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City of Woodside · Statewide General Election

Woodside Town Council, District 2

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On the ballot

This person would hold one of Woodside's five district-elected Town Council seats: town ordinances, the budget, and land use for this San Mateo County town of about 5,300 residents, under a council-manager government with an appointed Town Manager. A 4-year term. The Council chooses a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members each year, rather than voters electing either office directly.

Only one candidate qualified for this seat. Planning Commission chair Lyle Weaver appears unopposed, so this contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome. Sitting incumbent and current Mayor Brian Dombkowski did not file to keep the seat.

This person would hold one of Woodside's five district-elected Town Council seats: town ordinances, the budget, and land use for this San Mateo County town of about 5,300 residents, under a council-manager government with an appointed Town Manager. A 4-year term. The Council chooses a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members each year, rather than voters electing either office directly.

With no opponent, the useful question is not who to choose but who he is. Weaver has served on Woodside's Planning Commission since 2023, including a two-year term as its Chair, running public meetings on controversial land-use topics — the closest thing to a public track record this dataset can point to. Current District 2 Councilmember Brian Dombkowski, who also serves as this year's Mayor, did not file to seek another term; no source in this dataset explains why.

Lyle Weaver

Weaver is a retired engineering professional and manager with 35 years of experience, a licensed Professional Engineer in California for over 30 years, holding a BS from Case Western Reserve University and an MS from Stanford. He and his wife have lived in Woodside for 24 years; their two sons attended Woodside Elementary School from preschool through 8th grade. Beyond the Planning Commission, he has volunteered for a decade with Alpine Little League (as Facilities Manager and a Board Member), a decade in local Scouting leadership, and nine years with Valley Presbyterian Church, including time on its financial audit team. His stated platform is process, not a specific policy program: listen respectfully to all viewpoints, decide collaboratively and logically, and weigh what's best for the whole town rather than one faction.

Strengths

Two years chairing the Planning Commission through controversial public hearings, plus a 35-year engineering career he cites for disciplined, constraint-bound problem-solving.

Trade-offs

His statement describes a decision-making style, not a specific platform on any named issue -- little to independently test, since he's running unopposed.

Keep in mind

He names the state-mandated Housing Element and the rising cost of the Town's Sheriff's contract as Woodside's major issues, which signals where budget fights are likely to land in his first term.

Source review: Strong (87/100) · 8 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context; advocacy or endorsement sources are treated as attributed perspective.

Review note: Lyle Weaver's own campaign site (weaver-for-woodside-town-council.org): restates his candidate statement's biography at slightly greater length may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide 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 the two qualified Woodside Town Council candidates (Lyle Weaver, District 2; Daniel Druker, District 3), their filed occupations, and qualification dates, both flagged 'On Ballot: Yes, Vote for 1'
  • 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 two Town of Woodside Town Council races are on the November ballot (Districts 2 and 3) and none else
  • woodsideca.gov (opens in a new tab)Town of Woodside -- official Town Council page: confirms a 5-member Council elected by district to 4-year terms, staggered so no more than three seats are up at once, with the Mayor and Vice Mayor chosen by the Council from among its own members each year; lists the five sitting members (Jenn Wall, District 1; Brian Dombkowski, District 2, Mayor; Dick Brown, District 3; Paul Goeld, District 4, Mayor Pro Tem; Hassan Aburish, District 5)
  • woodsideca.gov (opens in a new tab)Town of Woodside -- dedicated "November 3, 2026 Election - Town Council Candidates" page: confirms Districts 2 and 3 are both full 4-year terms ending 2030, names the single candidate who filed for each (Lyle Weaver, District 2; Daniel Druker, District 3), states the election will proceed as scheduled, gives the filing and write-in windows, and links each candidate's official Candidate Statement PDF
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Woodside, California article -- confirms the Town has a council-manager system of government and a 2020 census population of 5,309
  • 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 both Woodside Town Council candidates: California's Cal-Access filer search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned only an empty, unrendered results shell for every query attempted this session, and neither candidate's own statement or site lists an FPPC filer ID. Documents the absence of a reachable financial-disclosure source for these two candidates, not any of their actual finances.
  • woodsideca.gov (opens in a new tab)Town of Woodside -- Lyle Weaver's official Candidate Statement (PDF), filed with the Town Clerk for the November 3, 2026 election: his biography (24-year Woodside resident, Planning Commission member since 2023 and its Chair for a two-year term, BS from Case Western Reserve University, MS from Stanford, 35 years as an engineering professional and manager), platform (collaborative, listening-focused decision-making), and his own framing of the Town's major issues (the state-mandated Housing Element and rising Sheriff's contract costs)
  • weaver-for-woodside-town-council.org (opens in a new tab)Lyle Weaver's own campaign site (weaver-for-woodside-town-council.org): restates his candidate statement's biography at slightly greater length -- two sons who attended Woodside Elementary School, a licensed Professional Engineer in California for 30+ years, and volunteer roles with Alpine Little League, local Scouting, and Valley Presbyterian Church -- but lists no FPPC filer ID or endorsements

Last updated September 1, 2026.