David Gorn
Candidate for City Council Member, Half Moon Bay, District 1 · Planning Commissioner Chair
David Gorn is a longtime Coastside journalist. He has worked as a reporter and producer for KQED Public Radio and previously served as editor-in-chief of San Francisco Magazine and Peninsula Magazine, as well as editor of the Half Moon Bay Review. He is President of the Coastal Literary Arts Movement and hosts the Coastside News "Our Stories" podcast, through which he has interviewed local and national figures including U.S. Congressman Sam Liccardo. He currently serves as Chair of the Half Moon Bay Planning Commission, having been reappointed by Councilmember Paul Nagengast.
Positions in brief
No campaign platform or issues page was found for this candidate; his public record is centered on local journalism and planning-commission service rather than a stated policy agenda.
No campaign website, Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, or news coverage of specific 2026 policy positions could be found for this candidate. His public profile is built on his journalism career and his service on the Half Moon Bay Planning Commission, where he has weighed in on local land-use matters in that capacity, but no independently sourced campaign stances are available.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Wants to streamline the city's permitting process to cut procedural delays and speed up results for residents.
“less procedural delays, and more results for residents”
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