Kathy Watanabe

Kathy Watanabe is the Council Member for District 1 of the City of Santa Clara.[1] She was appointed to the council on March 7, 2016 by a vote of 4-2 by the then current council members, then won the city council election in November 2016 with 48% of the vote to keep her seat and also won every precinct in the City in an at-large election. There has been some criticism that the Santa Clara city council remains all white, however she is also the only councilmember representing the Northside of the city.[2][3] Kathy serves on the Downtown Revitalization Plan, Audit, Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory, Facilities Naming and Honorary Recognition Ad Hoc, Police Activities League (PAL) and Santa Clara Sister Cities Association committees.

Kathy Watanabe
WebsiteWebpage on santaclara.gov

As part of her council duties, Kathy serves on the following committees: Caltrain Modernization Local Policymaker Group (Cal Mod or LPMG) Cities Association of Santa Clara County - Board of Directors (Alternate), Cities Association of Santa Clara County - City Selection Committee (Alternate), Cities Association of Santa Clara County - Legislative Action Committee (Alternate), City/School Liaison Committee (Santa Clara Unified School District) (Alternate), Grand Boulevard Task Force/El Camino Real, Human Trafficking Commission, Joint Recycled Water Policy Advisory Committee (Alternate), Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission of Santa Clara County (RWRC), San Jose/Santa Clara Treatment Plant Advisory Committee (TPAC), Santa Clara County Expressway Plan 2040 Policy Advisory Board (PAB), Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA) Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) and the Santa Clara Valley Water Commission (SCVW) (Alternate).

On December 19, 2017, the Council unanimously voted for Kathy to serve as Vice Mayor for the City of Santa Clara for 2018.

In June 2018, a judge ordered the City of Santa Clara to district elections and at at-large Mayor. On November 3, 2020, Kathy was re-elected to the Santa Clara City Council in the District 1 election.

References
  1. "City of Santa Clara : Kathy Watanabe". santaclaraca.gov. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  2. "Herhold: With addition of Kathy Watanabe, Santa Clara City Council remains all white – The Mercury News". Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  3. "The Santa Clara Weekly | March 2016 | Issue 11 | Kathy Watanabe Becomes First Santa Clara City Council Member from Northside". www.santaclaraweekly.com. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
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