Tamisha Torres-Walker
CA · Antioch City Council Member, District 1
Tamisha Torres-Walker represents District 1 on the Antioch City Council and co-founded and leads the Safe Return Project, which supports formerly incarcerated people. Her priorities are violence prevention and youth programs and protecting renters.
Where Tamisha Torres-Walker stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Made two motions on police oversight: the council would act as a police oversight committee, and staff would study civilian oversight models. Both passed 3-2.
March 1, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted for Antioch's rent stabilization law, which caps yearly rent increases at 3% or 60% of inflation, whichever is less. It passed 3-2.
August 23, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: localnewsmatters.org
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Received the endorsement of Our Revolution, the national progressive group, for her 2026 re-election to the Antioch City Council.
September 15, 2026
Source: ourrevolution.com
Voted to seek a state parks grant for Antioch's City Park instead of the Rivertown Square park at the old Beede Lumber Yard. The motion passed 4-1.
August 11, 2026
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to approve a new retail center on Lone Tree Way. It passed 3-2.
March 25, 2025
Source: antiochherald.com
Cast the only vote against raising Antioch water rates by 45% to 93% over three years. The increase passed 4-1.
March 11, 2025
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to hire Bessie Marie Scott as Antioch city manager at about $263,888 a year. The hire passed 3-2.
August 28, 2024
Source: contracosta.news
A county civil grand jury report said open-meeting (Brown Act) violations may have occurred when she met privately in 2022 with Mayor Thorpe and Councilwoman Wilson. The District Attorney found too little evidence to prove an intentional violation.
July 2, 2024
Source: contracosta.news
As Mayor Pro Tem, called at a council meeting for a ceasefire on all sides in the Middle East and for condemning terror on both sides.
October 24, 2023
Source: contracosta.news
As Antioch Mayor Pro Tem, spoke at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva about policing problems in Antioch and her work with the Safe Return Project.
October 5, 2023
Source: ccpulse.org
Kept her District 1 council seat after a county recount confirmed she beat Joy Motts, 1,467 votes to 1,463.
December 23, 2022
Source: antiochherald.com
Received endorsements from SEIU Local 1020, the Central Labor Council, the Contra Costa Building Trades Council and the Contra Costa Young Democrats in her 2022 council race.
September 30, 2022
Source: antiochherald.com
A misdemeanor charge of resisting police, from an October 2021 incident at her home, was dismissed by the Contra Costa District Attorney in the interest of justice.
September 1, 2022
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Made the motion adopting the new council district map, which moved Councilwoman Lori Ogorchock into District 4. It passed 3-2.
March 11, 2022
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Abstained on a new police policy limiting face-down restraint that can stop a person's breathing (positional asphyxia). It passed 4-0-1.
December 14, 2021
Source: antiochherald.com
As chair of the council's police oversight committee, voted against the proposed police body camera and dash camera rules. The rules failed 2-3, delaying the cameras.
July 13, 2021
Source: antiochherald.com
Won the Antioch City Council District 1 seat, beating former Mayor Pro Tem Joy Motts by 212 votes in a three-way race.
November 3, 2020
Source: antiochherald.com
Past race Tamisha Torres-Walker ran in:
- City of Antioch, City Council, District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Antioch city, California · incumbent