Ed Scott
CA · Rialto City Council (Mayor Pro Tem)
Ed Scott is Rialto's Mayor Pro Tem and has served on the City Council from 1996 to 2012 and again since 2014. He has named more police officers, economic development, and jobs as his main priorities.
Where Ed Scott stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Opposes
Housing Affordability (3 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (3 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 1 oppose
Moved to extend a pause on new outdoor storage and truck yard uses in Rialto. The motion failed on a 2-1 vote.
June 14, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted no on a new water conservation ordinance (Ordinance 1559). It passed 3-2.
May 12, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to hire a law firm to recover perchlorate cleanup costs, with a budget of up to $200,000. The motion passed 3-2.
February 24, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Testified before a U.S. House water subcommittee for H.R. 200, a bill to study perchlorate pollution in the Rialto-Colton groundwater basin.
September 14, 2011Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: naturalresources.house.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 3 oppose
Voted no on a $196,000 consultant contract for a city parks master plan. It passed 3-2.
May 12, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to adopt the 2024-25 city budget, limiting new staff positions to three in the police department plus public works changes; it passed 5-0. At the same meeting, moved to approve only the first year of new water and sewer rates and keep the hearing open on later years; it passed 5-0.
June 25, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to raise the pay of the mayor, council members, city clerk and city treasurer as state law allows (Ordinance 1690); it passed 5-0. At the same meeting, seconded a council letter opposing a state bill on warehouse and logistics projects, which passed 4-1.
January 9, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to add $20 million to the budget for a new police station. It passed 5-0.
November 14, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted no on paying a developer $315,187 in fee credits, saying the city had not explained how credits were set; the payment failed 2-3. At the same meeting, moved an ordinance that made some city jobs exempt from civil service hiring rules; it passed 3-2.
August 10, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to end the city's contract with IBM for a data analytics and surveillance center plan. The motion passed 4-1.
October 22, 2019Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Moved to add $20 million to the budget for a new police station. It passed 5-0.
November 14, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted no on repealing an emergency order that banned the sale and use of "safe and sane" fireworks. The repeal passed, with him as the only recorded no vote.
June 9, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 3 oppose
Voted no on three zoning laws that added housing overlays near Baseline Road, Riverside Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. Each passed over his no vote.
August 8, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to deny a neighbor appeal and approve a 62,248-square-foot warehouse at Locust Avenue and Stonehurst Drive; it passed 3-2. At the same meeting, cast the only no vote on adopting Rialto's 2021-2029 housing plan, which passed 4-1.
February 28, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted no on sending Rialto's draft 2021-2029 housing plan to the state. It passed 4-1.
October 12, 2021Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Seconded approval of a truck terminal near Santa Ana Avenue with a $1.5 million road-widening payment. It passed 4-1.
October 28, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to add $20 million to the budget for a new police station. It passed 5-0.
November 14, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Seconded approval of sewer rate increases for 2026 to 2030, set lower than first proposed. It passed 5-0.
January 27, 2026
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved an emergency pause on new indoor storage facilities in Rialto. It passed 4-1.
January 28, 2025
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted no on drafting a law to fill council vacancies by giving the seat to the next-highest vote-getter. The proposal failed 2-3.
January 14, 2025
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to send a letter asking Governor Newsom to veto Assembly Bill 98, a state warehouse siting law. It passed 4-1.
September 10, 2024
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted no on hiring David Carmany as city manager. The appointment passed 3-1, with one abstention.
January 23, 2024
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to deny an appeal and approve a 299,780-square-foot warehouse at Rialto and Lilac avenues. It passed 4-1.
October 10, 2023
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted no on letting voters decide whether to repeal the Pepper Avenue warehouse rezoning. The ballot plan failed 2-3.
July 25, 2023
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to rezone land on Pepper Avenue for light industry and approve a 470,000-square-foot warehouse. It passed 3-2.
June 13, 2023
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Filed claims totaling $1.15 million against Rialto. He said police and fire staff used a state crime database to dig into his personal information for political reasons.
October 8, 2021
Source: sbcsentinel.com
Voted no on moving the draft 2021-22 city budget forward to a public hearing. It passed 4-1.
July 13, 2021
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Moved to set a special council meeting to vote on putting a fireworks ban measure on the ballot. It passed 3-2.
November 10, 2020
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted with the council majority to reject a proposed water and sewer rate increase after 30 written protests. The vote was 4-0.
November 12, 2019
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Received 2018 endorsements from Rialto Fire Fighters Local 3688 and the Rialto Police Benefit Association.
October 30, 2018
Source: iecn.com
Voted no on a $65,000 settlement of a lawsuit against the city (Glen Anderson v. City of Rialto). It passed 4-1.
June 12, 2018
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Voted to declare a fiscal emergency, a step needed to put a tax measure on a special election. It failed because the vote had to be unanimous; the tally was 4-1.
July 11, 2017
Source: rialto.legistar.com
Past race Ed Scott ran in:
- Member, City Council · November 3, 2026 · Rialto city, California · incumbent