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My letter to you

Pittsburg is our city.Let's take care of it, together.

Pauline Johnson smiling as a baby reaches for flowers by the fountain in Pittsburg

Dear Pittsburg,

Hello, and thank you so much for coming to my page! I'm honored you're here.

I had never imagined running for office. Then I found out a data center was coming just 500 feet from our homes and schools, and I couldn't just watch it happen.

So I started talking to neighbors. Those conversations grew into a coalition, and all we asked the council for was a pause, just to make sure this was something our community actually wanted. We were brushed off. The more I looked into how things get decided at City Hall, the more I saw it wasn't just this one project.

It was about a pattern: decisions made without residents in the room, costs that balloon with no one held accountable, and basic safeguards that only got fixed after the city had already paid the price. And residents are the ones who end up carrying that cost. Too many decisions get made and explained to residents after the fact, if they get explained at all. That's how trust breaks down, and once it's gone, everything gets harder to fix, harder to fund, harder to build.

I'm running for council because the city can be the expert on zoning codes, budgets, and legal process, but its job is to serve the people who live here. My goal is a government that's a genuine steward of this city, that catches problems before residents pay for them, and that treats residents' voices as something to actually listen to, not just process.

Pittsburg is our city. Let's take care of it, together.

With love for this city,

Pauline Johnson

Pauline Johnson · Candidate, Pittsburg City Council

My priorities

Capturing our vision for Pittsburg.

I'm running to build systems that make good government the default. We shape the city's direction, together, and every project gets measured against it.

  1. 01 · Stop the data center

    No data center near homes, schools, and churches.

    City council approved a 99-megawatt hyperscale data center 500 feet from homes, a church, and a middle school.


    Nothing is built. Permits aren't final. I'll fight every phase and push for a ballot measure so you decide whether a data center belongs here.

    See the full details →
  2. 02 · Transparency and inclusion

    No backroom deals. Resident input shapes our city.

    The city signed an exclusive business deal in 2017. Then they sent a survey asking what we wanted, but the outcome was already locked in.


    Quarterly pulse surveys in our languages, and plain-language notice before the city commits — while the decision is still open.

    See the full details →
  3. 03 · Fiscal accountability

    Stop making residents pay for the city's carelessness.

    A $3 million project became almost $14 million, and nearly $1 million was wired to scammers unnoticed for five days.


    A full audit, a public budget dashboard, and automatic holds that stop a payment before it leaves the city's account.

    See the full details →
  4. 04 · Business and development

    Economic and community growth Pittsburg actually needs.

    A local business waited 9 months to add restrooms, while a hyperscale data center was approved to disrupt classrooms.


    A public land-use plan with real review, zoning that fits the neighborhood, and permitting a small business can survive.

    See the full details →

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Pauline JohnsonFor Pittsburg

A grassroots campaign for Pittsburg City Council. By the people, for the people.