Mike Judge
CA · Simi Valley City Council Member, District 2
Simi Valley city council member since 2010 and a retired Los Angeles police officer with 31 years of service. His priorities are public safety and more responsive, accessible city government, along with fiscally conservative, pro-business policies.
Where Mike Judge stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 2 oppose), Housing Affordability (2 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Moved to post heroin prevention and resource information on Simi Valley Transit bus shelters, working with the city's heroin prevention task force. It passed 5-0.
May 14, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
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Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 2 oppose
Moved to raise city employee pay ranges toward the market median after a citywide pay study. It passed 5-0.
April 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to approve a police drone program, with a policy on surveillance technology and the purchase of drones. It passed 5-0.
May 6, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted against buying 129 police body-worn cameras from Axon for $1,776,660.61. The purchase passed 3-2.
September 23, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to turn down a U.S. Department of Justice grant for a police body-worn camera pilot, citing ongoing staff and storage costs. It passed 5-0.
October 24, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to have staff draft rules limiting benefits for future first-time council members to salary, car allowance and legally required benefits. It passed 4-1.
November 21, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Moved to let police use four more 40mm less-lethal launchers and two more pepperball launchers. It passed 5-0.
August 19, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to approve a police drone program, with a policy on surveillance technology and the purchase of drones. It passed 5-0.
May 6, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to lower the speed limit on Royal Avenue between Tapo Canyon Road and Sycamore Drive. It passed 5-0.
December 11, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 2 oppose
Moved to approve up to $60 million in revenue bonds to finance the Tapo Street Apartments. It passed 3-1.
March 23, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Cast the only vote against giving the Runkle Canyon housing development a three-year extension of its development agreement. It passed 4-1.
October 20, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to approve the Envision Simi Valley plan, which opened parts of Los Angeles Avenue and Tapo Street to new housing and businesses. It passed 4-0.
November 18, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted against approving the Lost Canyons housing tract and narrowing part of Tapo Canyon Road from four lanes to two. It passed 3-2.
August 12, 2013Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Moved to give all Community Projects Grant money for three years to the Free Clinic of Simi Valley, keeping a $10,000 yearly reserve. It passed 5-0.
March 11, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to send a city letter supporting the state's Delta Conveyance Project water tunnel and have a council member lobby for it. It passed 5-0.
June 9, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Moved to adopt an ordinance letting neighborhoods set up permit-only parking zones. It passed 4-1.
September 8, 2025
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Cast the only vote against buying transit buses with a plan to buy as few as possible while keeping grant funding. It passed 4-1.
May 19, 2025
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Named Anthony Thompson as his first choice for the vacant District 1 council seat and cast the only vote against appointing Joseph Ayala. Ayala was appointed 3-1.
February 24, 2025
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted against lowering the business size limit for a COVID-19 small business loan fund from $5 million to $3 million in yearly revenue. The change failed 2-2.
November 7, 2022
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved a council resolution backing the Our Neighborhood Voices ballot initiative to return zoning and land use control to cities. It passed 4-1.
February 14, 2022
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to remove Rebecca Albarran from Neighborhood Council #3 over a code of ethics issue. It passed 3-2.
January 10, 2022
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to keep the city's ethics code for elected officials unchanged but add required state ethics training (AB 1234). It passed 5-0.
December 6, 2021
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to send a letter supporting gun shows at the Ventura County Fairgrounds; the motion died without a second. He then voted against taking no action, which passed 3-2.
April 8, 2019
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to switch Simi Valley to four city council districts with a mayor elected citywide for two-year terms. It passed 4-1.
November 26, 2018
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to have Simi Valley file a friend-of-the-court letter in the federal lawsuit against California's sanctuary state laws (United States v. California). It passed 4-0.
June 25, 2018
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to send voters a proposed city tax on commercial cannabis businesses for the November 2018 ballot.
June 4, 2018
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Cast the only vote against a 45-day emergency ban on all marijuana businesses and personal outdoor growing in Simi Valley. It passed 4-1.
December 5, 2016
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Cast the only vote against a plan to ban all medical marijuana growing in Simi Valley, including by patients for personal use. It passed 4-1.
January 25, 2016
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Past race Mike Judge ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Simi Valley city, California