Maribel Aguilera
CA · Member, Santa Maria City Council
Santa Maria City Council member since 2022, local attorney, and former eight-year city planning commissioner. Her priorities are making entry-level homes affordable for working families and supporting police and fire services.
Where Maribel Aguilera stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (4 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Made the motion to raise Santa Maria council salaries by $341.31 a month starting December 2026; it passed 4-1.
September 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Cast the only no vote on the city's 2026-27 Community Development Block Grant spending plan; it passed 3-1.
April 7, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 4 support
Made the motion to approve the Perlman Apartments at 100 N. Broadway, requiring the builder to offer relocation help to 14 tenants; it passed 3-1.
August 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Made the motion to approve the Richards Ranch annexation plan for 43.75 acres of housing and shops, adding a water-supply condition; it passed 4-1.
November 19, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Seconded and voted to approve the Alvin Newton Apartments downtown permit at Main Street and Broadway; it passed 3-1.
October 3, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
As a Santa Maria planning commissioner, spoke for a downtown project mixing offices and 36 studio apartments next to a restaurant; the commission approved it.
February 25, 2016Supports Housing Affordability
Source: lompocrecord.com
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Was endorsed by the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce and Santa Barbara Police Officers Association for Fifth District supervisor.
September 20, 2026
Source: newspress.com
Made the motion to adopt the Measure C2026 sales tax ordinance, sending it to voters on Nov. 3, 2026; it passed.
July 7, 2026
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Was endorsed by Santa Maria Mayor Alice Patino for the Fifth District county supervisor seat.
February 4, 2026
Source: noozhawk.com
Made the motion to adopt a resolution supporting Santa Maria's immigrant residents; it passed 4-1.
February 3, 2026
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Voted no on a citywide landscape maintenance contract with JD Humann after asking staff to study doing the work in-house; it passed 3-2.
July 1, 2025
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Made the motion to create a City Council budget ad hoc committee; it passed 3-1.
June 17, 2025
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Made the motion to update Santa Maria's rules for accessory dwelling units (backyard homes); it passed 4-1.
March 19, 2024
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Made the motion choosing General Plan land use Alternative D, including a study of a southern expansion area east of Highway 101; it passed.
December 5, 2023
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Made the motion to raise Santa Maria city user fees under a phased-in cost recovery plan; it passed 3-2.
April 4, 2023
Source: pub-santamaria.escribemeetings.com
Past race Maribel Aguilera ran in:
- Board of Supervisors, District 5 · November 3, 2026 · Santa Barbara County, California