Eddy Polon
CA · Member, Burbank Transportation Commission
Eddy Polon is a Burbank transportation commissioner, a former TV game-show writer and producer, and a former kosher bakery owner. His priorities are more housing with paths to homeownership and safer streets.
Where Eddy Polon stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Public Infrastructure (8 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support
Voted yes to tell the City Council that the state-required plan to switch BurbankBus to zero-emission buses cost a lot for low ridership, and to ask for more study first. The motion passed 6-0.
June 26, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 8 support
Published a guest column in Streetsblog LA criticizing Burbank City Hall for fighting Metro's voter-approved bus rapid transit line. He wrote as a co-founder of the advocacy group Strong Towns Burbank.
June 11, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: la.streetsblog.org
Voted yes to approve the BurbankBus route and service overhaul study, including four route changes and quick fixes to the Orange Route; it passed 7-0. At the same meeting, asked city staff for a report on the cost of bringing back the former 'Got Wheels' youth bus service.
February 25, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Voted yes to recommend the City Council adopt the Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan, a traffic-safety plan to cut serious crashes; it passed 5-0. Also voted yes to keep the downtown San Fernando Boulevard street redesign and move ahead with its second phase; that passed 4-1.
July 23, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Spoke at a 2024 counter-protest backing bus-only lanes on Olive Avenue, telling the Burbank Leader that bus rapid transit is better, safer and faster than a regular bus.
March 28, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: outlooknewspapers.com
Voted yes to ask the City Council to set up a bike-share network in Burbank through a public-private partnership. The motion passed 5-0, with two commissioners abstaining.
March 26, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Voted yes to recommend that Burbank market the Metro GoPass free student transit pass with the school district and plan bus routes around school trips. The motion passed 4-0.
May 22, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Made the motion for the Transportation Commission to send Metrolink a letter supporting its recent train service upgrades. The motion passed 7-0.
November 20, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Voted yes on two Transportation Commission motions. One replaced the BurbankBus Green Route with a north-south Buena Vista Street route linking the airport and the Media District; it passed 5-1. The other recommended closing downtown San Fernando Boulevard to cars between Magnolia Boulevard and Olive Avenue, with a two-way bike path; it passed 6-0.
November 21, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Was reappointed by a 5-0 City Council vote to a full four-year term on the Burbank Transportation Commission, ending in 2029.
July 15, 2025
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Received the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters' endorsement in his 2024 run for Burbank City Council.
September 30, 2024
Source: lalcv.org
Received endorsements from several building-trades and service unions, including the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, in his 2024 run for Burbank City Council.
September 26, 2024
Source: myburbank.com
Received the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter's endorsement in his 2024 run for Burbank City Council.
September 19, 2024
Source: myburbank.com
Was appointed by the Burbank City Council to the city's Transportation Commission on 2022-10-25.
October 25, 2022
Source: burbank.granicus.com
Past race Eddy Polon ran in:
- Member of the City Council, City of Burbank · November 3, 2026 · Burbank city, California