Brian Jaffe

Brian Jaffe is a candidate for the Larkspur City Council in the November 3, 2026 election. After an engineering degree at Princeton University he served five years as a U.S. Navy officer, qualifying as a nuclear propulsion engineer and surface warfare officer with sea tours aboard USS Fitzgerald and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. He later worked in tech and founded VOCA, a civic-engagement platform that let California residents weigh in on local policy by text message. He runs two businesses: California Cottage Company, which builds small infill homes in the North and East Bay, and California Abundance, a policy consultancy advancing pro-housing and clean-energy legislation in Sacramento. He has served on the boards of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, HIP Housing and CalMatters. He and his wife Katy are raising three children in Larkspur.