The Special Election to replace Housing Hero David Chiu for Assembly District 17 is heating up. Voting starts in just a few short weeks, with the last day of voting on Feb 15th.

Four candidates are fighting for our votes in the primary. Only two will advance to the general (special) election in April. Who should YIMBY endorse?

Saturday, Jan 8 at 12pm - 1pm

Join the Debate on Zoom

Candidate Forum Format

Each Candidate will give a 2 minute opening statement

Candidate Debate Section (estimated 30 minutes)

8 Total Questions / 2 Per Candidate

- Moderator asks a specific Candidate a question

- Candidate has 1 minute to respond

BUT the other Candidates each have a "rebuttal card" that they can use to reply. If they choose to use their rebuttal card, they will have 1 minute to respond. The first candidate will additionally have 1 minute to respond.

Quickfire Section (estimated 15 minutes)

- Moderator asks all candidates 1 question

- Each candidate gives 1-2 sentence answer

Each Candidate will give a 2 minute closing statement

DEBATE SECTION EXAMPLE

MODERATOR: "Candidate A, what do you think about XXX?"

CANDIDATE A: "I think XXX is very bad."

CANDIDATE C: "Claiming my rebuttal opportunity, XXX is Actually Good."

CANDIDATE A: "Counterargument, xxx is very bad."

MODERATOR: "Candidate B, what do you think about YYY?"

CANDIDATE B: "YYY is amazing, if well regulated."

CANDIDATE C: "Claiming my rebut..."

MODERATOR: "I'm sorry, you've already used your one rebuttal opportunity. Hush."