Sep 22, 2026 · 54 min · 12 segments
City Council candidate Thushan Amarasiriwardena talks to us about his desire to bolster and protect Alameda's social fabric by creating affordable housing, doing more to support small business and…
Doyle went with me door knocking and we came across someone who lives just maybe two blocks from here.
And it is so vitally important that we ensure that Alamedans can stay in Alameda.
My kids go to Love, which is, again, just a couple blocks from here.
That means most likely that their families are what we'd call rent-burdened here.
And if we didn't have our rent stabilization, imagine if their family had to move.
I think this is why it's important for us to have those protections in place.
Again, just a couple blocks from where we are right now, Clements Street is a good example of us taking land or the community, transforming land from industrial into housing.
Now, a lot of those houses are definitely outside of most people's price range, but we do have this 15%.
Doyle went with me door knocking and we came across someone who lives just maybe two blocks from here.
And it is so vitally important that we ensure that Alamedans can stay in Alameda.
My kids go to Love, which is, again, just a couple blocks from here.
That means most likely that their families are what we'd call rent-burdened here.
And if we didn't have our rent stabilization, imagine if their family had to move.
I think this is why it's important for us to have those protections in place.
Again, just a couple blocks from where we are right now, Clements Street is a good example of us taking land or the community, transforming land from industrial into housing.
Now, a lot of those houses are definitely outside of most people's price range, but we do have this 15%.
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