Michael Blower
CA · Member, Stockton City Council, District 3
Stockton City Council member since 2023, after an earlier appointment to the council in 2016, and a realtor and past president of the Rotary Club of Stockton. His priorities are public safety and helping homeless residents, plus better roads and parks.
Where Michael Blower stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 1 oppose), Civil Rights (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 1 oppose
Moved to apply for state behavioral health facility funds, using the Teen Impact Center as the city's match. It failed 2-3.
October 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Moved to add new exemptions to the city's distance rules for tobacco shops. It passed 5-2.
January 23, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Moved to ban all flavored tobacco sales in Stockton, with no state exemptions, as part of a new tobacco retailer law. It passed 6-1.
June 20, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted against upholding the denial of a permit for a 16-bed transitional housing home at 801 S. California Street. The denial stood 5-2.
July 12, 2016Supports Housing Affordability
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Moved to apply for state behavioral health facility funds, using the Teen Impact Center as the city's match. It failed 2-3.
October 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Voted against upholding the denial of a permit for a 16-bed transitional housing home at 801 S. California Street. The denial stood 5-2.
July 12, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted to approve flying the Pride flag at City Hall every year during the first week of June, plus the flags of the military branches. It passed 6-0 on the consent agenda.
May 13, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Voted no on flying the Pride flag at City Hall for a week in June 2023. It passed 4-3; a vote the week before had failed 3-3.
June 20, 2023Opposes Civil Rights
Source: stocktonia.org
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Voted no on a plan to split affordable housing loans among The Brix, Alicia's Place, and Danny Drive projects. It passed 4-3.
April 14, 2026
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Moved to form the Downtown Stockton Community Improvement District, a 20-year property assessment district starting in 2027. It passed 4-3.
February 3, 2026
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Voted no on creating a two-member committee of Mayor Fugazi and Councilmember Padilla to investigate allegations against Vice Mayor Jason Lee. It passed 4-3.
November 12, 2025
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Voted no on hiring outside counsel to investigate a council member's possible misconduct tied to the Wild 'N Out arena event. It passed 4-3.
August 26, 2025
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Voted to delay the city's response to a civil grand jury report on turmoil in Stockton's government. It passed 4-2.
May 13, 2025
Source: stocktonia.org
Voted no on appointing Steve Colangelo as interim city manager. It passed 4-3.
February 4, 2025
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Seconded and voted to deny an appeal and let a market at 2208 East Main Street sell beer and wine to go. It passed 4-3.
December 3, 2024
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Moved to censure Councilmember Michele Padilla for misuse of city funds, after he and Councilmember Villapudua filed the complaint. It passed 5-0.
November 12, 2024
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Seconded the council's resolution opposing Measure N, a police and fire union measure to require binding arbitration in contract talks, and was named a ballot argument signer. It passed 6-1.
July 26, 2024
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Voted to put measures on the November 2016 ballot to end Stockton's ban on medical cannabis shops and growing, and to raise the cannabis business tax. It passed 4-3.
June 28, 2016
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Was appointed 6-0 by the Stockton City Council to fill the vacant District 4 seat after Councilmember Moses Zapien joined the county Board of Supervisors.
February 23, 2016
Source: stockton.granicus.com
Past race Michael Blower ran in:
- Member of City Council, District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Stockton city, California · incumbent