Tom van Overbeek
CA · Chico City Council Member, District 6
Chico City Council member since 2022, former tech businessman, and owner of the Whole Body Fitness gym. His priorities include police and public safety and upgrading the Five Mile flood control system.
Where Tom van Overbeek stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (8 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Social Programs and Welfare (3 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 2 oppose), Housing Affordability (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 1 oppose
Moved to have the mayor send a letter backing Cal Water's request for state approval to remove PFAS 'forever chemicals' from wells. It passed 4-3.
March 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Seconded a motion to add a cancer screening blood test for city public works field workers to the 2026-27 budget. It passed 4-3.
January 20, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on moving ahead with a Cal Water water-savings program for the city. It passed 6-1.
February 20, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Moved to have city staff create a faster permit process for outdoor cafes to replace temporary street parklets. It passed 7-0.
December 20, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 2 oppose
Seconded a motion to add a cancer screening blood test for city public works field workers to the 2026-27 budget. It passed 4-3.
January 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Seconded approval of the police department's military-style equipment report and its 2025 purchases, including three incident command vehicles. It passed 4-3.
April 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted no on spending $100,000 on portable buildings for the Genesis pallet homeless shelter. The motion failed 3-3.
June 4, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted no on asking staff to bring back extra budget money for parks and housing. It passed 4-3.
June 6, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 8 support
Voted to start enforcing city rules on public nuisances that do not conflict with the Warren homeless settlement. It passed 4-3.
August 18, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Asked the council to take up making Bidwell Park safer from electric bikes, later widened to the whole city. The council agreed 7-0.
December 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted to introduce an ordinance barring pedestrians from standing on street medians and roundabouts. It passed 4-3.
November 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Seconded approval of the police department's military-style equipment report and its 2025 purchases, including three incident command vehicles. It passed 4-3.
April 15, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted no on scheduling a talk about an independent redistricting commission, ranked choice voting and a directly elected mayor; it failed 3-4. At the same meeting, asked the council to consider using the mayor's emergency powers to close Bidwell Park, Lindo Channel and Teichert Pond to camping, which it agreed 7-0 to discuss.
January 28, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Moved to have the mayor send a letter backing Proposition 36, the 2024 state ballot measure raising penalties for some theft and drug crimes. It passed 5-1.
October 1, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Moved to renew Chico's policy on police use of military-style equipment. It passed 7-0.
April 2, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Moved to start the bidding process for red-light cameras; the council instead voted 5-2 to wait six months to a year, with him voting no. At the same meeting, asked the council to take up a ban on panhandling, which it agreed 7-0 to schedule.
September 5, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted no on denying the Hubbard Apartments project. The council denied it 5-2.
April 1, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
As co-chair of Chico's growth committee, told the Chico News & Review he favored carefully moving the city's Greenline, which limits building on farmland, farther west.
January 28, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: chico.newsreview.com
Voted no on hiring help to draft a rent control ordinance for mobile home parks; the motion failed 2-4. At the same meeting, moved to name himself and Councilmember Winslow to a new committee on city growth and development, which the council approved.
June 18, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 3 oppose
Voted no on a policy to set aside 51% of Measure H sales tax money for streets, roads and sidewalks; it failed 3-4. At the same meeting, voted no on having staff study a sewer bill discount for low-income residents, which passed 5-2.
May 19, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted no on letting a church-lot tiny home shelter pilot go ahead with four shelters instead of two. It passed 4-3.
October 7, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Moved a six-month trial closing Petersen Memorial Drive and part of South Park Drive in Bidwell Park to cars on weekends and holidays; it passed 5-2. At the same meeting, voted no on a motion to make better use of the pallet homeless shelter without affecting enforcement, which failed 3-4.
March 4, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to end the Bidwell Park road closure trial and reopen both roads to cars every day. It passed 4-3.
September 16, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Stepped away from the Downtown Revitalization Project vote because he owns property downtown; the plan then failed 3-3. At the same meeting, voted no on having staff study allowing commercial cannabis growing in Chico, which passed 5-2.
April 21, 2026
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted no on the sewer rate increase plan known as Option 1. It passed 4-3.
March 17, 2026
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on formally lowering development fees when the cost index falls. It passed 6-1.
October 21, 2025
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted no on scheduling a discussion on options for cooperating with federal immigration agents (ICE). It failed 3-4.
August 19, 2025
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
As Internal Affairs Committee chair, moved to have staff write rules on how vacant buildings must look, including windows, doors and roofs. It passed 7-0.
November 19, 2024
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Moved to put a renewal of Chico's Measure H sales tax on the November 2024 ballot, as the Finance Committee advised. It passed 7-0.
January 16, 2024
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on a plan making developers pay 30% and a city fund pay 70% of certain design review costs. It passed 6-1.
October 17, 2023
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Voted no on scheduling a discussion of a Pride Month proclamation for Chico. It passed 4-3.
June 20, 2023
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Stepped away from the council's Valley's Edge referendum decision because he owns property within 500 feet of the project.
April 4, 2023
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Was sworn in as the Chico City Council member for District 6 after the November 2022 election.
December 6, 2022
Source: chico-ca.granicus.com
Was endorsed for Chico City Council District 6 by former Chico Police Chief Matt Madden, Councilmember Mike O'Brien and Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea.
September 30, 2022
Source: krcrtv.com
Past race Tom van Overbeek ran in:
- Member of the City Council, District 6 · November 3, 2026 · Chico city, California · incumbent