Brian Hamachek
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Palo Alto · (No Ballot Designation)
Brian Hamachek is a software engineer and entrepreneur who serves as chief technical officer of the community-event website Vently. A resident of Old Palo Alto, he previously ran for Palo Alto City Council in 2022.
Positions in brief
He wants to build a rail tunnel to eliminate grade crossings, reduce City Hall staffing and red tape, and protect single-family neighborhoods from denser development.
Hamachek argues a rail tunnel, while the most expensive option, is the right one because it reconnects the two halves of the city, ends crossing delays and noise, removes the danger where rail meets road, and returns the surface to community use. He has said city government has grown too large, with too much red tape and not enough transparency, and he opposes denser development in single-family residential neighborhoods.
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