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## News about the people in office
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### [Richmond RCMP warn of online marketplace fraud after $22,000 in reported losses](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/news/richmond-rcmp-online-marketplace-fraud-2026-10-31)
Fraudsters have handed buyers envelopes of worthless paper instead of payment in multiple incidents since November 2025. RCMP advise using the Exchange Zone at the No. 5 Road detachment.
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- [](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/news/watermania-expropriation-richmond-2026-10-31) ### [Richmond moves to take ownership of Watermania through expropriation](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/news/watermania-expropriation-richmond-2026-10-31)8:25 am PT
RICHMOND ACCOUNTABILITY TRACKER · TERM 2026 TO 2030
# What Richmond's mayor and city council promised, and how they vote. *Mayor Rob Howard, 8 on City Council and 7 on Richmond Board of Education.*
[NEXT · NOV 2**Inaugural meeting of the new City Council, and the start of the mayor's and councillors' term**Richmond Council Procedure Bylaw No. 7560, section 1.1.2, and Community Charter, section 119 (opens in a new tab)](https://richmond.ca/__shared/assets/BL_7560_05092265890.pdf)
- Promises
- 222
- No action yet
- 222
Today
Voted Oct 17, 2026 [Term ends Nov 4, 2030 (Community Charter, sections 119 and 125, and Richmond Council Procedure Bylaw No. 7560, section 1.1.2, opens in a new tab)](https://richmond.ca/__shared/assets/BL_7560_05092265890.pdf)
[MAYOR**Rob Howard**Richmond Forward- Promises done
- 0 of 24
Rob's full record ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/rob-howard#tracker)
REPORT CARDS
## Every person in office, measured.
[Open the tracker ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker)
### City Council
8 in office · 124 promises
- [**Gary Law**Advance Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 20
20 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/gary-law#tracker)
- [**Carol Day**RITE Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 9
9 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/carol-day#tracker)
- [**Michael Wolfe**RITE Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 18
18 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/michael-wolfe#tracker)
- [**Sheldon Starrett**Advance Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 20
20 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/sheldon-starrett#tracker)
- [**Laura Gillanders**RITE Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 16
16 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/laura-gillanders#tracker)
- [**Kenny Chiu**Common Sense- Promises done
- 0 of 15
15 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/kenny-chiu#tracker)
- [**Andy Hobbs**Richmond United- Promises done
- 0 of 17
17 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/andy-hobbs#tracker)
- [**Kevin Lai**Advance Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 9
9 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/kevin-lai#tracker)
### Board of Education
7 in office · 74 promises
- [**Ken Hamaguchi**Richmond Education Party- Promises done
- 0 of 6
6 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/ken-hamaguchi#tracker)
- [**Heather Larson**Richmond Education Party- Promises done
- 0 of 12
12 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/heather-larson#tracker)
- [**Rod Belleza**Advance Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 12
12 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/rod-belleza#tracker)
- [**Danny Chang**Advance Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 9
9 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/danny-chang#tracker)
- [**Dean Billings**Advance Richmond- Promises done
- 0 of 15
15 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/dean-billings#tracker)
- [**Alice Wong**Common Sense- Promises done
- 0 of 10
10 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/alice-wong#tracker)
- [**Donna Sargent**- Promises done
- 0 of 10
10 promises](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/donna-sargent#tracker)
PROMISES BY TOPIC
## What they promised to do.
[Every promise ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker#promises)
- [**Schools**74 promises · 7 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=schools#promises)
- [**Housing**27 promises · 9 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=housing#promises)
- [**City services and the environment**26 promises · 8 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=city#promises)
- [**Public safety**25 promises · 9 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=safety#promises)
- [**Getting around**16 promises · 8 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=transportation#promises)
- [**Taxes and budget**16 promises · 8 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=taxes#promises)
- [**Parks, recreation and community facilities**14 promises · 6 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=parks#promises)
- [**Business and jobs**13 promises · 7 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=economy#promises)
- [**Health and child care**11 promises · 7 people](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/tracker?topic=people#promises)
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ABOUT VOCHE.ME
## What Richmond's elected people promised, and what they do.
An independent record of every promise the 16 people elected in Richmond made, and how they vote, with the source behind each one.
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