YIMBY Action✓ Endorses
2026 Midterm Partner Endorsements
Brian Jaffe
Councilmember, Larkspur City Council · Larkspur, CA
Backed byYIMBY Action
What the Guides Said
YIMBY Action✓ EndorsesAbout Brian Jaffe
My wife Katy and I are raising three young kids in Larkspur. Katy, a former public school teacher, is a physician who specializes in cancer care. Our three kids, aged two through seven, keep us busy. They also sharpen our resolve about what really matters. Larkspur is where we want them to grow up, and, if they choose, come back to settle. It's on us to make sure the Larkspur they inherit is as wonderful as the one we call home today.
I didn't arrive in local politics by accident, because service has always been central to my story. After completing an engineering degree at Princeton University, I served five years as a U.S. Navy officer, qualified as a nuclear propulsion engineer and a surface warfare officer, and completed two sea tours aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Navy taught me too many lessons to list here, but the most critical was probably a bias for action. Problems do not solve themselves, and a “no” can almost always be overcome with creative thinking and perseverance. I want to bring this can-do, pragmatic, collaborative attitude to City Hall.
From brianforlarkspur.com
Brian Jaffe on Housing and Abundance
“I believe in a bright, connected future, with abundant housing, clean air and water for everyone, affordable clean energy, and governments that are accountable and responsive to their citizens.”
“My plan makes Larkspur Landing the anchor, normalizes low-rise apartments on appropriate parcels, streamlines ADU permitting, and protects existing renters.”
“Now I build starter homes to ease the housing crisis and advocate for clean electricity in Sacramento to address the affordability and climate crises.”
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