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Vanessa Fuentes
District 2 Council Member2025-2029
About
Vanessa Fuentes' platform centers on fiscal management and the preservation of essential social services through strategic budget allocations. She has prioritized addressing the tension between city tax rates and the need for funding community support programs, such as family stabilization grants.
Campaign promises (2)
- taxesVanessa Fuentes advocated for the passage of Proposition Q to secure funding for social services and family stabilization grants.
- public-safetyFuentes supported the prioritization of city budget allocations toward family stabilization grants to support vulnerable residents.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 12
- Total speaking time
- 57:37
- Avg per meeting
- 4:48
- Segments
- 1226
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Top issues during term (1)(Appointments)
Decisions during term (13)
Recorded while Fuentes was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
approved10-0Oct 8, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and…
approvedSep 10, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and…
approvedAug 27, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and…
approved9-0May 28, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and…
approvedMay 21, 2026
Approve a resolution confirming the appointments of Sarah Ivory and Robert Gross to the Firefighters’, Police Officers’ and Emergency Medical Services Personnel’s Civil Service Commission. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.
approvedMay 21, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and…
approved10-0May 7, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and…
approved10-0Apr 9, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board and…
approved10-0Mar 26, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to citizen boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board…
approved12-0Mar 12, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to citizen boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; amendments to board and…
approved10-2Feb 26, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to citizen boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board…
approved11-0Feb 5, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to citizen boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board…
approved11-0Jan 22, 2026
Approve appointments and certain related waivers to citizen boards and commissions, to Council committees and other intergovernmental bodies, and to public facility corporations; removal and replacement of members; and amendments to board…
Voting record (0)(Appointments)
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In the news (3)
KVUEAug 14, 2026
‘You never know what someone is fighting’ | Austin City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes opens up about breast cancer diagnosis, early detection
KVUEJul 21, 2026
Austin City Councilmember Vanessa Fuentes shares breast cancer diagnosis
KVUEJul 21, 2026