Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
No action yetOur City Hall pledge: expanding non-market housingHousing · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to expanding non-market housing.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
No action yetOur City Hall pledge: improving transit accessTransportation · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to improving transit access.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
No action yetOur City Hall pledge: extending library hoursPublic services · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to extending library hours.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
No action yetOur City Hall pledge: building public washroomsPublic services · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to building public washrooms.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
No action yetOur City Hall pledge: improving food securityFood security · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to improving food security.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
No action yetOur City Hall pledge: gender safetyGender safety · Own promise
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge. Its results table for OneCity marks her as committing to the gender safety ask, which asks candidates to fund the City’s work on the Calls for Justice and the Red Women Rising recommendations, to reinstate the second Sex Worker Safety Planner role and fund drop-in spaces for sex workers, and to carry out survivor-led safety and violence prevention plans on time.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
No action yet4,000 affordable homes built by the cityHousing · Own promise
OneCity's Housing for All platform, released September 24, 2026 and quoting Maloney, says a city-run “People's Builder” would build 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns.
“This plan provides a way home for every Vancouverite, and a commitment to build a Vancouver for everyone.”
No action yetConnect Vancouver transportation planTransportation · Own promise
OneCity's Connect Vancouver plan, announced September 13, 2026 and quoting Maloney, commits to a public, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood mobility report card and five other transportation actions.
“I and my fellow OneCity will work to build a connected Vancouver for everyone”
No action yetNon-police crisis response systemPublic safety · Own promise
OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, announced September 25, 2026 and quoting Maloney, proposes one coordinated crisis response system so trained mental health professionals and peer responders answer calls when police are not needed.
“I hear from Vancouverites all the time about how ABC has abandoned the things we know make us safer”
No action yetCitywide participatory budgeting and a budget in plain languageGovernance · Own promise
OneCity's budget plan, released September 29, 2026 and quoting Maloney, says the party would let residents decide on part of the City's spending across the whole city, publish the budget in plain language line by line, look at a property tax that charges the wealthiest owners more, and test any service cut before it happens.
“The City budget clearly shows what and who you care about.”
No action yetHUB Cycling platform: slower local streets, safety work in underserved areas first, links to regional bike routesTransportation · Own promise
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support three asks. Its published Vancouver answers record Maloney as answering yes to all three: 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming for young people travelling to and from school, doing this safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network with routes separated from traffic.
No action yetAsk the Province for help with the child care shortageChildcare · Own promise
In her signed September 25, 2026 council update, Maloney says that if re-elected she will keep pressing the Province on investment and policy for the child care shortage, along with housing, infrastructure, climate, road safety and transit. The same update puts Vancouver's shortage at 4,000 child care places, a figure it gives as approximate.
“when making investment and policy decisions to address the housing crisis, the childcare shortage”
No action yetRanked ballot for mayor and a citizens' assembly on voting reformGovernance · Party platform
The same OneCity budget plan commits the party to a ranked ballot for mayor and to a citizens' assembly that would recommend a proportional, ward or mixed voting system before the 2030 election.
No action yetBring back the ban on gas heating in new buildingsClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide run by Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast, lists Maloney as supportive of its policy to electrify new buildings. Asked about gas hookups in new buildings, she answers that OneCity council candidates are committed to reversing the decision that allowed them again, and to restoring enforcement of the City’s Annual Greenhouse Gas and Energy Limits By-law for large existing buildings.
No action yetMore energy upgrades for homes, businesses and public buildingsClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Maloney as supportive of its policy to scale up energy retrofits, meaning upgrades that cut energy use, for existing homes, businesses and public buildings.
No action yetRecover climate costs from fossil fuel companiesClimate · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Maloney as supportive of its policy to use the legal options available to recover a fair share of the community’s climate costs from fossil fuel companies and other large polluters.
No action yetPlant native trees first where tree cover is lowestEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Maloney as supportive of its policy to plant native trees first in areas with low tree cover, more people and more vulnerable residents.
No action yetConnected greenways for people and wildlifeEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Maloney as supportive of its policy to create connected urban greenways, meaning linked green routes through the city for people and wildlife.
No action yetBylaws to cut waste from building and demolitionEnvironment · Own promise
Vote4Tomorrow lists Maloney as supportive of its policy to bring in bylaws that eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation and demolition projects, and that use existing buildings as efficiently as possible.
No action yetRestore funding for the City’s climate and sustainability workClimate · Own promise
On November 12, 2025, before a council meeting on the 2026 budget, Maloney announced that a OneCity mayor and council elected in October 2026 would reverse all cuts made to the City’s climate and sustainability programs in that budget. Asked by Vote4Tomorrow in 2026 whether she would vote to restore full funding for the Sustainability Office, she answers that OneCity will restore funding for the climate and sustainability department.
“We will restore funding for the climate and sustainability department.”
No action yetA pause on new AI data centres until the City has rules for themClimate · Own promise
Asked by Vote4Tomorrow about a moratorium on AI data centres, Maloney answers yes, and says that while there is no fitting set of rules, OneCity supports a pause on new AI data centres in Vancouver. She points to her council motion, which council voted down, asking for an impact report before any rezoning or permit and for yearly public reporting of each centre’s water use, power use and noise.
