Joy Motts
CA
Joy Motts is a former Antioch City Council member and vice mayor who also served as president of the Antioch school board. Her priorities are public safety and economic development to attract employers.
Where Joy Motts stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted to approve The Ranch, a 1,177-home development on 551 acres in southeast Antioch. The council approved it 5-0.
July 28, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: antiochherald.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Co-led with Lamar Thorpe a plan to use the Executive Inn motel as housing for homeless residents. She voted to start a feasibility study; it passed 3-2.
July 31, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Served with Lamar Thorpe on a two-member council committee on homelessness, formed in April 2019. It led to hiring a homeless-resident adviser and bringing five FEMA trailers to house homeless people.
March 23, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: eastcountytoday.net
Track record — General
General · 9 records
As president of the Celebrate Antioch Foundation, helped bring a weekly farmers market to downtown Antioch. The foundation sponsors the market.
June 12, 2025
Source: contracosta.news
Received endorsements from the Antioch Police Officers Association, IBEW Local 302, Ironworkers Local 378 and the Contra Costa Building Trades Council in her 2022 council race.
September 30, 2022
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted against forming a two-member council committee on police reform; it failed 2-3. She backed study sessions with the full council instead.
June 18, 2020
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to approve a second marijuana store (Delta Dispensary) near a mosque and in a building shared with a church. It passed 5-0 after she pressed the owner on wages and security.
June 25, 2019
Source: antiochherald.com
Voted to approve Antioch's first recreational marijuana store (One Plant on West 10th Street). The permit passed 4-1.
April 23, 2019
Source: antiochherald.com
Won a citywide Antioch City Council seat as the top vote-getter among six candidates. The council then chose her as Mayor Pro Tem.
November 6, 2018
Source: antiochherald.com
Helped the Save the Yard group file a city ballot initiative to stop development of the former Beede Lumber Yard site in downtown Antioch.
January 28, 2016
Source: eastcountytoday.net
As Antioch school board president, backed moving ahead with a voter survey on a possible school parcel tax.
June 10, 2014
Source: antiochherald.com
Was sworn in to the Antioch school board. She quit her staff job at Antioch High School the day before to avoid a conflict of interest.
December 14, 2010
Source: antiochherald.com
Past race Joy Motts ran in:
- City of Antioch, City Council, District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Antioch city, California