Diane Howard
Candidate for City Council Member, Redwood City, District 6 · City Councilmember / Nurse
Diane Howard worked professionally as an orthopedic nurse, as an office manager for a family medical practice, and later as a liaison at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City. She was first elected to the Redwood City Council in 1994 and has served nearly every year since, with a break between 2009 and 2013. She has been selected by her council colleagues to serve as mayor twice, in 1997 and 2019. She represented District 5 before the city's 2022 redistricting and now represents District 6.
Positions in brief
Howard is a longtime advocate for affordable housing at all income levels, alongside continued investment in parks, transportation, green space, recycled water, and downtown vitality.
Howard has pointed to the city's Gatekeeper affordable-housing program and other developments as key tools for creating housing across a range of income levels, while cautioning against making major development decisions without public input and pledging to keep the council's process transparent. She has also raised the idea of allowing more mixed-use buildings downtown to keep the area vibrant amid office vacancies, asking whether the city has the ability to adjust its approach if development looks 'out of whack.' She has named recycled water infrastructure, park improvements, and a possible public ferry terminal as ongoing priorities.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Longtime advocate for creating affordable housing at a range of income levels, citing the city's Gatekeeper projects and other developments as key tools.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports allowing more mixed-use buildings downtown to keep the area vibrant amid office vacancies, while adjusting course if development gets out of balance.
“Is there an ability to tweak it at some point if it looks like it's out of whack and out of balance?”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Supports continued investment in recycled-water infrastructure, park improvements, and a proposed public ferry terminal.
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