“In the absence of an appropriate regulatory framework, OneCity supports a moratorium on new AI data centres in Vancouver.”
No action yetBring back her heat motions and give cooling kits to unhoused peopleClimate · Own promise
In her Vote4Tomorrow answer on protecting everyone from extreme heat, Maloney names her council motions on clean air and cooling spaces, including cooler transit, and her proposal for temporary street canopies, which council voted down. She says OneCity candidates are committed to bringing these motions back, expanding tree cover, improving energy resilience, and giving cooling kits and other supports to unhoused people during heat waves.
No action yetSolar panels on public buildings, heat pumps and upgrades to 500 at-risk homesClimate · Own promise
In her Vote4Tomorrow answer, Maloney says OneCity council candidates will work with a progressive majority on a climate plan that includes solar panels on the roofs of public buildings, help with installing heat pumps, and upgrades to 500 at-risk homes.
No action yetPermanent City funding for community food programs (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit, before the vote, to fund community food systems adequately and permanently, at $7 per household a year by the coalition’s estimate. The coalition’s table for OneCity marks Maloney as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetBuild community food spaces where food is hard to get (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to building community food infrastructure and filling gaps in access to food. The coalition’s table for OneCity marks Maloney as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetProtect and add affordable independent food shops and markets (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to protecting and expanding affordable, independent and culturally relevant food shops and markets. The coalition’s table for OneCity marks Maloney as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetMake food recovery a permanent City service (food coalition pledge)Food security · Own promise
The Vancouver Food Justice Coalition asked candidates to commit to making the recovery of surplus food permanent civic infrastructure. The coalition’s table for OneCity marks Maloney as making a full commitment to its platform.
No action yetVote Palestine Vancouver platform: condemn the genocide and review City contractsGovernance · Own promise
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, records Maloney as committed on September 27, 2026 to points 1 and 3 of its four-point platform, and says its volunteers recorded each candidate’s position. As the group names them, point 1 asks the City to condemn the genocide and point 3 asks it to cut ties with Israeli institutions, including by reviewing City contracts. In a statement she signed that day, OneCity’s candidates say they will work with City staff so that, as far as possible, City money does not go to states complicit in genocide and contracts go to local or Canadian companies.
“We will work with City staff to see that contracts are awarded to local businesses or Canadian companies.”
No action yetBring back, fund and listen to the City’s volunteer advisory committeesGovernance · Own promise
In her council update of July 25, 2026, Maloney, the council liaison for the Older Persons and Elders Advisory Committee and the Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee, says that with a OneCity majority after the election the City’s advisory committees would be brought back, funded and listened to. She names their priorities, such as a dedicated Seniors Strategic Lead, an accessible transport champion, seniors’ housing planners and accessibility improvements.
“With a OneCity majority on Council after the election, you’ll see Advisory Committees reestablished, funded and listened to”
No action yetCar-free streets for HalloweenTransportation · Own promise
In a Bluesky post on October 5, 2026, Maloney says she tried last year to make Vancouver streets car-free for Halloween, that the ABC majority blocked it, and that she will bring it back if re-elected.
No action yetLegal small businesses run from home and backyardsSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create legal ways for residents to run low-impact businesses from home or a backyard, with rules on noise, food and workplace safety, accessibility and hours. Its August 12 release says Council would ask staff to report back within one year with a plan, then change zoning and licensing rules citywide within two years.
No action yetAllow corner stores in every neighbourhoodSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will make corner stores legal across the city again, such as small grocers, bakeries, cafés and pharmacies in residential neighbourhoods.
No action yetA simple permit for pop-up markets and eventsSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a simple, easy-to-get pop-up permit so vendors, artists and community groups can set up temporary markets and events in more places.
No action yetMatch empty storefronts with short-term tenantsSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will build a website that matches artists and entrepreneurs who want short-term space with storefronts that have stood empty for a long time.
No action yetFaster approvals when a business moves into an existing spaceSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will reform the City’s Change of Use rules, which apply when a new kind of business moves into an existing space, so low-risk businesses can open faster, with zoning, building and licence requirements handled in one place.
No action yetA one-stop City office for people starting a businessSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create an Entrepreneur Liaison Office at the City, with staff who help small and medium businesses with permits, licences and funding from every level of government.
No action yetSmall grants to start and grow local businessesSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a tiered system of small grants to help people start, grow and keep Vancouver businesses, run by a committee of business, labour and community members.
No action yetA $3 million City Business and Investment OfficeEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a new City Business & Investment Office, funded at $3 million, and work to reform, fund and stabilize the regional agency Invest Vancouver.
No action yetA three-year pilot to buy from Vancouver and Canadian businesses firstEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will run Buy Vancouver First, a three-year pilot in which City purchasing puts Vancouver businesses first and Canadian businesses next.
No action yetCity contracts that reward fair wages, safety and local hiringEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says City contracts will reward fair wages, responsible contractors, apprenticeships, workplace safety and local hiring, and not only the lowest price. Its Labour Day release says the same standard would apply to the City’s building projects.
