Dee Dee Cavanaugh
CA · Mayor of Simi Valley
Simi Valley mayor since January 2025 and a city council member since 2016, with decades of banking experience. Her priorities are keeping the city safe and supporting local businesses and economic growth.
Where Dee Dee Cavanaugh stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 oppose
Voted against a revised city ordinance on protecting mature trees. It failed 2-3.
August 21, 2017Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 2 oppose
Moved to distribute $7,317,482 in city budget surplus from fiscal year 2020-21 as staff recommended. The council approved it 5-0.
October 10, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to raise the city manager's salary range to $234,545 to $281,455 a year. It passed 4-1.
March 9, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted to pursue up to $150 million in pension obligation bonds to pay off the city's unfunded CalPERS pension debt. It passed 4-1.
December 9, 2019Supports 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
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Moved to have staff draft a fireworks ordinance with tougher fines, including penalties for hosts. It passed 4-1.
March 14, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Cast the only vote against advancing a request to rezone a vacant 0.84-acre lot at Yosemite Avenue and Mount Sinai Drive from very low to moderate housing density. It passed 4-1.
April 22, 2019Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 16 records
Gave the annual State of the City address, reporting a third straight year of falling crime and nearly $28 million in new infrastructure projects.
September 16, 2026
Source: simivalleyacorn.com
Recused herself from the vote on up to $60 million in revenue bonds for the Tapo Street Apartments, saying her employer does business with the applicant.
March 23, 2026
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted for a council resolution opposing a proposed congressional map that put Simi Valley in District 32. It passed 4-0 with one abstention.
September 15, 2025
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Cast the only vote against directing staff to draft rules adding short-term rentals to the city code to collect hotel tax. It passed 4-1.
August 4, 2025
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Was appointed mayor of Simi Valley by a 4-0 council vote after Mayor Fred Thomas died, to serve the rest of his term.
January 27, 2025
Source: simivalleyacorn.com
Voted against new rules on home off-street parking, front yard landscaping and rear yard gates. The ordinance failed 2-3.
December 4, 2023
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted against an ordinance allowing cargo containers for home storage in residential areas. It passed 3-2.
July 17, 2023
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to remove 13 eucalyptus trees on Sinaloa Road right away and replace the other 42 over five years. The council approved it 4-0.
April 3, 2023
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Moved to introduce a sidewalk vending ordinance and set permit fees for vendors. It passed 4-1.
October 24, 2022
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted for 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
Seconded and voted for removing Rebecca Albarran from Neighborhood Council #3 over a code of ethics issue. It passed 3-2 after she voted against a reprimand-only option.
January 10, 2022
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Declared a conflict of interest and abstained on a 278-unit apartment project at Alamo and Tapo streets, because her employer had a business relationship with the applicant.
November 9, 2020
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted to repeal the city's Citizens Election Advisory Commission. The repeal passed 3-2.
September 14, 2020
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted against tiered water rates and for uniform water rates. Tiered rates failed 1-4 and uniform rates passed 4-1.
October 14, 2019
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Voted to switch Simi Valley to four city council districts with a mayor elected citywide for two-year terms. The ordinance was introduced 4-1.
November 26, 2018
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Took the oath of office as a newly elected Simi Valley City Council member.
December 12, 2016
Source: simivalley.granicus.com
Past race Dee Dee Cavanaugh ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Simi Valley city, California · incumbent