Brian Scott Berkson
CA · Jurupa Valley City Council Member, District 3 (Mayor)
Brian Scott Berkson is Jurupa Valley's mayor and its longest-serving council member, on the council since 2014, and a licensed contractor who serves as vice chair of the Metrolink board. His priorities are reducing homelessness and improving streets and traffic.
Where Brian Scott Berkson stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose), Housing Affordability (2 support · 5 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Made the motion to create free, pre-approved building plans for barns, sheds and animal stalls. It passed 5-0.
November 21, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: jurupavalley.org
Made the motion to hire Citygate Associates for up to $78,175 to study whether the city should run its own police department. It passed 5-0.
March 4, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: jurupavalley.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted no on giving a $1.35 million in-kind match for a state violence-prevention grant sought by the group Reach Out. It passed 3-2.
January 18, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: jurupavalley.org
Made the motion to adopt the city's 2021-22 budget, including $22,000 more for city signs. It passed 5-0.
June 17, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: jurupavalley.org
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 5 oppose
Cast the only no vote on updating the city's backyard home (ADU) rules to match state law. It passed 4-1.
May 7, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: jurupavalley.org
Voted no on a project for 232 homes and 24,000 square feet of shops. The motion failed 2-3.
April 2, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: jurupavalley.org
Voted no on the Rio Vista plan for up to 1,697 homes and about 2.7 million square feet of industrial and business park space. It passed 3-2.
September 5, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: jurupavalley.org
Made the motion to approve rezoning sites to meet the city's state-required housing plan. It passed 5-0.
May 2, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: jurupavalley.org
Voted for The District at Jurupa Valley plan, which allows up to 1,192 homes and about 3 million square feet of commercial and industrial space, including warehouses. It passed 3-1.
September 7, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: jurupavalley.org
Voted no on 66 townhomes on 4.13 acres on Clay Street (Serrano Oaks). It passed 3-2.
July 27, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: jurupavalley.org
Voted no on 35 condominiums in the Paradise Knolls area after the developer dropped a planned horse arena and stables. It passed 3-2.
January 19, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: jurupavalley.org
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Chosen by the council, in a unanimous vote, to serve as Jurupa Valley mayor for 2026.
December 18, 2025
Source: jurupavalley.org
Re-elected vice chair of the regional Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee, which funds clean transportation projects.
June 3, 2025
Source: cleantransportationfunding.org
Elected vice chair of the Metrolink commuter rail board, representing the Riverside County Transportation Commission.
December 17, 2024
Source: metrolinktrains.com
Voted no on the environmental report for the Rubidoux Commerce Park, a 1.18 million-square-foot industrial park the planning commission had denied. It passed 3-2.
December 21, 2023
Source: jurupavalley.org
Sworn in for another term on the Jurupa Valley City Council after being re-elected in November 2022.
December 15, 2022
Source: jurupavalley.org
Cast the only no vote on dropping the requirement for horse stables and an arena from the Paradise Knolls housing development deal. It passed 4-1.
November 18, 2021
Source: jurupavalley.org
Made the motion to put off starting a plan change for a 250-acre project that would have allowed warehouses outside the city's warehouse zones. It passed 5-0.
April 1, 2021
Source: jurupavalley.org
Made the motion to put a measure on the November 2020 ballot to set new cannabis business rules and raise the city's cannabis tax. It passed 4-0.
July 16, 2020
Source: jurupavalley.org
Cast the only no vote on the Agua Mansa Commerce Park, a plan for 4.4 million square feet of warehouses on the former Riverside Cement plant site. It passed 4-1.
April 16, 2020
Source: jurupavalley.org
Made the motion to refuse to start a plan change that would have allowed warehouses outside the city's Mira Loma warehouse zone, for the District at Rubidoux project. It passed 5-0.
April 2, 2020
Source: jurupavalley.org
Voted no on starting a tax-sharing deal for a warehouse distribution center in the Mira Loma warehouse area. It passed 3-2.
December 5, 2019
Source: jurupavalley.org
Past race Brian Scott Berkson ran in:
- City Council Member, District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Jurupa Valley city, California · incumbent