No action yetAppoint an Industry Commissioner for industrial landEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will appoint an Industry Commissioner, a position the Vancouver Charter allows, to bring investment to industrial land and help businesses hurt by United States tariffs.
No action yetA quarterly meeting table for Council, senior staff and City unionsEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s Labour Day release of September 7, 2026 says it will set up a Labour Partnership Table that brings Council, senior staff and the unions of City workers together every three months to solve problems early.
No action yetUp to 375 living-wage jobs a year for young peopleEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create up to 375 youth-only positions a year at a living wage: direct hiring in parks, community centres, camps and offices, a fund that tops up wages for community employers, and grants for groups that hire young people.
No action yetCertify the City again as a living wage employerEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will certify the City of Vancouver again as a living wage employer, through a Council motion or budget direction, and apply it to new contracts and renewals in the next budget year.
No action yetBus priority corridors with TransLinkTransit · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will work with TransLink so every part of Vancouver has fast, frequent transit through bus priority corridors and transit-priority streets. In its reply to Side Street Vancouver’s questionnaire, the party says it is committed to an accelerated Bus Priority Corridors Program.
No action yetPress for free transit to age 19 and a low-income transit passTransit · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will press to expand the Get on Board program of free transit from children under 12 to young people under 19, and to bring in a low-income transit pass.
No action yetA full West End waterfront planWaterfront · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will set a practical path to deliver a comprehensive West End waterfront plan that includes both better parks and safe transportation downtown.
No action yetA connected, protected walking and cycling networkActive transport · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will build a connected, protected walking, rolling and cycling network for all ages and abilities across Vancouver, and put safe routes to schools, parks and daily needs first.
No action yetSpend first where neighbourhoods are furthest behind, and publish a report cardActive transport · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says new money for walking and cycling will go first to the neighbourhoods furthest behind, and the City will publish a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood mobility report card that shows where the money goes.
No action yetLower speed limits on busy shopping streets, near schools and parksTransportation · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will bring back the proposed 30 km/h and 40 km/h limits on major streets, starting downtown, on busy shopping streets, in front of schools and parks, and on the corridors with the most injuries.
No action yetA fund for quick safety fixes after serious crashesTransportation · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a Vision Zero Rapid Response Fund, paid from part of the City’s year-end surplus and other one-time money, to review every crash that kills or seriously injures someone and make quick safety changes.
No action yetOne crisis response system with mental health and peer teamsPublic safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will review and redesign the City’s mental health crisis response into one system, with Crisis Response, Community-Led teams of social workers and peer responders taking calls that do not need police.
No action yetA community violence intervention programPublic safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says a community violence intervention program will use trusted community messengers to calm conflict and stop violence before it grows.
No action yetAn independent, public review of the Vancouver Police DepartmentPublic safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will push for an independent review of the Vancouver Police Department’s organization, overtime and services, and make the report public. In its reply to Side Street Vancouver’s questionnaire, the party says an independent review of the police budget should come before any decision on more police spending.
No action yetCity grants and approvals for treatment, recovery and harm reductionDrug policy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will carry out the Four Pillars drug strategy: more approvals of supportive housing, help with zoning, permits and low-cost leases of public property for overdose prevention sites, treatment and recovery services, and new City grants for naloxone, drug checking and outreach.
No action yetPress other governments for detox, treatment and a safer drug supplyDrug policy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will press other levels of government for more mental health services, detox, voluntary treatment and prescribed alternatives to the toxic street drug supply.
No action yetA Survivor Safety Fund and a safety table for partner violenceGender safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a Survivor Safety Program: a fund that gives fast support to survivors of intimate partner and gender-based violence through frontline groups, and a Community Safety Table where these groups meet City officials to find gaps in services.
No action yetBetter lighting for streets, bus stops, parks and pathwaysPublic safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says ReLight Vancouver will bring well-lit streets, bus stops, parks and pathways to every neighbourhood, with an audit of lighting and a safety audit of sightlines, corner mirrors and blocked paths.
No action yetBan hostile design on City benches and bus sheltersPublic safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will ban “hostile” design, such as features that stop people sitting or lying down, on City-owned benches and bus shelters, and work with community groups on bus shelter standards.
No action yetBring back public garbage bins and add recycling beyond downtownPublic services · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says a Clean Streets and Public Waste Bins Program will restore public garbage bins, expand public recycling beyond downtown, publish a map of bins and set a citywide service standard.
No action yetBan wearable recording devices like smart glasses in change rooms and washroomsPublic safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will change City bylaws to ban wearable recording devices, such as smart glasses, in pools, change rooms, washrooms and other municipal spaces, require some businesses to tell customers whether they allow them, and start a voluntary “Privacy-First Vancouver” certification.
No action yetStop the sale of unsafe e-bike batteries and add safe chargingPublic safety · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says the City will act against businesses that sell or rent uncertified or modified e-bike batteries, work with the Province on a trade-in program for unsafe batteries, and expand safe charging places.
