Seeking re-election as Vancouver city councillor.
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Lenny Zhou (周楠), ballot number 144 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Budget decisions and service performance.
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This record covers Lenny Zhou's public record as a sitting Vancouver city councillor elected in 2022, including motions he moved and votes he cast as shown in Council and committee minutes, the ABC Vancouver biography and 2026 platform, his statements in English and Chinese media, the court case over his Chinese name on the ballot, and dated accountability matters from 2024 to 2026.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 3, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
“THAT Council direct staff to undertake an expedited review of the City’s multiplex housing policies and zoning regulations”
Stated by the candidate.
Standing Committee on City Finance and Services, minutes, May 20 and 21, 2026“Council direct staff to undertake an expedited review of the City’s multiplex housing policies and zoning regulations”
Stated by the candidate.
Standing Committee on City Finance and Services, minutes, May 20 and 21, 2026No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Motion to review the multiplex housing rules”
Approved (Vote No. 11668), May 21, 2026.
Standing Committee on City Finance and Services, minutes, May 20 and 21, 2026The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on housing: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
Every City Council candidate on housing, scored the same way
“Is this really a new normal that parents must accept in Vancouver? No parents [should] have to normalize open drug use for their child. No child should grow up believing this is simply unavoidable in our city”
Stated by the candidate.
Vancouver public safety plebiscite approved after heated opposition to ABC planNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Reported Stop Hard Drugs petition signatures to Council”
Reported to Council; no council vote on the petition itself, August 14, 2026.
Vancouver public safety plebiscite approved after heated opposition to ABC planThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
Every City Council candidate on homelessness and drugs, scored the same way
“Lenny was motivated to run for Council as a result of the steep rise in the cost-of-living, violent crime, and racist attacks in Vancouver.”
Stated by the candidate.
Lenny Zhou candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
Every City Council candidate on public safety, scored the same way
“投資1.03億加元翻修人行道”
Stated by the candidate.
Vancouver council candidate Lenny Zhou: change starts with your vote (2026 campaign interview)No instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
“投資1.03億加元翻修人行道”
Stated by the candidate.
Vancouver council candidate Lenny Zhou: change starts with your vote (2026 campaign interview)No date or term milestone.
“Amendment on walk signal timing near schools”
Approved (Vote No. 10010, carried unanimously), May 29, 2024.
Standing Committee on City Finance and Services, minutes, May 29, 2024The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
Every City Council candidate on transport, scored the same way
“如果ABC溫哥華在市選中勝出，我保證明年還是零增長。”
Stated by the candidate.
Vancouver council candidate Lenny Zhou: change starts with your vote (2026 campaign interview)No instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Amendment moving $8.279 million in the 2026 capital budget”
Approved (Vote No. 11159), November 25, 2025.
Council meeting minutes, November 25, 2025The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
Every City Council candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
No statement to read.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
Every City Council candidate on climate, scored the same way
“Council support, in principle, the acceptance and installation of the Holodomor memorial statue”
Stated by the candidate.
Standing Committee on City Finance and Services, minutes, April 22, 2026“Council direct the General Manager of Arts, Culture and Community Services”
Stated by the candidate.
Standing Committee on City Finance and Services, minutes, April 22, 2026No number for what would exist or change.
“an additional $25,000 be added to this grant stream from reserves”
Stated by the candidate.
Council meeting minutes, April 14, 2026No date or term milestone.
“Added $25,000 cultural grant for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden”
Approved (Vote No. 11514, carried unanimously), April 14, 2026.
Council meeting minutes, April 14, 2026The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on culture: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
Every City Council candidate on culture, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on child care: 3 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
Every City Council candidate on child care, scored the same way
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
Every City Council candidate on economy, scored the same way
“As a City Councillor, Lenny has utilized his experience in operations engineering to help get Vancouver's City Hall back on track.”
Stated by the candidate.
Lenny Zhou candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
No number for what would exist or change.
No cost or funding source.
No date or term milestone.
“Amendment to pause the integrity commissioner's work”
Approved, July 24, 2024.
ABC Vancouver councillor attempts to rescind move to suspend work of integrity commissionerThe questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
Every City Council candidate on governance, scored the same way
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No upcoming public appearance by Lenny Zhou (周楠) is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.
Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
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Lenny Zhou (周楠) appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 144. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The City of Vancouver's list of current councillors includes Lenny Zhou (周楠). City Council is also the office he seeks on this ballot.
