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Michelle Velasquez Bean

Councilmember, District 22024-12–2030-07 (month-level start: December 2024, Nov 5, 2024 special election results declared Dec 10, 2024 per Resolution 24-20, Granicus clip 642, first on roll call Jan 14, 2025; re-elected 2026, oath Jul 14, 2026 per Granicus agenda clip 761; month-level end: July 2030 = next 4-year cycle)

No biography on file yet.

At a glance

News mentions
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Term ending Jul 1, 2030.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
13
Total speaking time
56:00
Avg per meeting
4:18
Segments
722

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Top issues during term (12)(Taxes Budget)

low↑Oct 2026[10]

New Electronic Marquee at City Hall

$125,480 plus up to 20 percent contingency from city funds.

high↑Nov 2026[10]

Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program Funding

A $338,727 amendment funded by federal CDBG grant money, not city general funds.

medium↓Jul 2026[7]

Council Reorganization and New Terms

medium↓May 2026[7]

Fleet replacement — Public Works dump truck purchase

$137,488.12 from the equipment replacement fund, which has a healthy balance of nearly $6 million.

high↓Jun 2026[7]

Fiscal Year 2026-27 City Budget

The warrant register alone commits $3.25 million, plus $148,408 for landscape maintenance.

medium↓Aug 2026[5]

Code of Ethical Conduct and social media rules

No direct cost — this is a policy change affecting how officials and employees conduct themselves online.

low↓May 2026[4]

Theater director salary realignment

Roughly $22,000 a year saved in salary and benefits.

high↓Jul 2026[2]

CDBG Grant Program Participation (2027–2030)

Federal CDBG dollars flow to local housing rehab and senior services — no city general fund cost cited.

medium↓Jun 2026[2]

4% cost-of-living raise for city employees

Approximately $719,000 in additional salary costs for FY 2026-27.

medium↓May 2026[2]

Community organization funding and food distribution

Currently $10,000 each to Meals on Wheels and Interfaith Food Center; the Chamber received $8,500 tonight.

low↓Jun 2026[2]

Digitizing city records

Up to $223,844, plus as much as 10% more for extra work.

low↓May 2026[2]

Meeting continuity policy under SB 707

Decisions during term (0)

Recorded while Bean was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.

No decisions found matching Taxes Budget.

Voting record (0)(Taxes Budget)

No votes found matching Taxes Budget.