No action yetA flat, low-cost permit for heat pumpsClimate · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a flat, low-cost permit process for heat pumps, so choosing a heat pump never costs more in permit fees than replacing a gas appliance.
No action yetCity-installed cooling and heat pumps in 500 high-risk homesClimate · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says the City will install cooling, air filters and heat pumps directly in the homes of the residents most at risk in extreme heat. It puts the number of homes at 500 and the gross cost at $4 million to $7.5 million, both given as estimates, with other funders paying part.
No action yetSolar panels on schools, libraries and community centresClimate · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will start a Public Rooftop Solar and Community Energy Program that puts solar panels on schools, libraries and community centres, with shares that renters, co-op members and non-profits can join.
No action yetReverse the climate rollbacks and end gas in new buildingsClimate · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will find and reverse the ABC majority’s rollbacks of climate policy, end gas in new buildings, restore the zero-emissions heating rule for new low-rise buildings, and adopt the highest level of the Zero Carbon Step Code. Its Built to Last release says Council would list every rollback within three months of taking office.
No action yetSolar incentives, a low-income retrofit program and more district energyClimate · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will top up BC Hydro’s solar and battery incentives, restore the rules for replacing old gas equipment, start a low-income retrofit program and expand thermal energy networks that heat many buildings from one system.
No action yetOne clean air and cooling standard for City, park and school buildingsClimate · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says a four-year strategy will bring every City, Park Board and school building up to one shared standard for air quality and temperature, with filters of at least MERV-13, public test results, and a coordination table for the three boards.
No action yetMake data centres and other large users report and reduce their impactsClimate · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will require large users of land and energy, such as data centres, large surface parking lots, gas stations and large luxury homes, to disclose and then reduce their impacts on the City’s water, stormwater and energy systems.
No action yetTurn underused City parking lots into housing and other public usesPublic land · Party platform
OneCity’s policy backgrounder says it will adopt a Public Purpose Parking Standard and review the parking lots managed by EasyPark for conversion to affordable housing, childcare, cultural space, public washrooms and transport hubs, with the land kept public.
No action yetA funded mandate to bring Chinatown Plaza back to lifeCulture · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will give the City’s Chinatown Advisory Committee a funded mandate, with dates and targets, to renew the City-owned Chinatown Plaza, link its empty stores to the City’s storefront pilot, and publish a yearly report with real numbers.
No action yetSeek funding to remove the viaducts and rebuild Hogan’s AlleyCulture · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will make it a priority to secure provincial and federal money to remove the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts and redevelop Hogan’s Alley with community-led housing and cultural spaces, and its backgrounder says it will rezone and speed up permits so Northeast False Creek can be built.
No action yetBlock Party in a Box kits and Play StreetsPublic spaces that bring people together · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will make block parties easier and cheaper, with a three-year pilot of five City-owned kits of barricades, games and tables delivered by City workers, and a Play Street permit so children can play on a closed street for a few hours.
No action yetLibrary Card Plus+ for free or low-cost events and programsPublic services · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create Vancouver Library Card Plus+, a new version of the former Vancouver Inspiration Pass, so a library card gives free or low-cost entry to cultural events, recreation and public programs.
No action yetTwo new libraries, three renewed branches and a funded 10-year library planPublic facilities · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will build two new library branches, at Joyce-Collingwood and East Fraser Lands, over ten years, renew the Carnegie, Britannia and Joe Fortes branches, expand branch programs, and make the library’s Facilities Master Plan a funded 10-year capital commitment.
No action yetTrained community access workers in ten library branchesPublic services · Party platform
OneCity’s policy backgrounder says it will work to place trained Community Access Workers, modelled on social workers in Toronto and Edmonton libraries, in ten Vancouver Public Library branches.
No action yetA Community Choice Fund for local projects chosen by residentsCommunity programmes · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a standing Community Choice Fund of neighbourhood grants, matching funds and participatory budgeting, where residents propose and vote on local projects and City staff help carry them out.
No action yetA new licence and faster approvals for small arts venuesArts and culture · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a new small cultural venue licence with safety rules based on risk, a venue navigator on City staff, and an approval path that takes weeks or months for small cultural and community spaces.
No action yetProtect cultural spaces with a yearly inventory and a no-net-loss ruleArts and culture · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says a Cultural Space Security Program will count cultural spaces every year, require replacement or relocation support when redevelopment removes cultural or queer spaces, and expand grants for accessibility and safety upgrades.
No action yetAn independent arts council to decide City arts grantsArts and culture · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will form an independent Vancouver Arts and Culture Council that decides civic arts grants through peer review, while City Council sets the total funding.
No action yetLet responsible businesses stay open laterEconomy · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will simplify late-night rules so responsible businesses can apply to stay open later, as late as 3 or 4 am in the backgrounder, with conditions on noise and safety.
No action yetA certified program for working cats in small shopsSmall business · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will start a certified “Working Cat Program” with Vancouver Coastal Health so small shops can keep vaccinated cats for pest control.
