Sacramento, CA
How the Sacramento City Council votes on land use
Every vote below is quoted verbatim from the official meeting recording’s transcript. Use it as research toward the official record, not as the official minutes.
Sacramento City Council
Parsed from the official meeting recording. Verify against the official minutes.
How to read this boardfrom 82 recorded land-use decisions
This board approves nearly everything, but not quietly. Vang and Talamantes dissent regularly. Outcomes hold, but the record names who objected.
Vang 5 no votes · Talamantes 3
Every read is drawn from the rows below. Descriptive, not predictive. Verify against the official minutes.
Approval odds below are computed from the key decisions across 32 City Council meetings on record, Jan 13, 2026 to Aug 7, 2026.
| Request type | Decisions (n) | Approved | Denied | Continued | With conditions | Contested (n) | Contested approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non land use | 75 | 97% | 0% | 3% | 15% | 7 | 100% |
| Conditional use, site plan, development agreement, historic design, and rezoning rows are included with ZoneWire Pro | |||||||
| Member | District | Votes recorded | Dissents | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mai Vang | D8 | 19 | 5 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Rick Jennings | D7 | 18 | 0 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Caity Maple | D5 | 17 | 0 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Phil Pluckebaum | D4 | 17 | 0 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Eric GuerraMayor Pro Tem | D6 | 16 | 1 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Karina TalamantesVice Mayor | D3 | 16 | 3 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Roger Dickinson | D2 | 16 | 2 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Lisa Kaplan | D1 | 13 | 2 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Kevin McCartyMayor | 10 | 0 | Aug 7, 2026 |