Council · Ward 1, Position A candidate · City of Hillsboro · November 3, 2026
Cristian Salgado
Appointed city councilor and small-business owner.
Reach the campaign
His pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone; cristiansalgado.com is a parked domain and no campaign site or campaign profile was found by search on September 21, 2026.
In their words
Said: Public service should be practical, accountable, and rooted in the people we serve.
Pamphlet p. 15
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsSupports investment conditioned on neighborhood, infrastructure and affordability benefits.
- Scrutinize data-center impacts and utility costs.
- Invest in safe streets and reliable services.
- Connect growth with local jobs, training and small businesses.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHe welcomes investment while asking that growth show measurable community benefit; the tests he would apply to a data center, and what would fail them, are not spelled out.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Camps, crime and who responds
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Your bills and taxes
Conditions on data centers- What
- Said: Wants data-center growth weighed against neighborhood and infrastructure impacts and utility affordability, with measurable community benefit and public transparency as conditions.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Safe streets and parks- What
- Said: Would invest in safe streets, sidewalks, crossings, parks and reliable services.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Cristian Salgado is on record on 5, with 1 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findApprove Sky Harbour’s seven private-jet hangars at the airport when it refiles?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Adopt the new data-center zoning limits on October 6 and extend the 120-day moratorium past November 24?
Said: Voted yes July 27, 2026 on Resolution 2932, calling the moratorium a needed pause to develop structure and understanding, and yes July 7 to start the data-storage code amendment; his statement asks for thoughtful data-center growth weighing neighborhood impacts.
Raise the fees data centers pay on abated taxes and set stricter terms on new abatements?
Said: At the June 9, 2026 work session raised concerns that phased abatements advantage companies already in Hillsboro and asked for data-center categories by size and environmental impact; was excused from the July 21 vote pausing new agreements. Fee levels unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Raise the transportation utility fee to $11.64 a month and sewer and stormwater rates about 5% from January 1?
Said: Voted yes June 23, 2026 on the 5.1% solid-waste increase; at the July 7 session asked about commercial, industrial and data-center customers and who pays for infrastructure; excused from the July 21 transportation-fee session. Names utility affordability in his statement.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Fund a Human Rights Office ($321,000–$553,000 a year) and more legal aid on top of the sanctuary ordinance?
Said: Strongly supported creating the Human Rights Office at the January 20, 2026 work session, voted for the emergency declaration November 18, 2025, the sanctuary ordinance March 3, 2026 and the June 23 supplemental budget with $726,000 for immigration response.
Add local tenant protections and a downtown anti-displacement strategy, or focus on loosening rules to build more?
Said: Voted yes June 23, 2026 on the state-conformance housing code (4–1) and no July 7 on redesignating 4.54 industrial acres at Synopsys East for housing (4–2); the minutes record no reason, and tenant protections are unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which conditions would you require of a new data center, and what would cause you to reject it?
Sources (1)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.