Pat Burns
CA · Huntington Beach City Council Member
Pat Burns is a Huntington Beach City Council member and former mayor, and a retired Long Beach police lieutenant. His priorities are supporting the police and fire departments and keeping beaches clean, roads safe, and parks inviting.
Where Pat Burns stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Housing Affordability (4 records), Civil Rights (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 oppose
Voted to declare Huntington Beach a "No Mask and No Vaccine Mandate City." It passed 4-3.
October 3, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Voted to start pulling Huntington Beach out of the Orange County Power Authority, a public clean-power agency. It passed 4-3.
May 16, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support
Voted against a police union contract giving officers 17% raises through June 2029. It passed 4-3 despite a $15.6 million city budget gap.
September 1, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: police1.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Moved to require a police report on the past year's crime, especially thefts from businesses and home burglaries, plus stepped-up enforcement. It passed 7-0.
December 20, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 4 oppose
Voted against the Bolsa Chica Senior Care Community project, which needed a general plan change. The project passed 4-3.
October 15, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Voted against adopting the city's state-required housing plan (Housing Element Update). The plan failed 3-4.
April 4, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to have the City Attorney sue to challenge state laws SB 9 and SB 10 and state rules allowing backyard homes (ADUs). The motion also stopped processing of such applications. It passed 4-3.
February 21, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Voted to have the City Attorney sue to challenge the state's housing quota and to draft a ban on "builder's remedy" projects. It passed 4-3.
December 20, 2022Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 oppose
Moved to call a June 10, 2025 special election on a citizen petition to repeal the children's library book review board. He was named an author of the argument against repeal. It passed 7-0.
March 4, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Seconded and voted for a parent and guardian board to review children's books before the city library buys them (Ordinance No. 4318). It passed 4-3.
April 2, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Track record — General
General · 21 records
Moved to accept a $1.3 million completion bond for building work at 21 and 22 Main Street on the pier. It passed 4-3.
January 20, 2026
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved a resolution calling for immediate action to ensure a legally valid and transparent 2026 general election (Resolution No. 2025-64). It passed 5-0.
October 7, 2025
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to certify the Pacific Airshow's environmental review and approve a new agreement with the show's operator. It passed 6-1.
September 2, 2025
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to form a council committee to review the City Treasurer job and how the treasurer is chosen. It passed 7-0.
June 3, 2025
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
As mayor, barred public speakers from addressing individual council members by name and warned of misdemeanor charges for disrupting meetings.
May 6, 2025
Source: voiceofoc.org
Moved to declare Huntington Beach a "non-sanctuary city" for illegal immigration (Resolution No. 2025-01). It passed 7-0.
January 21, 2025
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Was sworn in as Mayor of Huntington Beach for 2025 after the City Council chose him.
December 3, 2024
Source: huntingtonbeachca.gov
Moved a council statement backing the U.S. Constitution and calling Huntington Beach a First and Second Amendment friendly city. It passed 4-0, with three absent.
June 4, 2024
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Voted to seek bids from private firms to run the Huntington Beach Public Library. It passed 4-3.
March 19, 2024
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to adopt a council Statement of Solidarity with Texas and send it to Texas Governor Greg Abbott. It passed 4-3.
February 6, 2024
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Was elected Mayor Pro Tem for 2024 by the City Council on a 4-3 vote.
December 5, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Voted to put three city charter changes on the March 2024 ballot, including voter ID at city elections and limits on city flags. It passed 4-3.
October 17, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Was named author of the ballot argument for a charter change limiting flags on city property. The council approved the author list 7-0.
October 17, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Voted against accepting a $325,000 state grant to help plan local rules for cannabis stores. The grant failed 3-4.
October 3, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to censure Council Member Natalie Moser over her statements at an August 2023 meeting. It passed 4-0, with three members absent.
September 5, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to adopt a council committee's rewrite of the city's Policy on Human Dignity. It passed 4-3.
September 5, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to form a council committee led by Mayor Tony Strickland to propose changes to the city charter. It passed 4-3.
June 6, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to adopt Ordinance No. 4283, which limits flags on city property to government flags. It passed 4-3.
March 7, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to draft an ordinance letting the city fly only government flags, such as the U.S., POW/MIA, state and city flags, on city property. It passed 4-3.
February 7, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Moved to require a report on the city's own oil wells, including their output, upkeep and oil sale revenue. It passed 7-0.
January 17, 2023
Source: huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
Won a seat on the Huntington Beach City Council with 37,266 votes, the most of any candidate in the four-seat race.
November 8, 2022
Source: ocvote.gov
Past race Pat Burns ran in:
- Member, City Council · November 3, 2026 · Huntington Beach city, California · incumbent