Melanie Bagby
CA
Former Cloverdale mayor and two-term City Council member who served seven years on the Cloverdale Planning Commission and works as an IT professional and small-business owner. Her priorities are water security and climate resilience, and disaster preparedness.
Where Melanie Bagby stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Moved to adopt Cloverdale's two-year city budget for 2024 through 2026; the council approved it.
June 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: cloverdale.net
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Moved to ban the sale and use of legal fireworks in Cloverdale; the motion failed.
January 26, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: healdsburgtribune.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted to approve rezoning for 22 apartments on South Cloverdale Boulevard, citing a need for workforce housing.
January 27, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: healdsburgtribune.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Supported free summer train rides for young people and asked about promoting the program to youth groups.
February 15, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: sonomamarintrain.org
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Publicly opposed Cloverdale's proposed three-quarter-cent sales tax, citing the cost to residents.
October 23, 2024
Source: pressdemocrat.com
Seconded a Cloverdale planning commission recommendation to adopt new downtown zoning and update the city's growth boundary map.
October 6, 2010
Source: cloverdale.net
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Was fined $9,000 by California's ethics commission for two conflict-of-interest violations involving public contracts and clients of her IT firm.
March 19, 2026
Source: fppc.ca.gov
Past race Melanie Bagby ran in:
- County Supervisor, 4th District · November 3, 2026 · Sonoma County, California