Chirag Kathrani · Candidate for San Ramon, City Council District 2
Democracy roots are local
Minimize the Closed door meetings to minimal so community is not kept out.
Open Governance News(OpGov.News) was built to fix it.
Open space is important to preserved and protected.
Rather than abolishing i will expand the protection.
In Oct 2025, San Ramon council without any discussion abolished the protection it gave by strongly forcing super majority and meaningful discussion.
Thriving local business ecosystem is source of future entrepreneurship
Conduct regular workshops to address the small business challenges.
A Thriving Small Business ecosystem where the owners are mentoring other youths into businesses becomes a pillar of society. As a small business owner myself have mentored multiple youths in successful businesses.
Cheapest home starts in millions making it harder for young families to move in.
Encouraging building of Starter homes will solve the problem of declining population and declining school enrollments.
Since 2020, San Ramon has built many homes yet still seen a decline in population, and schools are struggling to keep up due to declining enrollment. Meeting RHNA numbers by building townhomes alone is not helping. Additionally, most essential staff need to be housed locally.
Engaged community becomes alert community
Currently, most San Ramon residents are significantly disengaged. An informed and engaged community — supported by regular programs with law enforcement and city leadership — will structurally build safety into the system.
Long term planning for traffic is essential for any development.
Each project may not add significant traffic on its own, but the combined effect of thousands of townhomes is going to choke the city.
With so much development coming into the core of the city, as well as around it, the long-term effect will be to cut off the Windemere and Gale Ranch areas.