No action yetA City-run People’s Builder for 4,000 affordable homes on City landHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will set up a People’s Builder by a Council motion to build 4,000 affordable homes on land the City already owns, through a renewed Vancouver Public Housing Corporation, with the City guaranteeing loans and using federal money.
No action yetAllow four floors in every neighbourhood and six near centresHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will end what it calls Vancouver’s apartment ban, allowing four floors and corner stores in every neighbourhood, six floors near neighbourhood centres where conditions support it, and mid-size apartments near shopping streets such as Main Street and 4th Avenue.
No action yetSmaller lots, shorter setbacks, courtyard buildings and single-stair buildingsHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will change the rules for each lot: allow lots as narrow as 25 feet, cut front setbacks to five feet, allow two four-storey buildings around a courtyard on one lot, and allow single-stair buildings across the city.
No action yetFinish the Vancouver PlanHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will finish the Vancouver Plan, the City’s long-range land use plan, by fixing its problem areas and keeping the work staff and Council have already done when zoning bylaws are updated.
No action yetCitywide tenant protections after six months instead of a yearHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will extend the stronger tenant protections now used in the Broadway Plan area to the whole city, and cut the time a tenant must live in a home to qualify from one year to six months.
No action yetBring back a funded Renters’ OfficeHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will bring back the Renters’ Office with proper funding and staff to inform renters, work with legal advocates, check that tenant relocation plans are followed and keep citywide data on displacement.
No action yetA strategy to let community land trusts buy land firstHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will direct staff to develop a Community Land Trust Support Strategy, giving community land trusts the first right to buy affordable buildings and land, access to land and financial support.
No action yetPayments to tenants when replacement homes are lateHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a Tenant Delay Guarantee: when a tenant with a right to return is kept waiting past the approved date, the developer must pay them a delayed-return payment on top of any rent top-up.
No action yetPet-friendly City housing and pressure to end no-pet clausesHousing · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will make pet-friendly rules the standard in City-owned and City-supported rental housing, and press to end blanket “no pet” clauses in leases and stratas.
No action yetEnd the pause on new supportive housingHomelessness · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will end the pause on net-new supportive housing and direct staff to work with BC Housing on a new way to involve residents and businesses early.
No action yetA Vancouver Shelter Standard for City-funded sheltersHomelessness · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create a Vancouver Shelter Standard for all City-funded, owned or leased shelters, with cultural and safety supports for Indigenous, Two Spirit, trans and gender-diverse people.
No action yetResidents decide part of the budget, and a budget in plain languageTaxes and budget · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will bring back participatory budgeting and use it across the city, and publish the City budget in plain language, line by line.
No action yetEnd tax breaks for approved building land left unusedTaxes and budget · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will end the tax write-offs for owners who turn approved development land into parks or gardens and do not build. Its backgrounder says staff would report back on a time limit for vacant land, with a fee for owners who do not build.
No action yetA test before any City service is cut or contracted outPublic services · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will adopt a Public Services Protection Test, through a Council motion, that studies the effects on service, workers and equity before the City cuts, contracts out or privatizes a service.
No action yetWater meters and a stormwater fee based on lot sizeTaxes and fees · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will bring in water meters, base stormwater fees on lot size, promise that the owner of a typical Vancouver Special pays no more, and invest in stormwater upgrades.
No action yetA public audit of pipes, streets and pools, and repairs on schedulePublic assets · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will publish an audit of the condition and repair costs of streets, parks, pipes and pools, and use it to fix and replace old infrastructure early on a public schedule.
No action yetShared service agreements between Council, Park Board and School BoardGovernance · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will work to align Shared Services Agreements so Council, the Park Board and the School Board can each support parks, public spaces and other key services.
No action yetContinue the City’s UNDRIP Action PlanReconciliation · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will continue the work, adopted unanimously by the City, to carry out its action plan on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
No action yetAn Office of Direct Community EngagementGovernance · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will create an Office of Direct Community Engagement that sends City staff into communities, with outreach to areas that are underrepresented at City Hall, for policy, planning and spending decisions.
No action yetA pilot of mobile 3-1-1 service vansPublic services · Party platform
OneCity’s 2026 platform says it will launch a pilot of mobile 3-1-1 service vans that bring City staff to neighbourhoods so residents can report problems and get answers.
This record covers Lucy Maloney, the sitting OneCity Vancouver city councillor seeking re-election on October 17, 2026. It sets out the council record since April 2025, the motions brought forward and how council voted on them, and what the campaign says about the next term.
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.
Housing supply and rental rules8/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“Now she’s running for reelection to keep fighting for affordable housing, safer streets, climate action, and the infrastructure Vancouverites depend on.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on housing: 2 commitments, at least one 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.
“Maloney attempted to steer City Council into a different approach, introducing a sweeping amendment that would have replaced ABC’s plebiscite with a series of measures focused on peer support, community intervention, crisis response, restorative justice, Housing First, and consultation with some organizations.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 4 commitments, none 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.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on public safety: 9 commitments, none 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.
“Now she’s running for reelection to keep fighting for affordable housing, safer streets, climate action, and the infrastructure Vancouverites depend on.”
