Pam Bertani
CA · Vice Mayor and Fairfield City Council Member, District 4
Fairfield vice mayor and council member since 2011, and a tax and intellectual property lawyer. Her priorities include automatic refunds of landscape and lighting district fees and homelessness solutions such as more shelter and affordable housing.
Where Pam Bertani stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 oppose
Voted no on a power purchase deal for a solar field at the Waterman Water Treatment Plant. It passed 5-1.
August 20, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Made the motion to create a seven-member oversight committee for the city's landscape and lighting districts, reporting to the council each quarter. It passed unanimously.
August 16, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support
Voted no on hiring a consultant to set assessments for six landscape and lighting districts. It passed 5-1.
July 19, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Voted no on lending city general fund money to three landscape and lighting districts and starting the process to raise their assessments. It passed 6-1.
February 1, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Voted no on moving ahead with a pay raise for Fairfield City Council members. It passed 5-2.
April 20, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 oppose
Voted no on a new city law banning sitting or lying in downtown Fairfield doorways from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. It passed 3-1.
July 7, 2020Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Voted no on the Vista Ridge project to turn a hotel into permanent housing for homeless people, and seconded a failed motion to delay the vote. The project passed 4-3.
November 18, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: kioncentralcoast.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 oppose
Voted no on the Vista Ridge project to turn a hotel into permanent housing for homeless people, and seconded a failed motion to delay the vote. The project passed 4-3.
November 18, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kioncentralcoast.com
Voted no on the city's federal housing grant (CDBG) plan for 2021-22 and on shifting COVID relief (CARES Act) money in that plan. It passed 5-2.
May 4, 2021Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Cast the lone no vote as acting mayor when the council appointed Rick Vaccaro as mayor until the November election, saying appointing is different from electing. It passed 5-1.
June 16, 2026
Source: dailyrepublic.com
Was endorsed by outgoing Mayor Catherine Moy in her resignation letter, which called her by far the most qualified to lead the city.
June 9, 2026
Source: contracosta.news
Became acting mayor of Fairfield after Mayor Catherine Moy resigned, the first African American to lead the city.
June 9, 2026
Source: ktvu.com
Voted no, with Mayor Catherine Moy, on the council's choice of how much to refund homeowners in eight landscape and lighting districts after a court ruling. It passed 5-2.
May 5, 2026
Source: dailyrepublic.com
Voted to end the outside lawyers' investigation into whether Mayor Catherine Moy lived in Fairfield, after a first report found no proof she did not. The council voted 4-3 to continue it.
March 10, 2026
Source: dailyrepublic.com
Voted no on keeping Paradise Valley district assessments and a $1.57 million reserve, instead of pausing the fees and using the reserve. It passed 6-1.
July 16, 2024
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Made the motion to start a zoning change letting some industrial business park uses locate on office-commercial land in North Cordelia, south of Business Center Drive. It passed 5-1.
March 5, 2024
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Was appointed vice mayor by the Fairfield City Council on a 7-0 vote after Mayor Catherine Moy nominated her.
December 20, 2022
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Was reappointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to the California Commission on Uniform State Laws.
October 13, 2021
Source: gov.ca.gov
Voted no on final permits for two cannabis stores, The Showcase and Authentic Fairfield. They passed 5-2 and 6-1.
June 22, 2021
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Voted no on continuing the cannabis store permit hearings and firing the consultant that scored the applicants. It passed 6-1.
March 16, 2021
Source: fairfield.novusagenda.com
Was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California Commission on Uniform State Laws, where she had served since 2007.
May 13, 2015
Source: archive.gov.ca.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Was fined $7,500 by the state Fair Political Practices Commission, with her 2014 county supervisor campaign committee, for late reporting of contributions, spending and donor details, and for missing three 24-hour contribution reports.
May 17, 2018
Source: fppc.ca.gov
Past race Pam Bertani ran in:
- Mayor, City of Fairfield · November 3, 2026 · Fairfield city, California