Tustin City Council
Who sits on the Tustin city council, how long they've served, when each seat is next on the ballot — and how each member has actually voted, item by item, from the official record.
mixed · mayor: directly-elected · term limits: Measure II (passed Nov 2024, ~53.8% yes): a person may serve as Mayor, Councilmember, or any combination for no more than three consecutive terms or twelve consecutive years, whichever is less; then ineligible for eight calendar years. Partial terms of 2+ years (728+ days) count. Only terms/years commencing with the Nov 2024 election count toward the limit (prior service excluded). Prior rule (1994 ordinance): two consecutive 4-year terms with a 2-year break. · on the Nov 2026 ballot: Mayor (at-large) and City Council District 3, each for a 4-year term.
Vote records digitized from 2024-01-09 to 2026-08-04 (48 meetings, 841 individual votes). Sources: official minutes and meeting records linked on every line.
Austin Lumbard
John Nielsen
Lee K. Fink
Ray Schnell
Ryan Gallagher
Recent divided votes
| Date | Item | Outcome | Voted no | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | Response to 2025-2026 Orange County Grand Jury Report California Housing Mandates: The Unintended Reshaping of Orange County Neighborhoods | 4-1 passed | Lee K. Fink | record |
| 2026-03-17 | Waste Infrastructure System Enterprise Agreement with the County of Orange | 4-1 passed | John Nielsen | record |
| 2025-11-18 | Recommendation of proposals to proceed to the final round for the competitive offering within the Pacific Center East Specific Plan | 4-1 passed | Lee K. Fink | record |
| 2025-06-17 | Adoption of Resolution No. 25-50, Establishing and Adopting Updated Development Processing Fees and Other City Rates, Charges, and User Fees for Various Governm | 3-1 passed | John Nielsen | record |
| 2025-01-07 | Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 1550 | 3-1 passed | Lee K. Fink | record |
| 2024-12-03 | Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 1548 | 3-2 passed | Lee K. Fink | record |
| 2024-09-17 | First Amendment to Development Agreement 2022-0002 - The Jessup | 2-2-1 failed | Lee K. Fink, John Nielsen | record |
| 2024-06-18 | Adoption of resolution submitting an initiative measure to the voters at the November 5, 2024, consolidated elections revising the city's term limits regulation | 3-2 passed | Lee K. Fink, John Nielsen | record |
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