“OneCity Councillor Lucy Maloney has tabled a motion that will direct City staff to develop a new road safety policy and action plan, with an ambitious goal: zero deaths and serious injuries caused by motor vehicles.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, at least one 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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, none 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.
“Now she’s running for reelection to keep fighting for affordable housing, safer streets, climate action, and the infrastructure Vancouverites depend on.”
“Maloney is hoping to have the council direct staff to report back on how the City can create a data centre public impact requirement that ensures applicants (before rezoning or permitting) commission a third-party assessment that addresses water, greenhouse gas emissions, air contaminants, and noise and heat impacts.”
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.
“I proudly endorse the policy priorities of the Our City Hall campaign, which embody OneCity's vision for Vancouver and reflect the values and initiatives I’ve championed on Council, and will continue to advance, should I be reelected.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on child care: 1 commitment, none 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.
“Metro Vancouver’s living wage is currently $27.85 (Living Wage Report, 2025), which is 80 cents higher than the preceding year’s, and $10 per hour above the provincial minimum wage.”
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.
“THAT Council establish in-person attendance as the default expectation for itself at all meetings where an in-person option is routinely available in Council chambers”
“THAT Council establish in-person attendance as the default expectation for itself at all meetings where an in-person option is routinely available in Council chambers”
The 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.
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01 / Introduction
About Lucy Maloney
Lucy Maloney appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 131. The City records the affiliation as OneCity.
The official roster for the current term lists Lucy Maloney as a Vancouver city councillor. That is a separate office from the one on this 2026 ballot entry.
The party page says Maloney was elected to Vancouver City Council in 2025 and worked before that as an environmental lawyer and a road safety advocate. The page says Maloney has lived in five cities in four countries.
Maloney was elected to Vancouver city council in the April 5, 2025 by-election, finishing second of 13 candidates with 33,732 votes, or 49.63 per cent. Sean Orr of COPE took the other seat.
The OneCity page says Maloney was elected in 2025 as a former environmental lawyer and describes a long record of road safety advocacy.
OneCity confirmed Maloney as one of five council candidates on May 12, 2026, alongside Frances Bula, Iona Bonamis, Jarrett Hagglund and Caitlin Stockwell.
CityHallWatch, which follows Vancouver council votes, reported on September 15, 2026 that Maloney has been OneCity's only councillor this term. Citing a Spacing Vancouver analysis of 693 recorded votes, it says she voted with the ABC majority on 81 per cent of comparable votes, a share the review marks as approximate. The same review describes her as taking pro-density positions, including the sole vote for the villages plan.
Council minutes read for this profile show Maloney moving motions on road safety, multiplex housing, apartments on quiet streets, bike share, Car Free Days, council attendance, arts funding data and flood planning. Several of her motions passed only after the ABC majority amended them, and others were referred to staff or defeated. Each one is listed under the council record below with the minutes it comes from.
Vision Zero Vancouver, a road safety advocacy group, wrote in its September 16, 2026 report card on the full council term that Maloney "voted on the side of road safety 100% of the time."
Maloney appears at position 131 on the council ballot for October 17, 2026.
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.
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2026 · TransportationCampaign pledge
Safer streets
The OneCity page says Maloney is running for re-election to keep working on safer streets.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the goal. The council record this term supports the claim of activity: Vision Zero Vancouver's September 2, 2026 review lists a transit snow clearing motion, an attempt to protect road safety items from budget cuts, and a proposed 15 million dollar addition to the road safety capital program, all of which the ABC majority voted down.
What still needs checking
Which specific road safety measures would be brought forward in a new term, and how they would be funded.
The OneCity page says Maloney is running to keep working on affordable housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the goal without detail. Maloney's vote for the villages plan on July 28, 2026 and the amendments proposed that day show the position on low-rise housing.
What still needs checking
What housing policy Maloney would bring to a new council, given the villages plan was rejected 10 to 1.
The OneCity page lists climate action among the reasons for seeking re-election.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the goal. Related council work includes the July 2026 motion asking for environmental assessments before large data centres are approved, which council rejected.
What still needs checking
What climate measures would be proposed in the 2027 to 2030 capital plan.
Our City Hall pledge: expanding non-market housing
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to expanding non-market housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The organiser's list of signatories and Maloney's own supporting sentence are the source. It records the commitment, not any action taken on it.
What still needs checking
Which non-market housing measure this would bring to council first.
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to improving transit access.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The organiser's list of signatories and Maloney's own supporting sentence are the source. It records the commitment, not any action taken on it.
What still needs checking
Which transit access measure this would bring to council first.
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to extending library hours.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The organiser's list of signatories and Maloney's own supporting sentence are the source. It records the commitment, not any action taken on it.
What still needs checking
Which libraries and which hours this would apply to first.
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to building public washrooms.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The organiser's list of signatories and Maloney's own supporting sentence are the source. It records the commitment, not any action taken on it. Public washrooms are not one of the scored issues for this office.
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to improving food security.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The organiser's list of signatories and Maloney's own supporting sentence are the source. It records the commitment, not any action taken on it. Food security is not one of the scored issues for this office.
