Mark Salinas
CA · Mayor of Hayward
Mayor of Hayward since 2022 and a college instructor. His top priorities are strengthening the city's financial position and further reducing crime.
Where Mark Salinas stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Housing Affordability (3 records), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records)
Opposes
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 3 oppose), Civil Rights (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Brought a referral, with a council colleague, for city funding and support for St. Rose Hospital. The council approved it 7-0.
December 12, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Voted yes as the Hayward council passed building rules pushing new buildings toward all-electric power, 7-0.
March 3, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted yes as the Hayward council approved, 7-0, a deal with Alameda County to run the Russell City Redress Fund and make first payments to families displaced from Russell City.
August 18, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Moved to adopt Hayward's 2025-26 city budget with an amendment. It passed 7-0.
June 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Brought a referral, with a council colleague, for city funding and support for St. Rose Hospital. The council approved it 7-0.
December 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Backed the Hayward council's February 2014 move to impose a 5% pay cut on about 300 city workers in the SEIU union. A state labor board later found the imposition illegal.
February 18, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: ebcitizen.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 oppose
Voted to immediately end Hayward's red-light camera program, siding with most of the council over a slower phase-out.
March 5, 2013Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: ebcitizen.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 3 support
Voted yes as the Hayward council declared a state of emergency on homelessness, easing zoning rules to allow faster shelter responses. It passed 7-0.
January 30, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Voted yes as the Hayward council adopted its rent stabilization and tenant protection law, 7-0.
June 25, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Seconded and voted for an emergency rule requiring a just cause to evict tenants in all Hayward rentals. It passed 7-0.
March 5, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Voted yes as the Hayward council declared a state of emergency on homelessness, easing zoning rules to allow faster shelter responses. It passed 7-0.
January 30, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Seconded and voted for Hayward's local minimum wage of $15 an hour for larger employers starting July 2020. It passed 7-0.
February 4, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted yes as the Hayward council approved, 7-0, a deal with Alameda County to run the Russell City Redress Fund and make first payments to families displaced from Russell City.
August 18, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Cast the only no vote as the Hayward council voted 6-1 to switch to district-based council elections starting in 2026, after a voting rights lawsuit.
April 16, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Voted yes as the Hayward council voted 7-0 to declare Hayward a sanctuary city.
June 6, 2017Supports Civil Rights
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Co-brought a referral to ban new data centers in Hayward and seconded a motion to start a moratorium. It passed 7-0.
September 15, 2026
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Co-brought a referral asking the city to respond to allegations about Cesar Chavez and review how Hayward honors him. The council approved it 5-0.
March 24, 2026
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Was chosen president of the Alameda County Mayors' Conference for 2025-2026 by the mayors of 14 county cities.
May 14, 2025
Source: hayward-ca.gov
Cast the only no vote as the Hayward council voted 6-1 to review the city's voluntary campaign spending and donation limits.
May 6, 2025
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Moved to put a 20-year extension of Hayward's half-cent sales tax on the November 2024 ballot. It passed 7-0.
June 18, 2024
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Won election as Hayward mayor on November 8, 2022, running unopposed, and took office on December 13, 2022.
November 8, 2022
Source: hayward-ca.gov
Voted against the staff's pick of a default power plan from East Bay Community Energy. That failed 3-4, and he then seconded a motion choosing the Bright Choice plan.
June 15, 2021
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Moved to deny a Costco gas station on Hathaway Avenue. His motion failed 3-4, and the council then approved the gas station.
November 10, 2020
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Moved to plan regular joint meetings of the Hayward school board and city council to make Hayward an 'Education City.' It passed 5-2.
October 15, 2019
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Cast the only no vote twice at one Hayward council meeting. One vote approved permits for retail cannabis stores, 6-1. The other put a property transfer tax increase on the November 2018 ballot, 6-1.
July 17, 2018
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Voted no on Hayward's commercial cannabis tax ordinance, which passed 5-2.
March 20, 2018
Source: hayward.legistar1.com
Won back a seat on the Hayward City Council in the June 2016 election and was sworn in in July 2016.
June 7, 2016
Source: ebcitizen.com
Gave up his Hayward council seat to run for mayor in June 2014 and lost to Barbara Halliday, finishing second.
June 3, 2014
Source: ebcitizen.com
Past race Mark Salinas ran in:
- Mayor, City of Hayward · November 3, 2026 · Hayward city, California · incumbent