Patrick Phat Bui
CA · Member, Orange County Housing and Community Development Commission
Business owner and Orange County Housing and Community Development Commissioner who served on the Garden Grove City Council from 2014 to 2022. His top priorities are fully staffing the police department and removing illegal homeless encampments.
Where Patrick Phat Bui stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records), Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Mixed record
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Voted yes on the final deal to close the Garden Grove Fire Department and join the Orange County Fire Authority. It passed 5-1 with one abstention.
April 9, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Voted for a package of District Attorney recommendations, including an audit of a former fire chief's job. The Garden Grove council deadlocked 2-2.
March 8, 2016Supports Government Efficiency
Source: voiceofoc.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support
Voted no as the Garden Grove council voted 3-2 to give its members a $200 monthly car allowance.
June 28, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: voiceofoc.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support · 1 oppose
Spoke for and voted yes as the Garden Grove council voted 6-1 to start talks to hand fire and paramedic service to the Orange County Fire Authority. He cited slow paramedic response times.
November 13, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Voted with the mayor to end Garden Grove's red-light camera contract, calling the staff's crash data misleading. The other three members voted to keep the cameras.
October 27, 2015Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: voiceofoc.org
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted yes as the Garden Grove council passed, 4-3, a resolution backing the police policy of not helping federal agents find people for deportation.
January 24, 2017Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Track record — General
General · 20 records
Voted no on a Garden Grove resolution supporting Afghan refugees, calling it symbolic and without effect. It passed.
October 12, 2021
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Abstained as the Garden Grove council voted 5-1 to allow permanent supportive housing for homeless people at an apartment building.
September 14, 2021
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Voted against starting talks with three developers who proposed building on the city-owned Willowick Golf Course. The council majority approved the talks.
December 8, 2020
Source: voiceofoc.org
Proposed that Garden Grove host its own Tet parade and festival after Westminster gave its parade permit to a group rival to the one he led.
October 8, 2019
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Was the target of a recall notice filed against him in August 2019. He called it politically motivated.
August 17, 2019
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Was one of three Garden Grove council members who wanted a flag policy before voting on showing a Pride flag at City Hall. The council deadlocked 3-3, so no flag was shown.
May 14, 2019
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Won re-election to the Garden Grove City Council District 4 seat on November 6, 2018 with 2,664 votes (40.1%).
November 6, 2018
Source: ocvote.gov
Made a motion, passed 7-0, telling city staff to make updated data on switching to the Orange County Fire Authority their top priority.
September 25, 2018
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Voted no as the Garden Grove council voted 5-2 to put a 1-cent sales tax on the November 2018 ballot. He wanted the money limited to public safety.
July 24, 2018
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Voted no as the Garden Grove council approved a water rate increase 5-2. He said the cost should not fall entirely on residents.
March 13, 2018
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Brought a proposal to name a Garden Grove street after Vietnamese Emperor Quang Trung. The council approved it.
August 22, 2017
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Co-sponsored a resolution making the old South Vietnam flag the only Vietnamese flag shown on Garden Grove city property. It passed 6-1.
March 14, 2017
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Endorsed Stephanie Klopfenstein for Garden Grove City Council in 2016.
October 11, 2016
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Proposed a privately funded Black April memorial in Garden Grove Park to honor refugees after the fall of South Vietnam. His motion to study it passed 4-1.
September 27, 2016
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Voted for a tax on medical marijuana in Garden Grove. It failed 3-2, and the same majority ended his marijuana study task force.
July 12, 2016
Source: orangecountytribune.com
Filed a complaint with the state ethics agency (FPPC) over taxpayer-funded mailers from Supervisor Andrew Do's office. The agency opened an investigation.
March 29, 2016
Source: voiceofoc.org
Proposed a Garden Grove policy that opens police records involving elected officials to the public. The council adopted it after a dispute over a recording of the mayor.
October 27, 2015
Source: voiceofoc.org
Led a push for Garden Grove to protest Riverside's sister-city tie to a city in Vietnam, citing human rights abuses. The council voted 3-2 to send a letter without the mayor's name.
February 10, 2015
Source: voiceofoc.org
Voted no as the Garden Grove council voted 3-2 to reverse an earlier denial and allow a tattoo shop on Main Street. He said he opposed undoing past council actions on principle.
December 9, 2014
Source: voiceofoc.org
Won a Garden Grove City Council seat on November 4, 2014, finishing first among nine candidates for two at-large seats.
November 4, 2014
Source: voiceofoc.org
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Was fined $1,500 by the state ethics agency (FPPC) for filing a campaign report late and leaving out donor job details for his 2014 council campaign.
August 18, 2016
Source: fppc.ca.gov
Past race Patrick Phat Bui ran in:
- Member of the City Council, District 4 · November 3, 2026 · Garden Grove city, California