What still needs checking
Which food security measure this would bring to council first.
Our City Hall pledge: advancing public safety measures
Women Transforming Cities lists Maloney among the council candidates who signed its Our City Hall pledge, which asks candidates to commit to advancing public safety measures.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The organiser's list of signatories and Maloney's own supporting sentence are the source. It records the commitment, not any action taken on it.
What still needs checking
Which public safety measure this would bring to council first.
On January 15, 2026 Maloney put forward a motion for the City of Vancouver to become a certified Living Wage Employer again, after the city gave up that certification in 2023. The OneCity page cited a Metro Vancouver living wage of 27.85 dollars an hour for 2025.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Council voted the motion down on January 21, 2026, as reported by CTV News. OneCity's September 29, 2026 budget plan, which quotes Maloney, again promises to recertify the City and the School Board as living wage employers. The commitment remains a stated position without a council decision behind it.
What still needs checking
Whether Maloney brings the motion back after the election.
Maloney proposed pausing approval of large new data centres until the city has a way to assess their effects, and asked staff to report back on a public impact requirement covering water use, greenhouse gases, air contaminants, noise and heat, plus heat recovery and jobs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Council rejected the motion on July 15, 2026. The proposal is on the public record; no city framework exists as a result of it.
What still needs checking
Whether the proposal returns to a new council and whether staff are asked to report back.
OneCity's Housing for All platform, released September 24, 2026 and quoting Maloney, says a city-run “People's Builder” would build 4,000 affordable homes on land the city already owns.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the mechanism (a city program using loan guarantees, federal funding and city capital) and the target (4,000 homes), but gives no completion date.
What still needs checking
When the 4,000 homes would be completed, and how many are net-new rather than replacing homes already planned.
OneCity's Connect Vancouver plan, announced September 13, 2026 and quoting Maloney, commits to a public, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood mobility report card and five other transportation actions.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the mechanism (a published report card) but gives no cost figure and no date for when it would be published.
What still needs checking
When the first mobility report card would be published, and what it would cost to produce.
OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan, announced September 25, 2026 and quoting Maloney, proposes one coordinated crisis response system so trained mental health professionals and peer responders answer calls when police are not needed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the mechanism (a coordinated response system) but gives no staffing number, cost or start date.
What still needs checking
How many responders the system would need, what it would cost, and when it would start.
At the August 14, 2026 special council meeting, Maloney introduced an amendment that would have replaced ABC's public safety plebiscite with measures on peer support, community intervention, crisis response, restorative justice, Housing First and consultation with outside organizations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Council rejected the amendment, as reported by Daily Hive. The report names the categories of measures but gives no cost or timeline for any of them.
What still needs checking
Whether Maloney brings a similar package of measures to a new council, and what each one would cost.
Citywide participatory budgeting and a budget in plain language
OneCity's budget plan, released September 29, 2026 and quoting Maloney, says the party would let residents decide on part of the City's spending across the whole city, publish the budget in plain language line by line, look at a property tax that charges the wealthiest owners more, and test any service cut before it happens.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The release names the program (citywide participatory budgeting) but gives no dollar amount for it, no share of the budget it would cover and no start date. Maloney's own words in the release are about the current budget and about making the budget readable.
What still needs checking
How much of the budget residents would decide on, and from which year.
Ranked ballot for mayor and a citizens' assembly on voting reform
The same OneCity budget plan commits the party to a ranked ballot for mayor and to a citizens' assembly that would recommend a proportional, ward or mixed voting system before the 2030 election.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This part of the release is party text. Maloney's quoted words in the release are about the budget, so voche.me records this as the party's position. A change to how Vancouver elects its council also needs the Province to change the Vancouver Charter.
What still needs checking
Whether Maloney has said she would move a motion to set up the citizens' assembly, and when.
Same in-person attendance rule for council as for City staff
On February 25, 2026 Maloney moved a motion that council make in-person attendance its own default at meetings and limit remote attendance to the same reasons allowed for City staff.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and carried unanimously after an amendment removed the request for staff to draft rule changes. The minutes do not say when the new rule took effect.
What still needs checking
Whether council's procedure rules were changed to match the motion.
On March 11, 2026 Maloney moved a motion asking staff to report back in the first three months of 2027 with a strategy, targets, timelines and funding needs to grow bike share across Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The official minutes show the ABC majority replaced her two clauses with a letter from the Mayor asking TransLink to explore a regional bike share system, and the changed motion passed unanimously. No City bike share strategy was ordered.
What still needs checking
Whether she would bring the bike share strategy back to a new council, and what it would cost.
HUB Cycling platform: slower local streets, safety work in underserved areas first, links to regional bike routes
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support three asks. Its published Vancouver answers record Maloney as answering yes to all three: 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming for young people travelling to and from school, doing this safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network with routes separated from traffic.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The asks are HUB Cycling's wording, so they earn no mechanism, target, cost or timeline point. She left the three comment boxes empty. The answers carry no date.
What still needs checking
Which streets and neighbourhoods she would start with, and at what cost.
