Chris Pimentel
CA · Mayor of El Segundo
Chris Pimentel is El Segundo's mayor and a technology executive who has served on the City Council since 2018. His priorities are public safety and disaster preparedness, and adding housing for young residents while keeping the city's small-town character.
Where Chris Pimentel stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Housing Affordability (2 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 oppose
Voted against sending a city letter supporting two state bills to cut single-use plastic waste (SB 54 and AB 1080); the motion failed 2-3.
August 20, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support
Voted no on the city's 2026-27 operating and capital improvement budget, which passed 3-1.
June 2, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Voted to let a pause on certain new apartment projects expire and to have staff study requiring affordable units in new housing; it passed 3-2.
August 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Moved a revised emergency ordinance that temporarily banned evictions without just cause through Dec. 31, 2019, for homes built before 2005; it passed 4-1.
December 6, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted against a plan to remove the Acacia Park pool, which failed 2-3, then moved a plan to renovate the pool and restroom instead; it passed 4-1.
April 16, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Voted for a 45-day emergency pause on approving any new data centers in El Segundo; it passed 4-1.
September 15, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Voted against scheduling a council vote on suspending the remaining half-cent of the Measure C sales tax; the motion failed 2-3.
August 18, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Voted to grant an appeal that overturned a Planning Commission decision on a proposed electric-vehicle maintenance and customer service center in an office zone; it passed 3-2.
August 12, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Voted no on suspending part of the city's voter-approved 0.75% Measure C sales tax, which passed 3-1. His own motion on the item got no second.
July 7, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Voted to place a business license tax proposition (Resolution No. 5610) on the Nov. 3, 2026 city ballot; it passed 4-0.
July 7, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Voted against changing the South Bay Cities Council of Governments agreement to let Los Angeles name an unelected senior staff member as its alternate board member; it failed 2-3.
February 17, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Was chosen as El Segundo's mayor by a 4-0 vote of the City Council.
December 17, 2024
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Cast the only no vote on having staff draft city rules for cannabis businesses to compete with a voter initiative; it passed 4-1.
April 19, 2022
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Voted to approve the development agreement for the Los Angeles Chargers headquarters and training facility in El Segundo; it passed 4-1.
December 21, 2021
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Voted against having city staff study a new utility users tax and a parking tax. The utility tax study failed 2-3 on a re-vote; the parking tax study passed 4-1.
October 19, 2021
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Cast the only no vote on a five-year, $597,364 no-bid contract with Vigilant Solutions for 26 fixed and 8 police-car license plate cameras; it passed 4-1.
February 19, 2019
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Seconded and voted for exclusive talks with CenterCal and Topgolf to redevelop the city-owned Lakes golf property; the motion passed 4-1.
November 6, 2018
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Past race Chris Pimentel ran in:
- Member of the City Council · November 3, 2026 · El Segundo city, California · incumbent