The page says Zhou is a city councillor who was first elected in 2022. The page says Zhou came to Vancouver in 2005 to study for a masters degree at the UBC Sauder School of Business. The page says the candidate's working career has been in operations engineering in health care.
Zhou is a sitting Vancouver city councillor, first elected in 2022 with ABC Vancouver, and is seeking re election on ABC's 2026 council slate.
Zhou holds ballot number 144 for city council in the October 17, 2026 election.
The ABC Vancouver page says Zhou came to Vancouver in 2005 as an international student and completed a Master of Management in Operations Research at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business in 2007.
The ABC Vancouver page says Zhou worked in healthcare operations, as Manager of Operations Engineering at BC Children's Hospital within the Provincial Health Services Authority and as a Senior Operations Engineer at Fraser Health, and helped with pandemic response planning.
The ABC Vancouver page says Zhou is a founding director of the Care to Live Foundation, a non profit working on education and health services, and has organised medical missions abroad.
Daily Hive and Global News reported in April 2023 that Zhou and Brian Montague would sit on the Mayor's Budget Task Force for City Council, with Randy Pratt as its chair. A Council report dated July 6, 2026 names Zhou as chair of the Budget Task Force Implementation Oversight Committee, which tracked the City's progress on the task force's 17 recommendations.
Daily Hive lists Zhou among the ABC incumbents seeking re election in 2026, alongside Lisa Dominato, Sarah Kirby-Yung, Mike Klassen, and Peter Meiszner, with four new candidates joining the slate.
Zhou's ballot name includes his Chinese name, 周楠 (Zhou Nan). The City's chief election officer asked the B.C. Provincial Court to rule on whether seven candidates, Zhou among them, could use names in Chinese characters on the ballot. On September 18, 2026 Judge Roger Cutler ruled that all seven could, the Vancouver Sun reported.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
20 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
The ABC page says Zhou applies an operations engineering background to make city government work more efficiently.
The ABC page says Zhou entered politics because of the rise in the cost of living, violent crime, and racist attacks in Vancouver.
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to a zero per cent property tax increase in 2027, free residential permit parking, and removing paid parking at parks and community centres.
The page says Zhou ran for council because living costs rose in Vancouver and because of violent crime and racist attacks.
The ABC page says Zhou's work on the Mayor's Budget Task Force helped deliver an efficient and effective approach to government in Vancouver.
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to banning open-air hard drug use in public spaces.
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to giving police a streamlined tool to seize hard drugs.
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to fighting for 100 plus involuntary care beds in Vancouver.
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to rebuilding the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool, at cost.
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to revitalising Granville Street and its pedestrian zone to keep bringing people downtown.
ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform commits to scaling Vancouver as a hub for technology companies and growing the job economy.
Zhou organised a petition called Stop Hard Drugs asking for stricter enforcement against open-air hard drug use, and told City Council in August 2026 that it had drawn more than 7,000 signatures in under two weeks.
Zhou told Sing Tao that parks, community centres, public transit and streets are places where seniors and children often gather, so he supports the plebiscite question banning open-air hard drug use. This is voche.me's English rendering of his Chinese-language remarks.
Zhou told Sing Tao that police can currently take action against people who use drugs but with little effect, because the city has no way to give them mandatory treatment. This is voche.me's English rendering of his Chinese-language remarks.
Zhou told Sing Tao he personally guarantees a zero per cent property tax increase next year if ABC Vancouver wins the election. This is voche.me's English rendering of his Chinese-language remarks.
Zhou told Sing Tao that the past four years included a $103 million investment to resurface sidewalks. This is voche.me's English rendering of his Chinese-language remarks.
Zhou told Sing Tao that the past four years included a $400 million investment to rebuild or repair five community centres. This is voche.me's English rendering of his Chinese-language remarks.
Zhou moved a motion directing City staff to review the multiplex housing rules quickly, using what the first approved projects showed, and to report back on building size, setbacks, tree canopy and fit with neighbouring lots, while keeping housing supply and permit times on track.
Zhou moved a motion asking Council to support, in principle, accepting a bronze Holodomor memorial statue offered by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Vancouver Branch, and to direct staff to work toward placing it on the City Hall campus.
