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Konstantine Anthony (Burbank City Council At-large, California, candidate 2024)
Konstantine Anthony ran for election to the Burbank City Council At-large in California. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Anthony completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Konstantine Anthony provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 19, 2024:
- Birth date: January 17, 1981
- Birth place: Hayward, California
- High school: Castro Valley High School
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Civil Servant
- Prior offices held:
- Burbank City Council (2020-Prsnt)
- Chair, California Democratic Party Disability Caucus (2021-2023)
- Incumbent officeholder: Yes
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Elections
General election
General election for Burbank City Council At-large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Burbank City Council At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Konstantine Anthony (Nonpartisan)  | |
| Patricia Suarez Nacion (Nonpartisan) | ||
| John Parr (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Emma Pineiro (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Eddy Polon (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Chris Rizzotti (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Hovanes Tonoyan (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Mike Van Gorder (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Judie Wilke (Nonpartisan) | ||
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Konstantine Anthony completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Anthony's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a well-known activist in California and have worked on social justice campaigns with Black Lives Matter, Queer Nation LA, SoCal Armenian Protests, Jewish Voices for Peace, Los Angeles for Animals, and Disability Rights California.
I was appointed to the Burbank Transportation Commission in 2017, and its members elected me as Chair from 2019 to 2020. Since November 2020, I've been an elected member of the Burbank City Council and served in 2023 as Mayor of Burbank.
For the last four years, I have brought a grassroots organizing mindset to my job. On days when I am not on the dais, I’m out in the community engaging with voters and stakeholders to build coalitions intent on systemic change. This is a direct reflection of my personal commitment to uplifting working-class Burbankers.
I'm running for reelection to uphold the progress we’ve made, from tenants’ rights to gun control to tackling wages and police funding. I’m committed to running a corporate-free campaign.
To build a massive working people’s movement, we must start locally–and my reelection campaign reflects that vision.- My top priority is to continue changing the way Burbank addresses the homeless crisis. We need to expand services, increase funding for outreach, and break ground on our new homeless shelter. Since I took office in 2020, our unhoused resident population has declined each year. This is a direct result of city council increasing the funding for citywide homeless outreach, and we expect further drops in the total when we open our homeless shelter at the end of 2024.
- The housing crisis is the number-one struggle Burbankers are facing throughout the city, and we are still paying for decades-old failed policies. I spent the last four years overwriting our housing policies for a more equitable future, but new construction will take a few years to catch up. In my next term, I will continue to push for the city to increase its minimum affordable housing requirement to 25% on all new construction. I will also lean on the newly designated Burbank-Glendale Pasadena Regional Housing Trust to fund affordable housing construction directly. Our council will soon vote to approve a rent cap for Burbank. I plan to carefully oversee each step in the rollout to ensure the policy helps our majority-renter population.
- Burbank is still dependent on fossil fuels for a majority of its energy. This year, we piloted a new iron-flow battery technology, and I am committed to adapting our new construction and power grid for a renewable future. This is in line with the 2022 passage of our Burbank Green New Deal, which requires us to reduce carbon emissions 50% by 2030 and make the city carbon-neutral by 2040. I will spend my next term guaranteeing that Burbank Water and Power follows these guidelines and sets us up for success.
Workers' rights
Homelessness
Affordable housing
Renewable energy & climate resiliency
Police accountability
Active transportation & public transit
BIPOC rights & support
LGBTQIA+ rights & support
Palestinian rights & liberation
Education
Healthcare
Voting rights
CA Dem Party Progressive Caucus
Abundant Housing LA
CA Working Families Party
DSA-Los Angeles
Ground Game LA
The Sierra Club
LA League of Conservation Voters
Evolve California
Our Revolution – Feel the Bern, LA County
Streets for All
LA County Democratic Party
Dem Party of the San Fernando Valley
Stonewall Democratic Club
East Area Progressive Dems
California High School Dems
Dems for the Protection of Animals
Asian Democrats of LA County
PALAD
San Fernando Valley Young Dems
Southern California Armenian Dems
LA County Federation of Labor
Burbank Teachers Association
LA County Public Defenders Union Local 148
SEIU 121RN
LA/OC Building and Construction Trades
Teamsters JC 42
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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