Introduction : Tony Daysog, 44,
grew up in the City of Alameda,
in the part of town called the
"West End," in a neighborhood
right next to the now closed
military base. Daysog
attended West End schools,
having even served as Senior
Class and School President of
Encinal High School. His late
father, Ricardo, was from the
town of Ormuc in the Visayan
Province. His Japanese
mother is from a hamlet called
Kawa-hira in the southern
island of Kyushu. Daysog was
born in Hawaii in 1966.
grew up in the City of Alameda,
in the part of town called the
"West End," in a neighborhood
right next to the now closed
military base. Daysog
attended West End schools,
having even served as Senior
Class and School President of
Encinal High School. His late
father, Ricardo, was from the
town of Ormuc in the Visayan
Province. His Japanese
mother is from a hamlet called
Kawa-hira in the southern
island of Kyushu. Daysog was
born in Hawaii in 1966.
City Council (1996-2006): Urged to run for office at the age of 28 by members from
Alameda's Filipino-American community, Daysog became the first American of Filipino
or Japanese descent to serve on Alameda's City Council, and he served with honor
and distinction for ten years between 1996 and 2006. Twice he had been elected by
his peers to serve as Vice Mayor (1998-2000 and 2002-2004).
Prior to serving on Council, Mr. Daysog served for two years on the Alameda Re-use
and Redevelopment Authority, as alternate for former Vice Mayor Anthony "Lil" Arnerich.
He also served for two years on Alameda's Economic Development Commission.
Thus, he served for 12 years as a public servant in the City of Alameda.
Between late 2008 and early 2009, Mr. Daysog served on the City of Alameda's Fiscal
Sustainability Committee, which assisted the City Council in tackling immediate and
long-term fiscal challenges. Right now, he is serving on Caltran's District 4 Pedestrian
Safety Advisory Committee.
Focus on Alameda's Youth: Among the many projects that Daysog implemented, the
former Councilmember is most proud of his work on behalf of children and youth.
While on Council, Daysog created the "Traffic Calming Guidelines", which provides a
framework for improving traffic safety around local schools through signage and other
measures. Daysog also resurrected the joint School Board - City Council committee
meeting after years of dormancy. He also created a mechanism by which residents
can donate funds via their electric bills to a technology program of the local school
district. This mechanism was a simple matter of allowing rate payers to "round up"
their electric bill payment, with the difference going to our local schools: the program
collected $7,400 via the "round up", also known as "Power Up for Learning." Daysog
also created the "small capital improvements project (CIP)" after determining that the
bulk of CIP dollars went primarily to large public works projects, not local parks whose
ball fields and play equipment needed repair.
Social Justice: During his tenure on City Council, Daysog was a tireless advocate on
behalf of social justice causes. He passed legislation exempting domestic partners
from the real estate transfer tax, many of which comprise of gay, lesbian and
transgender couples. For more information on his work on behalf the LGBT
community, click here. He has been recognized for his leadership on behalf of
environmental causes, including his effort to reform a much-penalized incinerator in the
Fruitvale District in Oakland. Click here. Daysog has fought for racial justice,
particularly with respect to housing in Alameda.
Mass and Other Forms of Alternative Transit: Daysog worked successfully on a
variety of mass transit matters as a City Councilman. Working with bus transit
advocates, he got City Hall to re-stripe red curbs throughout Alameda to accommodate
AC Transit's modern "low floor" buses. Daysog worked with arts enthusiasts in
Alameda to get City Hall to accept and install elegant AC bus shelters free of annoying
billboard advertisements. He again worked with transit activists in Alameda to get City
Council to pass Alameda's "Transit First Resolution," which laid the policy groundwork
that led to the designation of Park and Webster Streets as Alameda's "transit hubs."
Today, these hubs have a number of raised platforms with elegant shelters that
facilitate bus service. On Webster Street, Daysog made sure that redevelopment
dollars were available to match the original grant from the regional transit agency
known as MTC. In the formative stages of its existence, Daysog gave advice and
guidance to a fledgling organization called Bike Alameda,and soon thereafter he
worked with this group in having Council adopt the Bike Master Plan.
