Terry Sanders
CA · Commissioner, Santa Rosa Planning Commission
Terry Sanders is a second-term Santa Rosa Planning Commissioner and a retired Oakland firefighter and paramedic whose Fountaingrove home burned in the 2017 fires. His priorities are the city budget and public safety.
Where Terry Sanders stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record)
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Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Voted to uphold the city's denial of a permit to cut down a 125-foot Bunya Bunya tree at 1080 Second Street. It passed 5-2.
September 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Spoke at a City Council hearing in support of the city's new ordinance on camping on public property.
August 8, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
As a planning commissioner, voted to approve the Meadowood Ranch subdivision, 89 small-lot homes on Dutton Meadow. It passed 6-1.
February 23, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Moved to approve a drive-through business at 2000 Sebastopol Road; the motion failed 2-5. He then voted no on denying it.
February 12, 2026
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Voted no on a permit for a 24-bed community care facility on Mountain Hawk Drive. It passed 4-2.
November 13, 2025
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Voted no, twice, on letting a 7-Eleven at 136 College Avenue sell beer and wine. It failed 3-3 in August, then passed 5-2.
October 26, 2023
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Voted no on recommending changes to Santa Rosa's short-term rental rules. The recommendation passed 4-2.
April 27, 2023
Source: legistar.granicus.com
Race Terry Sanders is in:
- Member, City Council, District 4 · November 3, 2026 · Santa Rosa city, California