My name is Belal Aftab, and I was elected to the City Council in Saratoga in 2022. My family moved here when I was 2, and I feel incredibly blessed that I grew up here. My mom was a preschool teacher in Saratoga for 20 years, and my dad was an electrical engineer at tech companies. I studied at Bellarmine and Berkeley, and have worked in business development, high finance and operations roles for technology companies, municipalities and financial institutions.

You might have seen me poking around at the stop signs and speed bumps in your neighborhood; that’s because I used to chair the city’s Traffic Safety Commission.

I promise to work in the community’s best interest, find common ground to bring our Council and community together, and create sensible solutions to our toughest problems.

Please reach out if you’d like to get in touch via email at baftab@saratoga.ca.us