Scott has served on the Union City Council since 2022, where he previously served as Vice Mayor. He is an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and spent nearly a decade as business development director and chief of staff of the finance department at a major Silicon Valley technology company. He grew up in Union City in a family of farm and produce workers and civil engineers, attended local public schools, and holds a bachelor's degree from UC San Diego and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Early in his career, he worked at the Obama White House on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. He and his wife Melinda, a public school teacher, have been married since 2013 and are raising their children in the community where they both grew up. His priorities are building more housing, addressing homelessness, lowering energy costs, and strengthening public schools.

Why We Endorsed: Scott Sakakihara is a Union City Councilmember, Harvard-trained lawyer, and U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer whose public and private sector career has prepared him for the housing, affordability, and energy work the East Bay needs in Sacramento.