Anna Y. Bullett
ME · Portland City Council, District 4
Anna Y. Bullett has been Portland's District 4 city councilor since 2023 and directs health and nutrition programs at The Opportunity Alliance. She chairs the council's health, human services and public safety committee and focuses on shelter and housing.
Where Anna Y. Bullett stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Proposed an amendment, passed unanimously, that capped staff pay from the new city climate action fund at $125,000. The rest of the fund went to climate projects.
November 18, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: pressherald.com
Voted no on the mayor's plan to limit the city's needle exchange to one new syringe for each used one returned. It failed 1-7.
October 21, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Proposed a city budget amendment that added $100,000 for a childcare voucher program. It passed 8-1.
June 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Voted no on adding $136,851 for the Portland Public Library to the city budget. The amendment passed 5-3.
June 3, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Voted yes on letting Portland police buy a drone, with an added limit protecting free speech and assembly. It passed 6-3.
March 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
As chair of the council's public safety committee, moved to pass a city law that set up a new Civilian Police Review Board. It passed 6-3.
January 21, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Seconded and voted yes on letting Portland police buy a drone. It failed 3-4.
November 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted yes on a resolution to fully enforce rent control and strengthen tenant protections. It passed 7-2.
September 9, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Proposed a city budget amendment that added $100,000 for a childcare voucher program. It passed 8-1.
June 23, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Testified for The Opportunity Alliance in support of a state bill to end the sales tax on diapers (LD 1099).
March 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legislature.maine.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted yes on a city law barring city workers from helping federal immigration agents unless the law or a judge's warrant requires it. It passed 7-1.
May 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: pressherald.com
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Received the Urbanist Coalition of Portland's endorsement for re-election to the District 4 council seat.
September 19, 2026
Source: urbanistportland.me
Voted yes on a rule requiring distance between large music venues, which put a planned Live Nation venue in doubt. It passed 5-4.
April 27, 2026
Source: pressherald.com
Moved to pass a city law on vacant downtown storefronts (vacant commercial properties). It passed 5-3.
September 3, 2025
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Voted yes on a city proposal to raise Portland's minimum wage. It passed 5-4. She also voted no on exempting businesses with fewer than 50 workers.
August 25, 2025
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Voted yes on the city law that set the rules for Portland's new Ethics Commission. It passed 8-1.
February 24, 2025
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Voted yes on a 180-day pause on new hotel projects in Portland. It passed 6-2.
November 4, 2024
Source: portlandme.api.civicclerk.com
Won the Portland City Council District 4 seat on 2023-11-07 with 58% of the vote, 2,344 to 1,690, over Sam Cady.
November 7, 2023
Source: pressherald.com
Past race Anna Y. Bullett ran in:
- City Council District 4 · November 3, 2026 · Portland city, Maine · incumbent