Alissandra Dramov

Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Carmel-by-the-Sea · City Council Member

Dramov has lived in Carmel-by-the-Sea for 35 years full-time and 20 years part-time. She graduated from Stevenson School and holds a bachelor's degree in government with a history minor from the University of San Francisco. She worked as a television news broadcast journalist and has authored four books on Carmel-by-the-Sea's history and historic architecture. She was part of the grassroots group that successfully fought residential cell towers in Carmel, and is currently serving her first term on the Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council.

Dramov says her reporting background taught her to listen, question, hear both sides, and be fair, and that she brings that approach along with her love of the community to city government. Her stated priorities are addressing the city's deferred maintenance of streets, sidewalks and infrastructure; maintaining and caring for the beach and forest; ensuring fiscal responsibility, openness and transparency in city government; and protecting public safety, quality of life and village character. She frames her campaign around the slogan 'Let's Renew Carmel's Magic.'

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