District 5 Council Member· 2024-2028
Susie O'Hara
Santa Cruz
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 3:27:06
- Avg per meeting
- 13:48
- Segments
- 2003
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Top issues during term (4)(Budget)
Use of Measure Z sugar-sweetened beverage tax revenue
About $3.5 million in tax revenue is collected and earning interest but likely won't be spent for a year to 18 months while the appeal plays out.
FY 2026 Year-End Budget Adjustment and FY 2027 Budget Restatement
$24,669,730 in expenditure adjustments across all city funds, with a $2.7 million General Fund increase.
Homelessness Services Funding
A $30.1 million state grant funds the project.
soda tax lawsuit
Your wallet might be spared from that soda tax for now, but it's all up in the air.
Decisions during term (11)
Recorded while O'Hara was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
2026-2031 Economic Development Strategy Budget Adjustment (ED)
Allocation of Budgeted Fiscal Year 2027 Funds to Subcommittees
FY 2027 Budget Adoption and Personnel Resolutions (Items 35.1 and 35.2)
Authorize the Purchase of Police Patrol Vehicle Equipment and Associated Labor to Upfit Three (3) Police Patrol Vehicles Using General Capital Improvement 350 Funds - Budget Adjustment (PD/PW)
2023 Program Year Annual Action Plan Amendment - Budget Adjustment (ED)
Downtown Catch Basin Rehabilitation 2026 (c402602) – Authorize to Advertise and Award - Budget Adjustment (PW)
Day Services Planning Update - Budget Adjustment
Municipal Wharf Lease Agreement with Santa Cruz Diner, Inc., dba Gilda’s for City-owned Commercial Space at 37 Municipal Wharf - Budget Adjustment (ED)
Children's Fund budget update and application process for FY 2027 and 2028
FY 2026 Budget Adjustments and Information on City’s Financial Status – Budget Adjustment (FN/HR)
Outside Legal Services – Budget Adjustment (HR)
Voting record (7)(Budget)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
to: Introduce for publication Ordinance No. 2026-14 to adjust the salaries of the Mayor and Councilmembers; and Direct staff to annually, at or around the same time as the City Council’s budget
Adopt Resolution No. NS-30,673 adopting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget, including the Capital Investment Program (CIP), effective July 1, 2026; authorize the City Manager to allocate within the appl
FY 2027 Budget Adoption and Personnel Resolutions (Items 35.1 and 35.2)
Praised staff performance and low-drama budget process