Boulder City Council candidate:
Jacques Decalo
Jacques Decalo is running for a position on Boulder’s City Council.
As he got older, Decalo, a 25-year-old Boulder native, said he realized his hometown
“wasn’t as progressive and hyped up as it claims to be.” That’s a big part of what inspired his bid for candidacy.
If elected to the City Council, Decalo said housing would be a primary focus.
“Most of my friends that grew up in Boulder can’t afford to live in Boulder or they have trouble finding housing,” he said.
Climate and sustainability is another big issue for Decalo, who sells solar and cars for Tesla. He said he’d push for easier access to solar energy, strive to tax single-use plastic and advocate for greywater recycling, or the treatment of wastewater from appliances such as showers and sinks to be re-used and fed back into a property for non-potable sources such as flushing toilets.
“I just want Boulder to be the most sustainable city it can be,” he said, later adding, “As we come to the 10th year of this huge drought, we need to do everything we can to be sustainable and recycle water.”
Decalo has not served on any city boards or commissions. After returning to Boulder after he graduated from Western Washington University, Decalo said he hoped to become more active in local government. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Despite not serving on any city-led groups, Decalo said he did work for Boulder’s Parks and Recreation department one summer in college. He also has been involved with the Access Fund, a national advocacy organization that keeps climbing areas open and conserves the climbing environment.
As of Tuesday, there are 10 candidates who are certified to campaign for one of five vacant seats on the Boulder City Council. The nomination petition period concluded Monday. The Daily Camera is writing a short story on each candidate as they are certified.