Professional Background: Mr. Daysog is an urban planner by profession and
education, a full-time Senior Associate for an economic development consulting
company on numerous projects largely in the Central Valley region. He has been in the
field of urban planning for over seventeen years.
As a planner, Mr. Daysog has distinguished himself in many ways. He recently
authored a path-breaking methodology for analyzing local and regional urban decay
impacts stemming from large-format retail stores ("big box"). Mr. Daysog's
methodology was key to a recent court case in Kern County. In this case, Daysog's
methodology was reviewed and accepted by the judge who presided over an earlier
landmark court decision regarding Super Wal-Marts (Bakersfield Citizens for Local
Control v. Wal-Mart). Daysog was asked by the California Association for Local
Economic Development (CALED) to facilitate a work-shop on the Best Economic
Development Data available at CALED's annual conference in 2009.
Daysog earned his Master's degree from UC Berkeley's Department of City and
Regional Planning, having been recognized as the "hardest working student" by his
peers. He also earned his Bachelor degree from UC Berkeley in US History.
What Daysog does for fun: Daysog enjoys reading political biographies, particularly the
works of Robert Caro. He also enjoys reading biographies of business leaders.He is
an active Democrat -- maintains a blog called moderatedemocrats.com. He also
served on what is called the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee. He is
past President of the City of Alameda Democratic Club, and served on Metropolitan
Greater Oakland Democrat Club's Executive Board. He enjoys offering his thoughts to
local newspapers on a range of policy issues, such as (click on subjects): Military base
conversion, California's state budget, Healthcare, and Native American
mega-casinos in the Bay Area. He maintains a West End blog called
westalameda.com.
Alameda's Filipino-American community, Daysog became the first American of Filipino
or Japanese descent to serve on Alameda's City Council, and he served with honor
and distinction for ten years between 1996 and 2006. Twice he had been elected by
his peers to serve as Vice Mayor (1998-2000 and 2002-2004).
Prior to serving on Council, Mr. Daysog served for two years on the Alameda Re-use
and Redevelopment Authority, as alternate for former Vice Mayor Anthony "Lil" Arnerich.
He also served for two years on Alameda's Economic Development Commission.
Thus, he served for 12 years as a public servant in the City of Alameda.
Between late 2008 and early 2009, Mr. Daysog served on the City of Alameda's Fiscal
Sustainability Committee, which assisted the City Council in tackling immediate and
long-term fiscal challenges. Right now, he is serving on Caltran's District 4 Pedestrian
Safety Advisory Committee.
Focus on Alameda's Youth: Among the many projects that Daysog implemented, the
former Councilmember is most proud of his work on behalf of children and youth.
While on Council, Daysog created the "Traffic Calming Guidelines", which provides a
framework for improving traffic safety around local schools through signage and other
measures. Daysog also resurrected the joint School Board - City Council committee
meeting after years of dormancy. He also created a mechanism by which residents
can donate funds via their electric bills to a technology program of the local school
district. This mechanism was a simple matter of allowing rate payers to "round up"
their electric bill payment, with the difference going to our local schools: the program
collected $7,400 via the "round up", also known as "Power Up for Learning." Daysog
also created the "small capital improvements project (CIP)" after determining that the
bulk of CIP dollars went primarily to large public works projects, not local parks whose
ball fields and play equipment needed repair.
Social Justice: During his tenure on City Council, Daysog was a tireless advocate on
behalf of social justice causes. He passed legislation exempting domestic partners
from the real estate transfer tax, many of which comprise of gay, lesbian and
transgender couples. For more information on his work on behalf the LGBT
community, click here. He has been recognized for his leadership on behalf of
environmental causes, including his effort to reform a much-penalized incinerator in the
Fruitvale District in Oakland. Click here. Daysog has fought for racial justice,
particularly with respect to housing in Alameda.