Zhou moved an amendment to the 2026 cultural operating grants that adds $25,000 from City reserves to the grant stream, for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society of Vancouver.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
Zhou moved an amendment to a pedestrian safety motion. It directs staff to review the timing of walk signals at all intersections within 250 metres of schools, so they can be updated faster to the Transportation Association of Canada guideline walking speed of 1.0 metre per second.
The Standing Committee on City Finance and Services minutes record Zhou as mover and Councillor Dominato as seconder. The amended motion also carried unanimously.
At the July 24, 2024 council meeting, ABC councillor Brian Montague moved for an independent review of the scope of the integrity commissioner's office. Zhou moved an amendment to suspend commissioner Lisa Southern's work until that review finished, and the amendment passed.
Vancouver Is Awesome quotes Zhou saying at the time that it is important to have an unobstructed review process and that pausing ongoing investigations would prevent conflicts or overlaps. The commissioner had written in a 2023 annual report that the scope of the role was not always clear.
At a special council meeting on September 25, 2024, Zhou tried to rescind the July amendment after hearing from residents. The city clerk ruled that a rescinding motion was out of order because the meeting had been called for a different purpose, and ABC members were also in a conflict because a complaint by councillor Pete Fry was before the commissioner's office.
Mayor Ken Sim told Glacier Media after the meeting that the commissioner's work would proceed with no pause. Discussion of the code of conduct bylaw changes was deferred.
During the 2026 budget vote, Zhou moved an amendment that moves $8.279 million from the capital line for energy retrofits of buildings the City does not own, meant for items such as home cooling grants, to core services such as filling potholes, repairing sidewalks and street lights.
The Council minutes record that Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed. Councillor Fry argued the funds were already allocated; the Mayor ruled the amendment in order. Two attempts by Councillor Orr to send the money to climate, arts or cycling programs instead were defeated, with Zhou among those opposed.
Zhou moved an amendment to the 2026 cultural grants that adds $25,000 from reserves for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society of Vancouver.
Councillor Meiszner seconded. Councillor Bligh was absent for the vote.
Zhou moved a motion supporting, in principle, the gift of a Holodomor memorial statue from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Vancouver Branch, for the City Hall campus, and asking staff to report back by June 3, 2026 on site, permits, costs and terms.
The committee heard eight speakers in support. The motion carried unanimously with Councillor Orr abstaining, and Council approved the committee's actions the same day.
Zhou, who chairs the committee, handed the chair to the vice-chair to move a motion asking staff for a fast review of the City's multiplex housing rules, a best-practice guide drawn from other cities, and a report back with any changes.
The minutes say more than 600 multiplex projects had been submitted and more than 280 approved. The committee heard 15 speakers in support and two opposed. An amendment by Councillor Dominato, seconded by Zhou, added heritage and character retention. The motion carried with Councillor Maloney opposed, and Council approved it the same evening.
Zhou voted for Councillor Montague's motion to receive an integrity commissioner report for information and apply no sanction. The report, by investigator Jamie Pytel, found that Mayor Sim broke the code of conduct twice in his actions toward Councillor Orr and recommended a written apology.
The Tyee reports that all ABC councillors present, including Zhou, voted in favour, and that Councillors Orr, Fry, Bligh and Maloney voted against. The Mayor did not take part because of a conflict of interest. voche.me could not open the official minutes for this meeting.
Councillor Orr moved that the City Manager publish a report within 10 days listing every job cut, layoff, vacancy freeze and contracted-out service since January 1, 2024 that relates to budget targets. The motion lost with Zhou opposed. Zhou then moved to reconsider the vote and moved the motion again, and it lost a second time with Zhou among the seven opposed.
The minutes record both votes and name Zhou as mover of the reconsideration and of the second vote. They give no reason for the reconsideration.
As committee chair, Zhou sent Council the committee's final report on progress against the 17 recommendations of the 2024 Mayor's Budget Task Force. The City Manager's report says the 2026 operating budget was cut by $120 million, giving a 0% property tax increase, and that Council did not carry out the recommendation to create a Council finance committee.
The report is dated July 6, 2026 for the July 14 Council meeting and lists Zhou as the contact. It notes that no vote was needed.
Zhou told City Council that his Stop Hard Drugs petition, calling for tougher enforcement against open-air hard drug use in public spaces, had drawn more than 7,000 signatures in under two weeks.
Daily Hive reports this happened as Council discussed the mayor's public safety plebiscite questions on August 14, 2026. The petition itself is Zhou's own campaign material; its existence and the signature count are independently reported.
