Concord, CAVoter Guide 2026 · not a ballot

Voter guide · Nov 3, 2026

Concord City Council Election 2026

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council seats up

3 contests

9 candidates

Updated Oct 2, 2026. Every claim links to its source. How we check →

The candidates

Listed alphabetically by last name. Every position links to its source.

City Council District 1 · 1 seat

City Council District 3 · 1 seat

City Council District 5 · 1 seat

Concord elects its council by district. Voters who live in District 1, 3 or 5 each pick one candidate for their district's seat; the top vote-getter wins. The council then chooses the mayor.

4 notes on these statements

District 3 is an open seat: the filing period there was extended because the eligible incumbent did not seek re-election. ContraCosta.news · Aug 7, 2026

Councilmembers Laura Hoffmeister and Pablo Benavente and Vice Mayor Dominic Aliano are listed as endorsers on Aeysha Corio's campaign site. Aeysha Corio campaign site

Councilmember Pablo Benavente is also listed as an endorser on Laura Nakamura's campaign site. Laura Nakamura campaign site

Mayor Laura Nakamura is listed as an endorser on Robyn Kuslits's campaign site. Robyn Kuslits campaign site

Already on the council, not on the ballot

Whoever you elect will govern alongside these members.

Pablo BenaventeCouncilmember, District 4; term expires November 20286sourcedCarlyn ObringerCouncilmember, District 2; term expires November 20286sourced

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Match quiz5 questions · answers stay on your phoneSeat the CouncilPick winners, see the councilWhat council decidesNaval Weapons Station redevelopment, Budget and Measure O, Housing and rezoningKey datesDeadlines and vote centers

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What the next council decides

Naval Weapons Station redevelopment

Where it standsThe council and the U.S. Navy have approved the financial terms for Brookfield to redevelop about 2,422 acres of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station; a Specific Plan is next.

What's on the tableThe Specific Plan and other approvals that set the layout, housing, parks and timing of the new neighborhoods.

Budget and Measure O

Where it standsThe city estimates an infrastructure funding shortfall of at least $24.7 million a year; the council placed Measure O, a business license tax change, on the November ballot.

What's on the tableHow to spend Measure O money if it passes, and how to close the infrastructure gap either way.

Housing and rezoning

Where it standsIn 2026 the council rezoned about 28 acres for housing under a fair-housing overlay and backed a plan for up to 900 homes at the former Coast Guard site.

What's on the tableApprovals for housing projects on the rezoned sites and the Coast Guard property.

Rent stabilization and renter protections

Where it standsConcord caps yearly rent increases at 5% in apartment complexes built before February 1995, after the council changed its 2024 rules in 2025.

What's on the tableThe yearly allowable rent increase, which the council reviews each year, and how the tenant protection program is enforced.

Homelessness

Where it standsThe city funds a county outreach team in Concord and grants for supportive housing, including a motel conversion approved in 2026.

What's on the tableWhether to keep funding outreach and housing programs and how to pay for them.

Roads and street safety

Where it standsConcord adopted a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan and a two-year capital budget in 2026; city staff put the Pavement Condition Index at about 58.

What's on the tableWhich road repairs and street safety projects get funded first.

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  1. 1. The council and the Navy have approved the financial terms for Brookfield to redevelop about 2,400 acres of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station. What should the next council do?

  2. 2. Measure O would replace Concord's tiered business license tax with a flat 0.1% rate, raising about $2.9 million a year for city services. Where do you stand?

  3. 3. In 2026 the council rezoned about 28 acres, including the former Kmart site, to allow about 1,081 homes. Should Concord keep opening commercial sites to new housing?

  4. 4. Concord caps yearly rent increases at 5% in apartment complexes built before 1995; the cap was 3% (or less) until 2025. What should the cap be?

  5. 5. Concord adopted a street safety action plan in 2026 and says it needs about $18 million a year to keep roads in today's condition. What should come first?

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The seat math

2 stay (not up this year): Pablo Benavente, Carlyn Obringer3 on this ballot

5 council seats. The council decides by a 3-vote majority.

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