Tony Barrera
CA · Salinas City Council Member, District 2
East Salinas council member first elected in 2006. He supports renewing the city's Measure G sales tax to fund staffing and infrastructure, and backs keeping the city's rent stabilization rules.
Where Tony Barrera stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (4 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Made the motion to put a renewal of Measure G, the city's 1-cent sales tax, on the November 2026 ballot with no end date and citizen oversight. It passed 6-0.
June 2, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 4 support
Made the motion to sell two downtown city parking lots to Taylor Fresh Foods for a hotel and housing project. It passed 5-1.
December 2, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
After renters forced a referendum on the repeal of the rent rules, voted no on sending the repeal to the November 2026 ballot instead of cancelling it. It passed 4-3.
September 23, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted no on repealing Salinas's rent stabilization, rental registry, just-cause eviction and tenant anti-harassment ordinances. The repeal passed 5-2.
June 3, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted to adopt Salinas's rent stabilization, just-cause eviction and tenant anti-harassment ordinances. Each passed 5-0, with two members recused.
September 24, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
Cast the only vote against a deal with Monterey County to build a year-round homeless shelter on East Laurel Drive and supportive housing on Natividad Road. It passed 6-1.
October 9, 2018Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Cast the only vote against censuring Councilmember Andrew Sandoval. The censure passed 5-1.
January 13, 2026
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted no on accepting a sewer rate study and starting the process to raise sanitary sewer rates. It passed 5-2.
April 22, 2025
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted for a substitute motion telling staff to get more input and bring back a rental inspection program within a year. It passed 6-1.
January 18, 2022
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Voted against an agreement with the National Resource Network to study a rental registry and housing inspection program. It passed 5-2.
January 8, 2019
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Cast the only council vote against a Salinas ordinance letting people sleep and store belongings on public property only in limited cases, with notice before cleanups. It passed 5-1.
October 10, 2017
Source: legistar2.granicus.com
Past race Tony Barrera ran in:
- Member, City Council, District 2 · November 3, 2026 · Salinas city, California · incumbent