James Black
CA · Rolling Hills City Council Member (Mayor Pro Tem)
James Black is the mayor pro tem of Rolling Hills, first elected to the City Council in 2003, and a plastic surgeon.
Where James Black stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (4 records)
Opposes
Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 support
Cast the lone no vote on adding extra traffic enforcement back into the 2023-24 city budget. The motion passed 4-1.
June 12, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Moved to cut the City Council's own expense line in the 2023-24 budget, as the city's finance committee recommended. The motion passed 3-1.
March 27, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Cast the lone no vote on applying for a loan from the city's insurance pool (CJPIA) to pay for disability-access upgrades at City Hall. The motion passed 3-1.
February 27, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted no on keeping $300,000 in the 2022-23 city budget to design and build outdoor emergency warning sirens. The motion passed 3-2.
June 27, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 oppose
Cast the lone no vote on accepting a sewer study and starting design of an 8-inch sewer main along Portuguese Bend Road. The project was estimated at $1.1 million. The motion passed 4-1.
May 11, 2020Opposes Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 10 records
Moved to send a letter asking the governor to veto AB 1383, a state bill on public employee retirement benefits. He also moved to send a letter backing AB 1546, a bill on repeat drunk driving offenses. Both passed 4-0.
September 14, 2026
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Moved to have the mayor speak for the City Council against Supervisor Mitchell's proposed five-year half-cent county sales tax. The motion passed 5-0.
February 9, 2026
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Was chosen mayor pro tem of Rolling Hills by a unanimous City Council vote.
December 9, 2025
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Voted no on keeping Rolling Hills in the South Bay Cities Council of Governments under its new dues structure. The motion passed 3-2.
March 11, 2024
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Cast the lone no vote on hiring Karina Banales as city manager and approving her employment contract. The appointment passed 4-1.
October 23, 2023
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Voted no on setting the city's yearly trash collection rate at $1,432.11 per parcel. The rate passed 3-2.
June 26, 2023
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As mayor, proposed cutting the fee to file a tree and view complaint to $1,000; the motion got no second. He then voted no on raising the fee to $6,000, or $10,000 for complaints against several properties. That passed 3-2.
May 9, 2022
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Was chosen mayor of Rolling Hills by a unanimous City Council vote.
April 11, 2022
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Voted no on a city letter supporting AB 1251, a state bill on local public health orders. He cited the large number of cities in the county health area that includes Rolling Hills. The same night he moved to send a letter opposing SB 210, a state bill on how license plate reader data is used.
April 26, 2021
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Cast the lone no vote on hiring a consultant, for up to $42,410, to write the city's state-required housing plan (6th cycle Housing Element). The contract passed 4-1.
February 22, 2021
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Past race James Black ran in:
- Member of the City Council · November 3, 2026 · Rolling Hills city, California · incumbent