YIMBY Action✓ Endorses“Eddy has served as Burbank’s Transportation Commissioner and is finishing his Masters Degree in Urban Planning.”
2026 Midterm Partner Endorsements
Eddy Polon
Burbank City Council, Burbank At Large · Burbank, CA
Backed byYIMBY ActionHousing Action CoalitionAbundant Housing LA
What the Guides Said
YIMBY Action✓ Endorses
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Abundant Housing LA✓ EndorsesAbout Eddy Polon
Eddy Polon is a long-time Burbank resident, housing advocate, and transportation commissioner whose life and work have been guided by a simple principle: be part of the solution. For more than three decades, Eddy has brought a practical, values-driven approach to strengthening his community, supporting working families, and protecting the character of the place he calls home.
Eddy became involved in labor and community advocacy as a teenager, working alongside Catholic nuns and the United Farm Workers to secure fair wages and safe conditions for agricultural workers. He later built a successful career in film and entertainment, writing and producing television and interactive game shows including Tic Tac Dough, Jeopardy! Online, and You Win Live. That experience gave him firsthand insight into how central the entertainment industry is to Burbank’s identity, and how important it is for us to fight to protect entertainment industry workers as rising costs and land-use pressures threaten to push creative jobs and production out of the city.
From eddypolon.com
Eddy Polon on Housing and Abundance
“Burbank possesses significant transportation assets, including regional rail, local transit, airport access, and future Bus Rapid Transit service.”
“Requiring that a portion of new housing near transit and business corridors be affordable to middle-income households (earning 80–120% of Area Median Income), not just luxury or very low-income units.”
“Using city-owned land and underused commercial properties to create small-lot ownership developments and mixed-use housing that fit the scale and character of our neighborhoods.”
Also Endorsed
Mike Van GorderYIMBY ActionHousing Action CoalitionAbundant Housing LA
Nikki PerezHousing Action Coalition