Mass and Other Forms of Alternative Transit: Daysog worked successfully on a
variety of mass transit matters as a City Councilman. Working with bus transit
advocates, he got City Hall to re-stripe red curbs throughout Alameda to accommodate
AC Transit's modern "low floor" buses. Daysog worked with arts enthusiasts in
Alameda to get City Hall to accept and install elegant AC bus shelters free of annoying
billboard advertisements. He again worked with transit activists in Alameda to get City
Council to pass Alameda's "Transit First Resolution," which laid the policy groundwork
that led to the designation of Park and Webster Streets as Alameda's "transit hubs."
Today, these hubs have a number of raised platforms with elegant shelters that
facilitate bus service. On Webster Street, Daysog made sure that redevelopment
dollars were available to match the original grant from the regional transit agency
known as MTC. In the formative stages of its existence, Daysog gave advice and
guidance to a fledgling organization called Bike Alameda,and soon thereafter he
worked with this group in having Council adopt the Bike Master Plan.
Professional Background: Mr. Daysog is an urban planner by profession and
education, a full-time Senior Associate for an economic development consulting
company on numerous projects largely in the Central Valley region. He has been in the
field of urban planning for over seventeen years.
As a planner, Mr. Daysog has distinguished himself in many ways. He recently
authored a path-breaking methodology for analyzing local and regional urban decay
impacts stemming from large-format retail stores ("big box"). Mr. Daysog's
methodology was key to a recent court case in Kern County. In this case, Daysog's
methodology was reviewed and accepted by the judge who presided over an earlier
landmark court decision regarding Super Wal-Marts (Bakersfield Citizens for Local
Control v. Wal-Mart). Daysog was asked by the California Association for Local
Economic Development (CALED) to facilitate a work-shop on the Best Economic
Development Data available at CALED's annual conference in 2009.
Daysog earned his Master's degree from UC Berkeley's Department of City and
Regional Planning, having been recognized as the "hardest working student" by his
peers. He also earned his Bachelor degree from UC Berkeley in US History.
What Daysog does for fun: Daysog enjoys reading political biographies, particularly the
works of Robert Caro. He also enjoys reading biographies of business leaders.He is
an active Democrat -- maintains a blog called moderatedemocrats.com. He also
served on what is called the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee. He is
past President of the City of Alameda Democratic Club, and served on Metropolitan
Greater Oakland Democrat Club's Executive Board. He enjoys offering his thoughts to
local newspapers on a range of policy issues, such as (click on subjects): Military base
conversion, California's state budget, Healthcare, and Native American
mega-casinos in the Bay Area. He maintains a West End blog called
westalameda.com.
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city of alameda
councilmember
(1996-2006)
vice mayor
city of alameda
(2002-2004)
vice mayor
city of alameda
(1998-2000)
councilmember
(1996-2006)
vice mayor
city of alameda
(2002-2004)
vice mayor
city of alameda
(1998-2000)
led effort to create Alameda
Point municipal service fee --
prevent the former military base
from draining City Hall coffers
led effort to create Bayport at
Alameda Point -- 490 homes on
70 acres
helped city strike agreement
with affordable housing
advocates opposed
to Bayport
worked with gay, lesbian
community to get City Council
to issue a pride proclamation
one year after refusing to do so
provided vital third City Council
vote to extend medical benefits
to domestic partners
led successful
effort to exempt domestic
partners from transfer tax
paid for local newspaper ads
opposing Prop 8 in 2008
resurrected dormant school
district / City Council
joint committee
created program allowing
residents to voluntarily
contribute to schools
- PowerUp for Learning
led effort to lower Al DeWitt
O'Club rental rates for school
district and non-profits
worked with Encinal High
School alumni association to
name key street after Willie
Stargell
directly lobbied Trader Joe's to
get them to give Alameda
another chance after City
Council initially rebuffed this
