmel-by-the-Sea city councilmember, elected in 2024. Before joining the council he served on the Carmel Forest and Beach Commission and chaired the Housing Authority of the County of Monterey, working on financing low- to mixed-income housing. As a councilmember he helped lead an amendment to the city's Housing Element, helped launch the city's wildfire-preparedness initiative, worked to put city finances on a sustainable long-term footing, and pressed PG&E to restore power during a Christmas outage.
Positions in brief
Buder's top priority is making city government more effective, efficient, and accountable, including tracking performance data like permit-processing times, while addressing aging infrastructure and the loss of full-time resident families.
Buder says his top priority is making city government more effective, more efficient, and more accountable, by setting performance goals and using data — from permit-processing times to resident satisfaction with city services — to improve customer service and build a culture of accountability at City Hall. He also wants to keep the city focused on long-term challenges including aging infrastructure and the loss of full-time resident families, especially those with children. As a councilmember he points to helping lead an amendment to the city's Housing Element, helping launch its wildfire-preparedness initiative, working to put city finances on a sustainable long-term footing, and pressing PG&E to restore power during a Christmas outage.
On the issues
Wants to make city government more effective, efficient, and accountable by setting performance goals and tracking data such as permit-processing times and resident satisfaction.
“As Mayor, my top priority will be to make city government more effective, more efficient, and more accountable.”
Source →Says the city must address the loss of full-time resident families, building on his work helping lead an amendment to Carmel's Housing Element as a councilmember.
“the loss of full-time residents, especially families with children”
Source →Highlights spearheading the city's wildfire-preparedness initiative as a councilmember.
“spearheaded the City's wildfire preparedness initiative”
Source →Says he helped put Carmel's finances on a sustainable long-term footing as a councilmember.
“helped put our finances on a sustainable long-term footing”
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