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ENCINITAS
Mayor
Tony Kranz
About Mayor Tony
Proudly Serving Encinitas for over a decade
Mayor Tony Kranz is a lifelong Encinitas local, deeply rooted in our community. His Encinitas journey began in 1960, growing up along the Pacific Ocean shoreline and attending local schools. After serving as an air traffic controller in the Army National Guard and living briefly in Minnesota, Tony returned home to Encinitas to raise his family with his wife Cynthia.
After 10 years as an Encinitas City Councilmember and now as our Mayor, he’s still dedicated to protecting Encinitas’ natural resources, improving residents’ quality of life, promoting social justice, and providing solutions to homelessness.
Click here to watch Tony’s tour of Encinitas, personally showing you what he’s accomplished for our city!
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Mayor Tony Kranz is a lifelong Encinitan, deeply rooted in our community. His Encinitas journey began in 1960, growing up along the Pacific Ocean shoreline and attending local schools. After serving as an air traffic controller in the Army National Guard and living briefly in Minnesota, Tony returned home to Encinitas to raise his family with his wife Cynthia.
News & Updates
Take my video tour of our Encinitas improvements!
Last weekend, I recorded a four-minute video tour of my priorities and accomplishments for Encinitas during my dozen years as your City Councilmember and Mayor. I invite you to check it out!
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Preserving healthy outdoor dining in Encinitas
During the pandemic, we ensured that restaurants were able to stay in business, allowing them to install outdoor seating for diners. After the restrictions relaxed, a passionate movement emerged to keep our new alfresco experience in Encinitas. My opponent promises to eliminate this outdoor pleasure, but I’ll continue to defend and preserve it.
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Opinion: Bruce Ehlers should not be our mayor
Ehlers’ “snap” found him in the company of a loud, disruptive group of supporters (and now two candidates in Shaffer and O’Hara) who get their energy from grievance. The list of complaints is endless, with solutions only serving narrow needs. Ehlers is a great advocate for single-cause issues that serve a small group of people. […]
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Growth in Encinitas – it’s time for a reality check
You’ve probably heard the old adage, “You can’t fight City Hall.” Well, fighting City Hall is child’s play compared to fighting the State of California. My opponent is pandering to our natural desire to control all growth at the local level when he adamantly insists that we can successfully fight the state.
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There’s a lot to celebrate this Labor Day!
My campaign for re-election to continue serving as your Mayor got a great boost the other day when the Encinitas Firefighters Association gave me their formal endorsement! The firefighters’ support, along with Western States Carpenters Union Local 619, San Diego County’s Building Trades Unions, San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council – AFL-CIO, and organizations like […]
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Encinitas mayoral candidates discuss housing, potholes and other issues at League of Women Voters forum
Kranz, who was a council member for about 10 years before he was elected mayor in 2022, said he wants to build on the work he and the council have already done. But he also doesn’t want Encinitas to become Huntington Beach, where battles against the state over issues such as new housing have led […]
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