Vice Mayor· month-level start: December 2022 per CCPulse 2022 election and 2025-12-03 vice mayor article. month-level end: December 2026 per CCPulse; seat on November 2026 ballot with seating after certification
Angelica Lopez
Pittsburg
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 16
- Total speaking time
- 1:19:54
- Avg per meeting
- 5:00
- Segments
- 1068
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Top issues during term (20)
Data Center Advisory Committee update
Speakers cited figures including $6,000 per resident over 20 years in subsidies and a $750,000 community grant from an environmental settlement; the city says the data center is not embedded in the current budget.
Delegated design review authority and public transparency
SB 580 immigration policy compliance
No new appropriation requested; staff time and possible vendor costs would go through the normal budget process.
Fiscal Year 2026-27 City and Agency Budgets
Roughly $3 million general fund shortfall this year; 65% of general fund goes to law enforcement.
LMK Petro gas station time extension (1625 Buchanan Road)
Open fires ordinance for parks
Permits and enforcement spread across four departments; fee decisions were deferred, and reservation costs are intended to stay low.
Buchanan Park pond loop replacement
$333,625 plus $156,000.72 in contracts, well under the combined budgets set aside.
Victim and Child Soft Room
No cost to the city — the room is fully funded by the nonprofit Phyllis's Garden Foundation.
Development title update (zoning ordinance) public draft
Buchanan Park storm drain improvements
$333,625 construction contract with Cratus, Inc.
West Santa Fe Avenue sewer and water rehabilitation design
Adds $107,534 to the design contract, raising it to $811,379.
Spanish for law enforcement training
Police data platform (Peregrine) privacy concerns
Costs the city up to $350,000 over three years, while a speaker noted the library will close Mondays for lack of about $100,000.
City ballet classes competing with local business
City-subsidized classes priced below private studio rates could draw students away from the local business.
Village of Hope TAY housing subordination
Funded entirely by Housing Successor Agency funds — no hit to the general fund.
August 17 meeting disruption and minutes dispute
Five-Year Capital Improvement Program 2026/27-2030/31
$10,263,785 in new allocations for FY 2026-27.
CDBG funding decline and nonprofit support
$776,527 in federal CDBG funds spent across services, economic development, and infrastructure.
Island Energy rate increases on Mare Island
Typical household sees about a $1/month gas increase plus modestly higher electric rates.
Water treatment plant consultant contract extensions
Additional compensation for extended construction management and design services; cumulative totals were not disclosed in the staff report.
Decisions during term (60)
Recorded while Lopez was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Continuance of Item 2 (LMK Petro time-extension) to November 10, 2026
Approval of consent calendar (minutes of September 9 and 22, 2026)
Adoption of Interim Urgency Ordinance — 45-Day Citywide Data Center Moratorium
Project 2705 – Buchanan Park Storm Drain Improvements award
Consent calendar (minutes; Project 3040 pond loop; Hydroscience amendment)
Housing Authority Governing Board appointment
Peregrine Technologies agreement for police data platform
Consent calendar (items 12-16)
Minutes of September 21, 2026
Adoption of a City Council Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with Carahsoft Technologies for Use of Accela Software in an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000
Village of Hope Subordination Agreement (Housing Authority Consent Item 1)
2025-2026 CDBG CAPER Adoption (Item 5)
Master Fee Schedule Amendment (Item 6)
Consent Calendar Items 7-10 and 13
Consent Calendar Items 11-12 (Water Treatment Plant Consultant Amendments)
Minutes of September 8, 2026
Adoption of a City Council Resolution Ratifying the Services Agreement with Mail Stream Corporation and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the First Amendment to the Services Agreement
Appointment of Michaela Cunningham to Housing Authority Governing Board
Appointments to Youth Advisory Commission
Appointment of Sue McDaniel to Library Commission (alternate)
Voting record (3)
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