Edi Birsan

Edi Ersalesi Birsan (also known as Ed Birsan ) is a Concord City councilmember currently serving as mayor ^[1] (vice mayor in 2017 ^[2] & 2023 ^[3] and mayor in 2018 ^[4] & 2024 ^[5]), a game designer , an independent business owner in the maritime container inspection industry, and one of the best-known American players of the game Diplomacy . ^[6] He was born in Brooklyn in 1949, but has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1981. Birsan is married and has two children. ^[7]

Political career [ edit ]

In 2012, Birsan was elected to his first term for one of two open seats on the city council of Concord, California , ^[8] and was re-elected in 2016 and 2020. ^[9] In 2021, Birsan ran for Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors for the District 4 seat ^[9] unsuccessfully.

Birsan voted in favor of Concord First Partners leading the Concord Naval Weapons Project, a housing and commercial development on a formal naval base. There was opposition from the public due in part to the selection of the Seeno/Discovery Builders company, described by Claycord News' Tony Hicks as having a "history of running afoul of environmental laws, having been fined millions of dollars over the years for destroying wildlife habitat while developing projects in East Contra Costa County." ^[10]

References [ edit ]

^ https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/city-council-picks-vice-mayor-edi-birsan-as-new-18539089.php
^ "Edi Birsan Appointed Mayor of Concord, Carlyn Obringer Named Vice-Mayor" . Archived from the original on 2017-12-06 . Retrieved 2017-12-06 .
^ "Birsan Selected As Concord's Mayor" . Contra Costa News . 7 December 2023.
^ "Edi Birsan Appointed Mayor of Concord, Carlyn Obringer Named Vice-Mayor" . Archived from the original on 2017-12-06 . Retrieved 2017-12-06 .
^ "Birsan Selected As Concord's Mayor" . Contra Costa News . 7 December 2023.
^ Richard Sharp (1978), "11 Introduction to Postal Diplomacy" , The Game of Diplomacy , Arthur Barker, ISBN 978-0-213-16676-2 , archived from the original on 2012-07-29 , retrieved 2009-02-01
^ Buz Eddy, Edi Ersalesi Birsan , The Diplomatic Pouch, archived from the original on 2002-03-01 , retrieved 2009-02-01
^ "Dan Helix & Ed Birsan Win the Two Open Seats on Concord's Council" . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Concord's Birsan aims for county board, pushing issues around the homeless and housing" . 11 July 2021.
^ Hicks, Tony (27 October 2021). "Concord City Council Moves Forward With Seeno Group To Develop Former Naval Weapons Station" .

[1] ttps://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/city-council-picks-vice-mayor-edi-birsan-as-new-18539089.php

[2] "Edi Birsan Appointed Mayor of Concord, Carlyn Obringer Named Vice-Mayor" . Archived from the original on 2017-12-06 . Retrieved 2017-12-06 .

[3] "Birsan Selected As Concord's Mayor" . Contra Costa News . 7 December 2023.

[4] "Edi Birsan Appointed Mayor of Concord, Carlyn Obringer Named Vice-Mayor" . Archived from the original on 2017-12-06 . Retrieved 2017-12-06 .

[5] "Birsan Selected As Concord's Mayor" . Contra Costa News . 7 December 2023.

[6] Richard Sharp (1978), "11 Introduction to Postal Diplomacy" , The Game of Diplomacy , Arthur Barker, ISBN 978-0-213-16676-2 , archived from the original on 2012-07-29 , retrieved 2009-02-01

[DP-7] Buz Eddy, Edi Ersalesi Birsan , The Diplomatic Pouch, archived from the original on 2002-03-01 , retrieved 2009-02-01

[8] "Dan Helix & Ed Birsan Win the Two Open Seats on Concord's Council" . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

[pioneerpublishers_2021-07-11-9] "Concord's Birsan aims for county board, pushing issues around the homeless and housing" . 11 July 2021.

[10] Hicks, Tony (27 October 2021). "Concord City Council Moves Forward With Seeno Group To Develop Former Naval Weapons Station" .

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