Nikki Perez
CA · Member, Burbank City Council
Nikki Perez is a Burbank City Council member and former mayor who holds a master's in social welfare from UCLA and once chaired the Burbank Library Board. Her priorities are rent control and more affordable childcare.
Where Nikki Perez stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (7 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted yes to introduce an ordinance banning certain items at protests, rallies and picket lines in Burbank. The motion passed 4-1.
September 24, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 7 support
Voted yes to have staff draft a tenant ordinance with a 4% soft cap on rent increases and just-cause eviction rules for all rentals. The motion passed 3-1.
October 28, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Voted yes to introduce an ordinance adding anti-harassment protections for tenants and a small-landlord exemption from higher relocation payments. The motion passed 3-1-1.
February 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Made the motion asking staff to report on a rent cap or soft cap program, including a rental registry and help for low-income renters. The motion passed 5-0.
October 15, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for a motion to keep studying a cap on rent increases. The motion passed 4-1.
April 23, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for an urgency ordinance adding residential tenant protections to Burbank's city code. The motion passed 5-0.
September 12, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Made the motion to adopt an urgency ordinance setting fixed design and building standards for new housing and mixed-use projects in non-residential zones; it passed 5-0. Also seconded a motion asking staff to find sites for a Safe Parking program for people living in their vehicles; it passed 4-1.
May 23, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Made the motion for a study session on rent stabilization and a staff report on tenant protection options. The motion passed 4-1.
January 31, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Made the motion to adopt an urgency ordinance setting fixed design and building standards for new housing and mixed-use projects in non-residential zones; it passed 5-0. Also seconded a motion asking staff to find sites for a Safe Parking program for people living in their vehicles; it passed 4-1.
May 23, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
As mayor, publicly disputed Councilmember Chris Rizzotti at a council meeting, saying ICE agents were taking people without warrants.
December 9, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: outlooknewspapers.com
Seconded and voted for a motion to prepare a city letter supporting SB 805, the No Vigilantes Act. The motion passed 4-1.
July 15, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: burbank.granicus.com
As mayor, urged residents who saw immigration (ICE) enforcement in Burbank to report it to the L.A. Rapid Response Network, and shared immigrant aid groups.
July 2, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: outlooknewspapers.com
As mayor, made the motion to extend the California Values Act (SB 54) to all city work and bar city staff from collecting immigration status. The motion passed 5-0.
January 28, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Voted no on a resolution to censure Councilmember Konstantine Anthony for code-of-conduct violations. The censure failed 2-2-1.
June 2, 2026
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Was chosen by the City Council as mayor of Burbank by a 4-1 vote.
December 16, 2024
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Made the motion to make Dolores Huerta Day a paid city holiday for Burbank employees. The motion passed 5-0.
December 12, 2023
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Seconded and voted for a motion not to adopt a resolution backing ranked-choice voting, putting the idea off until after the March 2024 election. The motion passed 3-1.
August 23, 2023
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Made the motion to drop the prayer (invocation) from City Council meetings and replace it with a moment of reflection. The motion passed 5-0.
April 4, 2023
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Was sworn in to the Burbank City Council and given her certificate of election after winning the November 2022 election.
December 19, 2022
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Received endorsements from Congressmember Brad Sherman and Burbank Mayor Jess Talamantes in her 2022 run for Burbank City Council.
September 21, 2022
Source: myburbank.com
Was elected chair of the Burbank Board of Library Trustees by a 6-0 vote.
August 10, 2022
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Past race Nikki Perez ran in:
- Member of the City Council, City of Burbank · November 3, 2026 · Burbank city, California · incumbent