Mai Vang wants a promotion.
Ten years in office. Nothing to show for it.
School board, 2016 to 2020. City council, 2020 to today. A decade in Sacramento politics — and a record of missed meetings, blocked funding, and a school district right back on the edge of state receivership.
See the recordOn the council, she was chronically absent.
Sacramento appointed her to the boards that run its buses and police its air. In 2024 she skipped more than two out of every five meetings of each.
And when she did show up…
Blocked new housing for unhoused residents
She voted against new housing while Sacramento’s homelessness crisis got worse.
Recorded in her votes against five city budget cycles carrying $192.5M for homeless services, affordable housing and shelter capacity. Sacramento City Clerk records.
Voted against legal aid to immigrants and refugees
As ICE raids hit Sacramento, she voted against funding legal defense for the families in their path.
Same five budget cycles, which carried immigrant legal assistance alongside climate action, utility assistance and youth violence prevention. Sacramento City Clerk records.
in cumulative funding she voted against across five budget cycles — homeless services, immigrant legal aid, affordable housing, climate action, utility assistance and youth violence prevention.
She sat on the school board through its fiscal crisis.
Sacramento City Unified nearly went into state receivership in 2018, while Mai Vang sat on its board. Those problems were never solved — only papered over with one-time pandemic money. Today the district is right back where it started.
Source: CapRadio, 1/21/26. The district’s 2026 shortfall postdates her board tenure; the 2018 crisis did not.
If Mai Vang can’t deliver here…
She won’t deliver in Congress.
Every claim, sourced
| CLAIM | FIGURE | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|
| Ten years in political office | 2016–2026 | SCUSD Board 2016–12/15/20; City Council 12/15/20–present |
| Missed Transit Board meetings | 41.7% (2024) | SacRT board minutes, 2024 |
| Missed Air Quality Board meetings | 42.1% (2024) | Sac Metro AQMD minutes, 2024 |
| Votes against budgets w/ housing & legal aid | $192.5M — 5 budget cycles | Sacramento City Clerk vote records |
| SCUSD near-insolvency during her tenure | 2018 | CapRadio, 1/21/26 |
| SCUSD shortfall and projected gap | $43M; $100M+ by 2027–28 | CapRadio, 1/21/26 |