This is the video from the Feb. 26, 2026 charter reform commission. We've cut the expansion to start at 1:30:52, when Agenda Item 1, council expansion came up. The voting on council expansion concludes at 2;35:30. The final 12 minutes cover Ranked Choice Voting.
a. City Council Expansion
Amendment (Yap - Fuentes) to expand the City Council to 29;
Failed, 4 ayes (Fuentes, Mac, Thomas, Yap), 7 nay (Andrades, Field, Levin, Lewis,
Meza, Sanchez, Stein)
Amendment (Fuentes - Thomas) to expand the City Council to 25;
Approved, 7 ayes (Andrades, Fuentes, Levin, Lewis, Mac, Thomas, Yap), 4 nay (Field,
Meza, Sanchez, Stein)
Vote on final passage to to expand the City Council to 25;
Approved, 9 ayes (Andrades, Field, Fuentes, Levin, Lewis, Mac, Meza, Thomas, Yap), 2
Nay (Sanchez, Stein)
