Tony Wu
CA · Member, West Covina City Council, District 5
West Covina council member since 2015 and a former mayor, a realtor and business owner with a master's degree from CalArts. His priorities are free after-school arts programs for students and support for seniors.
Where Tony Wu stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (2 records)
Opposes
Civil Rights (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (3 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 1 oppose
Moved to approve a lab testing agreement with Long Beach for West Covina's planned health department. It passed 4-1.
March 19, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Moved to adopt the 2022-23 city budget, which kept funding for the planned city health department. It passed 4-1.
June 7, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: records.westcovina.org
Moved to start setting up a city-run public health department (first reading of Ordinance 2478). It passed 4-1.
March 16, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Voted against a complete smoking ban in all West Covina parks. It failed 2-3.
June 6, 2017Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: records.westcovina.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted to turn down a 2023 federal firefighter staffing grant (SAFER) to avoid future deficit spending. It passed 3-1, with one abstention.
November 19, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: records.westcovina.org
Moved to adopt the 2022-23 city budget, which kept funding for the planned city health department. It passed 4-1.
June 7, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted against approving the emergency use of cable TV fees (PEG funds) to buy a new council chamber sound system. It passed 3-2.
November 17, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted for a resolution of no confidence in Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. It passed 4-1.
July 20, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Seconded and voted for approvals for a 232-unit housing project at 1501 West Del Norte Street. They passed 3-2.
July 7, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Moved to approve the environmental review for the Walnut Grove housing project by Lewis Land Developers. It passed 4-1.
May 4, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: records.westcovina.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 oppose
Voted against adopting by-district council elections, which a voting-rights lawsuit was pushing for. It failed 2-3.
December 6, 2016Opposes Civil Rights
Source: records.westcovina.org
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Seconded and voted for a new code of conduct for the West Covina City Council (Ordinance 2537). It passed 3-2.
March 3, 2026
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Seconded an ordinance changing how the council can remove city commissioners (Ordinance 2529); it passed 3-2. At the same meeting, voted with the full council, 5-0, to sue Los Angeles County and Supervisor Hilda Solis so Measure A funds go directly to West Covina. He also voted with the full council, 5-0, to deny a four-story, 42,000-square-foot psychiatric hospital addition at 725/741 South Orange Avenue.
April 15, 2025
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Seconded a motion cutting public comment time at council meetings from five minutes to three. It passed 4-1.
January 21, 2025
Source: records.westcovina.org
An effort to recall Wu as Mayor Pro Tem failed when organizers did not turn in their petition, saying they were a few hundred signatures short.
July 10, 2024
Source: allsides.com
Moved council board assignments that replaced Mayor Tabatabai with Wu on the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. It passed 3-2.
February 6, 2024
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Moved to allow beer and wine sales at gas stations in West Covina (Ordinance 2515). Only Councilmember Tabatabai voted no.
August 15, 2023
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Moved to remove Brian Tabatabai as Mayor Pro Tem. It failed 2-2, with one abstention.
March 21, 2023
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted to hire David Carmany as West Covina's interim city manager. It passed 3-2.
April 2, 2019
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted against West Covina's 2018-19 city budget. It passed 3-2.
August 2, 2018
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted against preparing a sales tax increase measure for the ballot. It passed 3-2.
July 26, 2018
Source: records.westcovina.org
Cast the only vote against having staff write a city law regulating drones. It passed 4-1.
July 18, 2017
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted against declaring an impasse in talks with the West Covina Firefighters' Association over fire staffing. It passed 3-2.
May 2, 2017
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted against limits on campaign donations from city contractors, vendors, and developers seeking city approvals. It passed 3-2.
March 21, 2017
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted against moving West Covina's city elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years. It passed 3-2.
November 15, 2016
Source: records.westcovina.org
Past race Tony Wu ran in:
- Member of the City Council, District 5 · November 3, 2026 · West Covina city, California · incumbent