April Chan
CA · Director, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Ward 7
April Chan has been a water district director since 2022, is a former congressional aide who worked on infrastructure funding, and sits on the Alameda County Fire Commission. She says she will keep water rates affordable, show residents how every dollar is spent, and protect the watershed.
Where April Chan stands, based on their records
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Made the motion to raise water rates 6.5% a year and sewer rates 8.5% a year for two years; it passed 5-2. She also voted for the district's $3.1 billion two-year budget, which passed 6-0.
June 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ebmud.com
Voted for water and sewer rate increases of 8.5% a year for two years, which passed 6-1. She also voted for the district's two-year budget, which passed 7-0.
June 13, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ebmud.com
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Made the motion to adopt EBMUD's 2025 Urban Water Management Plan, the district's long-range plan for water supply and demand. It passed 7-0.
June 9, 2026
Source: ebmud.com
Cast the only no vote against a pay raise for EBMUD board members of 3.4% for 2025 and 3.7% for 2026. It passed 5-1.
January 13, 2026
Source: ebmud.com
Cast the only no vote against the EBMUD board's revised ethics policy for its own members. It passed 5-1.
August 26, 2025
Source: ebmud.com
Cast the only no vote against naming an interim board vice president while outside investigations into her conduct were under way. She had stepped aside from the vice president role; the motion passed 4-1.
May 13, 2025
Source: ebmud.com
Was named chair of the EBMUD board's Planning Committee for 2025. She also moved to create a new board committee to work with the City of Oakland, which passed 7-0.
January 28, 2025
Source: ebmud.com
Was elected vice president of the EBMUD board for 2025 on a 7-0 vote, after a vote to make Director Andy Katz vice president failed 3-4 with her voting no.
January 14, 2025
Source: ebmud.com
Moved to permanently cancel EBMUD's plan to fill a former Lake Chabot Road quarry with pipeline trench soil. Her motion tied 3-3 and failed; the district had already put the project on hold.
March 14, 2023
Source: ebmud.com
Voted with the full EBMUD board, 7-0, to end the 8% drought surcharge on water bills as of March 1, 2023, and to ease drought rules from Stage 2 to Stage 1.
February 14, 2023
Source: ebmud.com
Abstained when the EBMUD board voted to raise its members' monthly pay from $1,367 to $1,530, its first raise since 2020. It passed 5-1, with her abstaining.
January 24, 2023
Source: ebmud.com
Past race April Chan ran in:
- East Bay Municipal Utility District Director, Ward 7 · November 3, 2026 · East Bay Municipal Utility District Ward 7 · incumbent