Arcata City Council · Nov 3, 2026
Kimberley
White
Kimberley White, the incumbent, is running for Arcata City Council in the Nov 3, 2026 election; 6 candidates are running for 2 seats.
The race · City Council
- 01Blase Bonpane
- 02Reese Halter
- 03Genevieve Serna
- 04Daniel John Shahin
- 05Abigail "Abbie" Strickland
- 06Kimberley WhiteYou’re reading
Background
- About
- Arcata mayor and incumbent councilmember who previously served three years on the Planning Commission.
- Party
- Nonpartisan race. California Constitution, Article II, Section 6
On the record: Kimberley White
9 sourced01Measure G sales tax1 sourced position
Mayor White voted yes to place the renewal of the Measure G three-fourths cent transactions and use tax on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot (passed 5-0, June 2026).
Council voteArcata City Council minutes, June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026
02City budget1 sourced position
Voted yes to adopt the fiscal year 2026-27 city budget (passed 5-0, June 2026).
Council voteArcata City Council minutes, June 17, 2026 · Jun 17, 2026
03Coastal zoning1 sourced position
Mayor White voted yes to adopt the comprehensive update to the Coastal Zoning Ordinance and submit it to the Coastal Commission for certification (passed 5-0, March 2026).
Council voteArcata City Council minutes, March 18, 2026 · Mar 18, 2026
04Water and wastewater rates1 sourced position
Mayor White voted yes to adopt water and wastewater rate adjustments for fiscal years 2025-26 through 2029-30 (passed 5-0, April 2026).
Council voteArcata City Council minutes, April 15, 2026 · Apr 15, 2026
05Offshore oil and gas1 sourced position
Voted yes on a resolution opposing offshore oil and gas along the California North Coast (passed 3-0 with two absent, January 2026).
Council voteArcata City Council special meeting minutes, Jan. 22, 2026 · Jan 22, 2026
06Housing1 sourced position
as reported by Times-Standard; forum hosted by the Humboldt Association of Realtors
At a Humboldt Association of Realtors forum, said Arcata needs to make room for people who live there to buy a first home, as reported by the Times-Standard.
I feel that we definitely need to make room for people who live here and give them an opportunity to buy their first home, grow their families, and those who have not yet moved have an opportunity as well.”
Forum answerTimes-Standard · Oct 1, 2026
07Open space and housing1 sourced position
as reported by Times-Standard; forum hosted by the Humboldt Association of Realtors
At the forum, said the city should build up rather than out and keep its green spaces.
We need to build up, not out. We need to keep our green spaces, that makes this place so special, and why we call it home”
Forum answerTimes-Standard · Oct 1, 2026
08Homelessness response1 sourced position
as reported by Times-Standard; forum hosted by the Humboldt Association of Realtors
At the forum, said the city spent $700,000 on safe parking in one year and could have built sleeping cabins for the same amount.
We could have built little tiny sleeping cabins for that same amount, 89, and then we wouldn’t be doing rinse and repeat.”
Forum answerTimes-Standard · Oct 1, 2026
09Data centers1 sourced position
as reported by Times-Standard; not a direct quote
At the Sept. 2026 council meeting on the data center moratorium, expressed concern about reports of larger data center proposals, as reported by the Times-Standard.
Own statementTimes-Standard · Sep 17, 2026
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