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At the September 25, 2024 council meeting Zhou said residents had told the councillor "loud and clear" that pausing the integrity commissioner's work was the wrong step, and added agreement with them.
Zhou issued a written statement saying the comments in a WeChat video were based on incorrect information, apologising without qualification, retracting the statement, and taking the video down. The statement also said Zhou still disagreed with colleagues on supportive housing.
Zhou told Sing Tao he started a petition asking for strict enforcement against hard drug use in public places. He said that with the provincial decriminalization pilot over, people who use hard drugs in public should hear a clear message of zero tolerance, and that strict enforcement also helps people with addiction move toward recovery. This is voche.me's summary of his Chinese-language remarks.
With ABC council candidate Lorraine Lowe, Zhou said the name 周楠 was given to him by his parents, that he has used it for more than 40 years, and that he filled in his usual name under the Vancouver Charter. He said he respected the election officer's role and the court process. He told the Vancouver Sun the same, adding that people already know him by the name.
Zhou told Sing Tao he supports both plebiscite questions on the October ballot, explained his reasoning on drug law enforcement and a secure treatment facility, personally guaranteed a zero per cent property tax increase next year, and cited the council's sidewalk and community centre spending.
At ABC's platform launch at Dunbar Community Centre, Zhou told Sing Tao that six of ABC's 24 candidates are Chinese-Canadian, named them, and asked the Chinese-Canadian community to come forward and speak up. He said future City policy could become "extreme", in his word, unless people do so. This is voche.me's summary of his Chinese-language remarks.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
In July 2024 Zhou successfully amended a motion so that the city integrity commissioner's work would stop until an independent review of the office was finished. In September 2024 Zhou tried to take the amendment back, and the clerk ruled the attempt out of order.
Zhou said at the September meeting that residents had said "loud and clear" that pausing the work was wrong and that the councillor agreed with them. Green councillor Pete Fry said afterwards that the attempt to withdraw showed character and that Zhou had taken personal criticism for it.
Mayor Ken Sim said after the meeting that the commissioner's work would continue with no pause. The independent review of the office was still expected, and the code of conduct bylaw changes were deferred.
In report COVIC-010, dated August 22, 2025, integrity commissioner Lisa Southern found that the ABC councillors, Zhou included, breached the code of conduct on two occasions by working out Council business in private email chains that included a quorum of Council: amendments to the Climate Justice Charter report in February 2023, and the Moberly Park turf field funding in July 2023. Mayor Ken Sim was found in breach on the first occasion only. A separate allegation about an amendment Zhou drafted on a renter office was dismissed, because there was no evidence he received or used feedback on it.
The report records Zhou saying in his interview that ABC caucus meetings were for sharing information and views, with no voting. No published reply from Zhou to the finding was found.
No sanction was imposed. The report says Council decides sanctions, and no quorum could be reached because a majority of Council were the subjects of the finding. The report also quotes the British Columbia Ombudsperson, who wrote in March 2025 that statements attributed to ABC Vancouver about continuing to meet in private were a disturbing repudiation of the rule of law.
Zhou posted a five minute video in Mandarin on WeChat asking supporters to come to a council committee meeting and oppose a motion on social housing. In the video Zhou said a councillor outside ABC was a drug user who had handed out drugs on the street before Christmas. No councillor was named in the video.
Zhou published a written apology about four hours after a press conference by the four non ABC councillors, saying the comments were based on incorrect information, retracting the statement, and taking the video down. Zhou also said the disagreement with colleagues over supportive housing remained.
Councillors Rebecca Bligh, Lucy Maloney, Pete Fry, and Sean Orr said they would file code of conduct complaints. Fry's party published a call for an impartial review and censure. Mayor Ken Sim thanked Zhou for taking responsibility. In March 2026 Orr sued Mayor Sim for defamation over a February 6 news briefing; The Tyee reports that Orr's claim says Zhou translated Sim's remarks into Mandarin for reporters, and that Zhou declined to comment because the case is before the courts. The lawsuit names Sim as the defendant, and CBC News reports the trial is set for January 31, 2028. No source opened for this record reports a ruling on the code of conduct complaints.
Vancouver's chief election officer, Jason Twa, asked the B.C. Provincial Court to rule on whether seven candidates, Zhou among them, could have names in Chinese characters on the ballot as part of their usual names. The City's lawyer told the court that Zhou's correspondence with the election office was signed in English only and that in the 2022 election Zhou said the Chinese name was not his usual name.
