Gary Gechlik
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Palo Alto · (No Ballot Designation)
Gary Gechlik is an emergency medicine physician who works at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. He earned his law degree from Stanford Law School in 2003 and practiced nonprofit law before returning to medicine. This is his first time running for public office.
Positions in brief
He wants to keep dense high-rise development out of downtown Palo Alto and favors directing new housing toward areas near Highway 101 instead.
Gechlik's platform centers on opposing high-rise development in downtown Palo Alto, favoring instead that new housing be directed to areas near Highway 101.
On the issues
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