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
Past race Gilbert Wong ran in:
- Cupertino Sanitary District Director · November 3, 2026 · Cupertino Sanitary District