Zhou said the name was given to him at birth, that he has used it for 40 years, and that people already know him by it.
On September 18, 2026 Judge Roger Cutler ruled that all seven candidates could use their usual names, Chinese characters included, on the October 17 ballot, with written reasons to follow. The judge said his decision should not be read as finding that the City's application was inappropriate.
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Reports that Mayor Ken Sim named a budget task force chaired by Randy Pratt, with Zhou and Brian Montague as members for City Council.
Liam Britten reports the task force's 17 recommendations and lists Zhou and Brian Montague among the people named on its advisory panel.
Mike Howell reports that Zhou tried to withdraw the July amendment pausing the integrity commissioner and was blocked on procedure and on conflict grounds. Green councillor Pete Fry is quoted saying Zhou took personal criticism for the amendment.
Mike Howell reports that Zhou met twice with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service since his 2022 election to discuss foreign interference, and that Mayor Ken Sim's office said Sim met with CSIS before taking office. Several other councillors named in the story said they had never met with CSIS.
Nate Lewis reports the integrity commissioner's finding that the ABC caucus, Zhou included, breached the code of conduct on two occasions by settling amendments by private email before public meetings.
Travis Prasad and Amy Judd report the WeChat video, the apology, and the reaction from councillors of every other party, who said the statement did not go far enough.
Katie Hyslop reports on the five minute Mandarin language video, the press conference by the four non ABC councillors, their plan to file code of conduct complaints, and the apology Zhou issued about four hours later.
Reports Orr's defamation suit against Mayor Sim over a February 6 briefing. Orr's claim says Zhou translated the Mayor's remarks for Chinese-language reporters; Zhou declined to comment.
Katie Hyslop reports that ABC councillors, Zhou among them, voted against sanctioning Mayor Sim after an investigator found he harassed Councillor Orr, and recalls Zhou's 2024 amendment on the integrity commissioner.
Chen Yifen reports, in Chinese, on Zhou's petition for strict enforcement against hard drug use in public places, alongside tourism officials' concerns about street disorder.
Kenneth Chan reports that Council approved the plebiscite questions and that Zhou pointed to his Stop Hard Drugs petition, which he said had drawn more than 7,000 signatures in under two weeks.
Kenneth Chan reports ABC's council slate for 2026, listing Zhou among the five incumbents seeking re election.
David Carrigg reports that the chief election officer went to court over the ballot names of seven candidates, including Zhou and OneCity's Iona Bonamis, and quotes Zhou on his Chinese name.
Darryl Greer reports the trial date in Orr's suit against Mayor Sim and notes that Zhou translated the Mayor's remarks into Mandarin at the February briefing.
Susan Lazaruk reports that Judge Roger Cutler allowed all seven candidates, Zhou included, to keep their Chinese names on the ballot.
Xu Jiaming reports, in Chinese, on ABC's platform launch, including Zhou's remarks on the party's Chinese-Canadian candidates.
The published ballot order lists Zhou at number 144 for city council under the ABC Vancouver banner.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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Vancouver.ca and council.vancouver.ca refuse automated requests. Council and committee minutes were read from Internet Archive copies, and the City's candidate list and councillor page through a reader service. The minutes of the June 2 and 9, 2026 Council meeting and of the July 15, 2026 finance committee meeting had no saved copy on October 3, 2026, so the June 2 vote on sanctions for the Mayor rests on The Tyee's report. The 2022 election vote count and the full list of Zhou's votes have not been compiled; the entries under Programs are motions he moved and votes where the record names him. No source opened for this record states the result of the code of conduct complaints filed after the February 2026 WeChat video. The ABC candidate page and his VoteMate biography call Zhou a co-chair of the Mayor's Budget Task Force. Daily Hive and Global News reported in 2023 that Randy Pratt chaired it and that Zhou sat on it as one of two councillors, so the co-chair title is left out of this record. Women Transforming Cities reported that an ABC spokesperson said the party's candidates were not signing its Our City Hall pledge, so there are no answers from Zhou on that group's six asks. HUB Cycling's Vancouver results page returned HTTP 403. Zhou's Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn pages sit behind a login wall and his X account returned HTTP 402, so no post from them is used. The ABC page's statements about his health-sector work and the Care to Live Foundation have not been checked with the employers or the foundation. ABC's 2026 platform releases do not quote Zhou, so platform items are recorded as the party's. The Sing Tao interviews and the Stop Hard Drugs petition give Zhou's own words on drug policy and taxes, and are recorded as his own commitments.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently.
