Dan Arriola (Mayor of Tracy, California, candidate 2024)

Dan Arriola

Nonpartisan

Candidate, Mayor of Tracy

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

UCLA, 2011

Personal

Birthplace

San Jose, Calif.

Religion

Catholic

Profession

District Attorney

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Dan Arriola ran for election to the Mayor of Tracy in California. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.^[source]

Arriola completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

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Biography

Dan Arriola provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on September 26, 2024:

• Birth date: November 3, 1989
• Birth place: San Jose, California
• High school: Merrill F. West High School
• Bachelor's: UCLA, 2011
• J.D.: USC Law, 2014
• Gender: Male
• Religion: Catholic
• Profession: District Attorney
• Prior offices held:
  • Councilmember (2018-Prsnt)
  • School Board Member (2016-2018)
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign slogan: A New Generation of Leadership
• Campaign website
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Elections

General election

General election for Mayor of Tracy

Dan Arriola, Eleassia Davis, and Mary Mitracos ran in the general election for Mayor of Tracy on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Dan Arriola (Nonpartisan)
		Eleassia Davis (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Mary Mitracos (Nonpartisan)

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Councilmember Dan Arriola was first elected to the Tracy City Council in 2018 and then re-elected in 2022. He also works as a Deputy District Attorney for San Joaquin County. At 29-years-old, he became the first Millennial Councilmember, as well as the first openly LGBTQ elected official, in the history of the City of Tracy.

Councilmember Arriola was raised in the City of Tracy, and he is a proud graduate of West High School (Class of 2007). He graduated as the Political Science Valedictorian of UCLA in 2011 and as the Student Body President of USC Law School in 2014.

As a Councilmember, Arriola has championed various policy initiatives including: establishing the Homelessness Strategic Plan and constructing the first-ever Tracy Emergency Homeless Shelter; officially recognizing LGBTQ Pride Month and raising the Pride Flag for the first-time ever; balancing the city budget for the first time in nearly a decade; legalizing commercial cannabis; approving the first affordable housing development in over 20 years; supporting the future ValleyLink light rail system to connect to BART; passing a code of ethics for local elected officials; joining EBCE to procure city-wide green renewable energy; introducing the “Tracy Equity & Empowerment Initiative” to address social equity and justice reform in the City of Tracy; and passing a ballot measure which lowered taxes on 75% of local Tracy businesses.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I’m running for Mayor to bring integrity and professionalism back to City Hall.
• I’m running for Mayor to restore trust in local government.
• I’m running for Mayor to get the City of Tracy back on track for success.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

(1) Public Safety

(2) Economic Development

(3) Good Governance

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

While growing up in Tracy, my first job was as as janitor and housecleaner at 13 years old. I worked there throughout high school, until I left Tracy to complete my education at UCLA and USC Law. I then returned home to the City of Tracy because I knew that THIS was the community I wanted to serve.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Attorney General Rob Bonta

Congressman Josh Harder
(Fmr.) Congressman Jerry McNerney
State Senator Susan Eggman
Tracy Mayor Nancy Young
(Fmr.) Tracy Mayor Brent Ives
(Fmr.) Councilmember Rhodesia Ransom

Tracy Firefighters Association
Tracy Police Officers Association
North Valley Labor Federation
SEIU 1021
Operating Engineers, Local 3
Ironworkers, Local 378

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 595

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

I am committed to government accountability, and I have always championed efforts to restore trust in local government. In the past, I passed the first ever ethics code for elected and appointed officials in the City of Tracy, as part of the "Tracy Equity & Empowerment" social equity initiative. Unfortunately, subsequent councils have reversed many of these efforts to enhance accountability.

As Mayor, I intend to restore these policies, and also to introduce a Civilian Oversight Commission to hold local government accountable.

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