Adena Ishii

Context

Mayor. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.

Hopkins Street Bikeway Referral (co-sponsor; moved to suspend rules for three-hour public comment; voted yes)
Police Accountability Director Hiring (authorized 7-0 as labor negotiator for the employment agreement)
Commercial Vacancy Blight Standards (co-sponsor)
Graduate Hotel Union Support Resolution (co-sponsor)
Council Discretionary Fund Grants (contributed up to $100 to each adopted grant)
Police Association Labor Negotiations (present at closed session)

Council Discretionary Fund Grants (June 30: contributed $10,000 to the Business Damage Mitigation Fund, $2,500 each to the Nikkei Senior Center and Zero Empty Spaces, $5,000 to the Solano Stroll)
Biennial Budget Adoption (presented the Supplemental Budget Recommendations adopted June 23; voted no on the failed Kesarwani/Blackaby alternative)
Surveillance Use Policy Approvals (voted yes on June 30)
See 2026-06-23 - City Council (special) and 2026-06-30 - City Council (regular).

Authored the Poet Laureate, Chavez/Huerta Tribute Site and Holocaust Remembrance Day grants and led the Police Accountability Director candidate discussion (Police Accountability Director Hiring); recused from the Exterior Elevated Elements Inspection Appeal on June 9.
On June 16 moved the charter amendment (Charter Amendment Ballot Measure), accepted her budget materials (Biennial Budget Adoption) and was named to file ballot arguments on all three Council-placed measures (Infrastructure Bond Ballot Measure, Sales Tax Ballot Measure).
See 2026-06-09 - City Council (regular), 2026-06-16 - City Council (regular) and 2026-06-22 - City Council (special closed session).

May 7: moved the three-hour public comment period; asked to sever the Flock Safety motion; her supplemental items 1 to 6, 8 and 9 on drone, fixed camera and vendor terms were adopted; voted no on extending the meeting to 11:15 p.m. and on portions 2, 3 and 4 (Flock Safety Contract Extension, Surveillance Use Policy Approvals). See 2026-05-07 - City Council (special), 2026-05-04 - City Council (closed session) and 2026-05-11 - City Council (special closed session).