Review note: Bob Nguyen's own campaign site (bob4millbrae.com): his biography (Millbrae resident 8+ years), his account of running as a write-in candidate for District 4 in 2022 and drawing 26.69% of the vote before joining the council in 2024, his five-pillar platform, and FPPC filer ID 1485116 and Albert Yam's own campaign site (albertyam.com): his biography (Vice Chair, Millbrae Chamber of Commerce; Art & Wine Festival leadership; prior neighborhood advocate in La Quinta, CA), his six-priority platform, his endorsement list (Mayor Stephen Rainaldi; six former Millbrae mayors including Ann Schneider, Janet Fogarty, Robert Gottschalk, Gina Papan, Dan Quigg, and Paul Seto; and state Sen. Josh Becker), and FPPC filer ID 1494774 may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.
- smcacre.gov (opens in a new tab)San Mateo County ACRE -- Roster of Candidates, Qualified Candidates Only, November 3, 2026 General Election (CFMR009), dated 2026-08-25: the county's own certified candidate list, naming all five qualified Millbrae City Council candidates across Districts 2, 3, and 4, their filed occupations/ballot designations, and qualification dates -- District 2 and District 4 flagged 'On Ballot: Yes, Vote for 1 (Full Term)', District 3 flagged '(Short Term)' with a single vacant seat and no incumbent
- smcacre.gov (opens in a new tab)San Mateo County ACRE -- this dataset's own transcribed summary of the same CFMR009 roster's contest headers, confirming exactly three Millbrae races are on the November ballot (City Council Districts 2, 3, and 4) and none else
- ci.millbrae.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of Millbrae -- official City Council page: confirms a 5-member council elected by district to 4-year terms ($950/month compensation, meetings the second and fourth Tuesdays), lists the four sitting members (Mayor Stephen Rainaldi, District 1; Councilmember Sissy Riley, District 2; District 3 shown as vacant; Councilmember Bob Nguyen, District 4; Vice Mayor Anders Fung, District 5), and each member's individual bio-page link
- ci.millbrae.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of Millbrae -- dedicated November 3, 2026 General and Special Municipal Election page: confirms District 2 and District 4 are General Municipal Election (full 4-year term) seats while District 3 is a Special Municipal Election because 'there is no incumbent eligible to be elected to that office,' with a partial term ending December 12, 2028; lists all five qualified candidates by district and their filed occupations
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Millbrae, California article -- confirms the City Council has 5 members including the Mayor and Vice Mayor, that Millbrae switched from at-large to district elections in 2022, that councilmembers serve 4-year terms while the Mayor and Vice Mayor are chosen by the council to serve 1-year terms, and the city's 2020 census population of 23,216
- cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)This dataset's own documented record of a dedicated, unsuccessful attempt to retrieve campaign-finance filings for all five Millbrae City Council candidates: California's Cal-Access filer search (cal- access.sos.ca.gov) returned only an Incapsula bot-detection interstitial for every query attempted this session (via both WebFetch and direct curl), with no live browser session available in this worktree to work around it. Documents the absence of a reachable financial-disclosure source for these five candidates, not any of their actual finances.
- ci.millbrae.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of Millbrae -- official council biography for Councilmember Bob Nguyen: confirms he represents District 4 with a current term ending December 2026; career as a business owner in medical device development; and his stated leadership priorities (infrastructure, fiscal responsibility, public safety, and modernizing city services)
- bob4millbrae.com (opens in a new tab)Bob Nguyen's own campaign site (bob4millbrae.com): his biography (Millbrae resident 8+ years), his account of running as a write-in candidate for District 4 in 2022 and drawing 26.69% of the vote before joining the council in 2024, his five-pillar platform, and FPPC filer ID 1485116
- albertyam.com (opens in a new tab)Albert Yam's own campaign site (albertyam.com): his biography (Vice Chair, Millbrae Chamber of Commerce; Art & Wine Festival leadership; prior neighborhood advocate in La Quinta, CA), his six-priority platform, his endorsement list (Mayor Stephen Rainaldi; six former Millbrae mayors including Ann Schneider, Janet Fogarty, Robert Gottschalk, Gina Papan, Dan Quigg, and Paul Seto; and state Sen. Josh Becker), and FPPC filer ID 1494774
- ci.millbrae.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of Millbrae -- official page on the October 2024 District 2 and District 4 council-appointment process: following the July 23, 2024 recall of Angelina Cahalan (District 2) and Maurice Goodman (District 4), the city solicited applications (Sissy Yan Riley, John F. Mufarreh, and Donald Kung applied for District 2; Chris Hackley, Dzuong 'Bob' Nguyen, and Paul Seto applied for District 4) and the council appointed Riley and Nguyen on October 8, 2024 to partial terms ending December 8, 2026
- smdailyjournal.com (opens in a new tab)San Mateo Daily Journal -- "Vote shows recall for 2 in Millbrae" (July 24, 2024): preliminary results reporting 70% in favor of recalling District 2's Angelina Cahalan (560-240) and 78% in favor of recalling Vice Mayor Maurice Goodman, following the council's contested vote to convert a La Quinta Inn into permanent supportive housing
Last updated September 1, 2026.
City of Millbrae
Millbrae City Council, District 4
This person holds one of Millbrae's five district-elected City Council seats. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Millbrae is a San Mateo County city of about 23,200 residents. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. The term is four years. Each year, the council chooses a Mayor and Vice Mayor. Both come from among its own members. Voters do not elect either office directly.
Bob Nguyen was appointed to this seat in October 2024. Voters had recalled his predecessor. He is seeking his first full term against Chamber of Commerce leader Albert Yam.
This person holds one of Millbrae's five district-elected City Council seats. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this San Mateo County city of about 23,200 residents, under a council-manager government with an appointed City Manager. The term is four years. The council chooses a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members each year, rather than voters electing either office directly.
The council appointed Nguyen on October 8, 2024, after voters recalled Maurice Goodman that July over the same contested hotel-to-supportive-housing vote that also cost District 2's Angelina Cahalan her seat. Nguyen had sought this same seat once before, as a write-in candidate in 2022, when he drew about 27% of the vote; Yam is a first-time candidate for elected office.
Bob Nguyen
Nguyen owns a small business in medical devices. He runs on street and utility upkeep, careful spending, and steady rules for business. He also backs public safety and a voice on regional housing and transit.
Albert Yam
Yam is Vice Chair of the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce. He runs on safe neighborhoods, careful spending, development, business, schools, and open leadership. Mayor Stephen Rainaldi, six former mayors, and state Sen. Josh Becker back him.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.