Checks still to do: Check the budget task force report, subsequent decisions and actual service outcomes.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
Updated on October 3, 2026: Council and committee minutes from 2024 to 2026 were read for motions Zhou moved and votes that name him, and the ballot name court case, the 2025 integrity commissioner report and new Chinese-language interviews were added.
The City's list of current councillors includes Lenny Zhou (周楠) for the term that ends with the 2026 election. Motions he moved and votes he cast, read in Council and committee minutes, are listed under Programs.
City of Vancouver · current city councillorsA Council report dated July 6, 2026 names Zhou as the committee's chair. It says Council appointed Councillors Dominato, Meiszner and Zhou to the committee on April 24, 2024, and it sends Council the committee's final report on the task force's 17 recommendations.
City of Vancouver · Council report, July 14, 2026 meetingThe City's page for Councillor Zhou lists him as chair of this committee, and the committee's May 20 and 21, 2026 minutes show him in the chair. The May 29, 2024 minutes list him as vice-chair.
City of Vancouver · Councillor Lenny ZhouDaily Hive reported on April 3, 2023 that Zhou and Brian Montague would be task force members to represent City Council, with Randy Pratt as chair. CBC News reported in January 2024 that the task force made 17 recommendations.
Daily Hive · Independent task force to find efficiencies in City of Vancouver budgetThe ABC Vancouver page says the work involved healthcare operations and analytics within the Provincial Health Services Authority.
Lenny Zhou candidate pageThe ABC Vancouver page lists this role as part of a career in public healthcare operations.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
Added motions Zhou moved and votes that name him, from Council and committee minutes read as Internet Archive copies: a 2024 amendment on walk signal timing near schools, a 2025 budget amendment moving $8.279 million to road and sidewalk repairs, a 2026 grant for the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, a Holodomor memorial statue motion, a multiplex housing review motion and two votes on disclosing staff cuts. Added his vote against sanctioning the Mayor (The Tyee), the July 2026 final report of the budget oversight committee he chaired, the court case over his Chinese name on the ballot (Vancouver Sun, Sing Tao), two Sing Tao reports with his own remarks, the Orr defamation suit against the Mayor in which Zhou is named as translator (The Tyee, CBC News), and an October 13 online town hall where his attendance is unconfirmed. Corrections: the second biography paragraph said his current office differs from the office on the ballot, and both are City Council. The ABC page's description of Zhou as co-chair of the Mayor's Budget Task Force was removed from the biography, the budget priority and the budget commitment, because Daily Hive and Global News reported in 2023 that Randy Pratt chaired the task force and Zhou sat on it as a member for Council. The integrity commissioner entry now cites the commissioner's own report: its date is August 22, 2025, the report's publication date, and the Ombudsperson's words are now described correctly as a March 2025 comment on statements attributed to ABC Vancouver. No calendar event was dated before October 3, so none was removed or turned into a talk.
voche.me reopened every source behind Zhou's existing commitments, tagged each by issue and by whose words it is, and added commitments found in a new search of independent reporting and a September 18, 2026 Sing Tao interview conducted in Chinese. The two party-platform entries that each named more than one policy (public drug use and treatment; jobs and city facilities) were split so that each entry covers one measure, matching how other ABC candidates' records handle the same platform.
The ABC candidate page and Zhou's VoteMate biography both describe him as "co-chair of the Mayor's Budget Task Force." The City's own page for Councillor Zhou, read through an Internet Archive snapshot because vancouver.ca returns HTTP 403 to a direct read, lists him as a member of the Budget Task Force Implementation Oversight Committee and as chair of a different body, the Standing Committee on City Finance and Services. voche.me has not found an independent source that confirms the co-chair title as the party states it. This is noted in researchGaps and in the affected commitment's evidence.
Daily Hive reports that Zhou organised a petition asking for stricter enforcement against open-air hard drug use and told City Council on August 14, 2026 that it had drawn more than 7,000 signatures in under two weeks; this is recorded as both a commitment and a dated, independently reported action. A September 18, 2026 Sing Tao interview, read in Chinese, gives Zhou's own reasoning for supporting both plebiscite questions, a personal guarantee of a zero per cent tax increase next year, and past sidewalk and community centre spending; each is recorded as its own commitment with voche.me's English translation labelled as such.
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