retailer in the early 1990s
directly led efforts to improve
pedestrian safety in Alameda
directly organized
well-attended pedestrian safety
town hall meeting at Mastick
Center
helped create Pedestrian
Friendly Alameda, an on-going
citizens group to promote safety
led successful effort to change
rules for putting up new traffic
signs -- use local guidelines, not
Sacramento guidelines
worked closely with City Hall
staff to create "Pedestrian Safety
Tool Kit"
directly created "small capital
improvement projects" ----
local parks not obtaining their
fair-share of City Hall funding
worked to beautify Park Street
and Webster with stylish lighting
and landscaping
Point municipal service fee --
prevent the former military base
from draining City Hall coffers
led effort to create Bayport at
Alameda Point -- 490 homes on
70 acres
helped city strike agreement
with affordable housing
advocates opposed
to Bayport
worked with gay, lesbian
community to get City Council
to issue a pride proclamation
one year after refusing to do so
provided vital third City Council
vote to extend medical benefits
to domestic partners
led successful
effort to exempt domestic
partners from transfer tax
paid for local newspaper ads
opposing Prop 8 in 2008
resurrected dormant school
district / City Council
joint committee
created program allowing
residents to voluntarily
contribute to schools
- PowerUp for Learning
led effort to lower Al DeWitt
O'Club rental rates for school
district and non-profits
worked with Encinal High
School alumni association to
name key street after Willie
Stargell
directly lobbied Trader Joe's to
get them to give Alameda
another chance after City
Council initially rebuffed this
retailer in the early 1990s
directly led efforts to improve
pedestrian safety in Alameda
directly organized
well-attended pedestrian safety
town hall meeting at Mastick
Center
helped create Pedestrian
Friendly Alameda, an on-going
citizens group to promote safety
led successful effort to change
rules for putting up new traffic
signs -- use local guidelines, not
Sacramento guidelines
worked closely with City Hall
staff to create "Pedestrian Safety
Tool Kit"
directly created "small capital
improvement projects" ----
local parks not obtaining their
fair-share of City Hall funding
worked to beautify Park Street
and Webster with stylish lighting
and landscaping
master's city planning
uc berkeley
(1991-1993, 1998)
bachelor's, us history
uc berkeley
(1984-1989)
Encinal HS (1980-1984)
Chipman MS (1977-1980)
Paden Elem. (1974-1977)
uc berkeley
(1991-1993, 1998)
bachelor's, us history
uc berkeley
(1984-1989)
Encinal HS (1980-1984)
Chipman MS (1977-1980)
Paden Elem. (1974-1977)
sr. associate
applied development
economics ('00-'10)
sr. associate
no. california council
for community ('97-99)
urban planner
nat'l economic dev.
and law center ('94-96)
applied development
economics ('00-'10)
sr. associate
no. california council
for community ('97-99)
urban planner
nat'l economic dev.
and law center ('94-96)
helped build a brand new public
library -- suggested
outward-facing "bay" windows
along Lincoln Avenue!
worked directly with city staff
and literary community to create
Alameda Poet Laureate position
library -- suggested
outward-facing "bay" windows
along Lincoln Avenue!
worked directly with city staff
and literary community to create
Alameda Poet Laureate position
stopped "cheaper cigarettes"
from taking prime spot on Park
Street -- where Peet's Coffee is
now located!
placed all 2010 Measure B
documents on the internet --
over 700 pages -- in a
easy-to-download format for
quick and easy access
from taking prime spot on Park
Street -- where Peet's Coffee is
now located!
placed all 2010 Measure B
documents on the internet --
over 700 pages -- in a
easy-to-download format for
quick and easy access
worked with transit activists to
extend red zones for AC Transit
bus stops -- to accommodate
modern "low-floor" buses
worked with residents to obtain
and build stylish bus shelters
free of billboard ads
extend red zones for AC Transit
bus stops -- to accommodate
modern "low-floor" buses
worked with residents to obtain
and build stylish bus shelters
free of billboard ads
alameda fiscal
committee member
(2009)
caltrans pedestrian
safety committee
(2009-2010)
creator
westalameda.com
(2009-2010)
committee member
(2009)
caltrans pedestrian
safety committee
(2009-2010)
creator
westalameda.com
(2009-2010)
