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Gilbert Wong

CA

Gilbert Wong is a small business owner.

Where Gilbert Wong stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (2 records), Public Infrastructure (2 records)

Opposes

Government Spending Reduction (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 2 support
  • Moved Cupertino's 2016-17 drought rules limiting water use and a $115,000 landscape conversion rebate program with the water district. It passed unanimously.

    July 5, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Moved for Cupertino to join Silicon Valley Clean Energy, a new public power agency buying cleaner electricity, and to pay up to $450,000 toward its start-up costs. It passed unanimously.

    December 1, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
  • Moved Cupertino's 2015-16 city budget, which passed 4-1, and moved an extra $6 million for street repaving, which also passed 4-1.

    June 2, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 2 support
  • Moved approval of Cupertino's Civic Center plan for a new 40,000-square-foot City Hall with underground parking and a library expansion. It passed 3-2.

    July 7, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Moved Cupertino's 2015-16 city budget, which passed 4-1, and moved an extra $6 million for street repaving, which also passed 4-1.

    June 2, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

Track record — General

General · 14 records
  • Dropped his lawsuit against the Foothill-De Anza district and its trustees over his censure, dismissing it with prejudice.

    January 13, 2025

    Source: sanjosespotlight.com

  • Sued the Foothill-De Anza district, its chancellor and fellow trustees in Santa Clara County Superior Court, asking the court to undo the board's censure of him and to find the board broke open-meeting law.

    July 13, 2023

    Source: mv-voice.com

  • Cast the lone vote against the Foothill-De Anza trustee-area map that follows city lines, favoring a map based on school district lines, and also voted alone against the board's election schedule. Both passed 4-1.

    February 14, 2022

    Source: losaltosonline.com

  • Abstained when the Foothill-De Anza board elected Patrick Ahrens president 4-0, after posting on Facebook that colleagues had passed him over for board leadership.

    December 13, 2021

    Source: mv-voice.com

  • Cast the lone vote against permanently closing De Anza College's Flint Center for the Performing Arts. The Foothill-De Anza board approved the closure 4-1.

    June 10, 2019

    Source: losaltosonline.com

  • Was elected to the Foothill-De Anza Community College District board of trustees while serving on the Cupertino City Council, after leading the field in fundraising with more than $60,000.

    November 8, 2016

    Source: mv-voice.com

  • Moved a voluntary $33,000 spending cap for candidates in Cupertino's November 2016 council election. It passed 4-1.

    May 17, 2016

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Moved not to spend $40,000 on a survey of residents' support for a sales or employer tax to fund mass transit. It passed 4-1.

    March 1, 2016

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Voted against a new process for handling General Plan change requests, saying residents who spoke did not support it. It passed 3-2.

    September 1, 2015

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Moved final design approvals for the Main Street Cupertino project's major retail buildings and its 0.75-acre public park. Both passed 4-1.

    May 5, 2015

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Moved to drop the planned environmental study for the Stevens Creek Boulevard to McClellan Ranch Road corridor plan. The motion passed 3-2.

    April 21, 2015

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Moved Cupertino's 2014 General Plan update, which gave the Vallco mall site 2 million square feet of office space and 389 homes, and moved sending the city's 2014-2022 Housing Element to the state. Both passed 4-1.

    December 4, 2014

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Finished his year as Cupertino mayor when the council elected Rod Sinks to succeed him.

    December 2, 2014

    Source: legistar.granicus.com

  • Joined a unanimous Cupertino City Council vote giving final approval to Apple's Campus 2 headquarters. The same vote cut the city's yearly sales-tax rebate to Apple from 50% to 35%.

    November 19, 2013

    Source: techcrunch.com

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