City response to U.S. tariffs, including an Industry Commissioner
On August 31, 2026 Maloney asked the Mayor and council to hold a special meeting on U.S. tariffs. Her proposed motion would have directed staff to look at City support for affected businesses and workers, including a City Industry Commissioner to bring investment to industrial land, and to report back with an action plan before the end of 2026.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Business Examiner, summarizing Business in Vancouver, reports that Mayor Sim did not call the special meeting, so the motion was never debated. The motion names the office and the report-back date but gives no cost.
What still needs checking
Whether she brings the tariff motion to the new council after the election.
Ask the Province for help with the child care shortage
In her signed September 25, 2026 council update, Maloney says that if re-elected she will keep pressing the Province on investment and policy for the child care shortage, along with housing, infrastructure, climate, road safety and transit. The same update puts Vancouver's shortage at 4,000 child care places, a figure it gives as approximate.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The statement is a commitment to ask the Province for action. It names no City program, number of spaces, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which child care measure she would bring to council itself, and how many spaces it would add.
On May 20, 2026 Maloney moved a motion asking staff to report back on the cost and time needed to build a website that gathers data on the arts and culture sector's economic and community benefits, for arts groups to use when they apply for grants.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The official minutes show council referred the motion to staff for information, with Maloney, Fry and Orr opposed, so staff were not directed to report back. The motion names the tool but no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Whether the website is built or the motion returns to a new council.
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.
Defeated
Living wage motion defeated
Council voted down Maloney's motion asking the City of Vancouver to be certified again as a Living Wage Employer.
Scope, limits and sources
Vancouver gave up the certification in 2023. The OneCity announcement six days earlier set out the case, citing a Metro Vancouver living wage of 27.85 dollars an hour for 2025, 10 dollars above the provincial minimum wage.
Maloney and Green councillor Pete Fry asked the Host City Committee to strengthen the FIFA World Cup human rights action plan with measurable standards, reporting and monitoring, to expand low-barrier shelters, and to require real-time reporting of interactions with people who are homeless. Council rejected it 6 to 4.
Scope, limits and sources
It was the second World Cup accountability motion the ABC majority turned down in about a month. Deputy Mayor Sarah Kirby-Yung was absent for the vote.
Maloney and COPE councillor Sean Orr brought an urgent motion for a one-time grant of up to 30,000 dollars so the Car Free Day festivals could go ahead. Council passed it unanimously after an ABC amendment rewrote the conditions.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Orr on March 10, 2026. The events took place on Commercial Drive on September 5 and on Main Street on September 13, 2026. This entry was dated March 1, 2026 until the minutes were read.
Maloney moved to make bus routes a priority for snow clearing. The ABC majority voted it down.
Scope, limits and sources
The January 20, 2026 Council minutes record Maloney's notice of the motion, titled Bus To Move, for the February 4, 2026 finance committee agenda. The minutes of the vote itself were not available, so the first of the month is recorded. Daily Hive and Vision Zero Vancouver both report that the ABC majority voted it down.
During work on the transportation capital plan Maloney proposed adding 15 million dollars to the Transportation Safety Management and Accessibility Program, covering traffic signals, traffic calming, school travel planning and high-crash intersections. The ABC majority rejected it.
Scope, limits and sources
Daily Hive places the amendment in July 2026 and gives no exact day.
Council voted 7 to 3 against Maloney's motion to pause consideration of large new data centres and to have staff design a public impact requirement for applicants.
Scope, limits and sources
Two large facilities were in progress in Vancouver at the time. ABC councillor Mike Klassen argued the motion would add red tape and change rules partway through approved projects.
Council rejected the villages plan 10 to 1, with Maloney casting the only vote in favour. Maloney first tried a pilot in five villages and then a referral back to staff for more consultation, and both attempts failed.
Scope, limits and sources
The plan would have rezoned 17 neighbourhoods for multiplexes, townhouses, low-rise apartments and mixed-use buildings. More than 200 people spoke and more than 2,800 wrote in. Maloney described the supporting vote as symbolic.
Council approved two advisory plebiscite questions for the October ballot on open-air hard drug use and on a secure treatment facility at the old St Paul's Hospital site. Maloney cast the only vote against. An earlier Maloney amendment, which would have replaced the plebiscite with measures on peer support, crisis response and Housing First, was rejected.
Scope, limits and sources
Councillors Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry and Sean Orr walked out before the final vote. The added questions were expected to raise the cost of running the election by 380,000 to 560,000 dollars, a range Daily Hive gives as approximate.
Council's policy committee unanimously passed Maloney's motion directing staff to review the 2016 road safety plan and bring back a Vision Zero Road Safety Policy and Action Plan, aimed at zero road deaths and serious injuries, in the second quarter of 2026. An ABC amendment changed the wording from a new plan to refreshing and renewing the existing one.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Lisa Dominato, with 28 speakers in support. Vision Zero Vancouver's review of 2025 also credits the motion to Maloney.
Maloney and Green councillor Pete Fry asked the City to explore a Tenant Advocacy Office, a revived Renters' Office with enforcement powers. The motion was defeated at the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Pete Fry, and as lost, with Councillors Kirby-Yung, Meiszner, Montague and Zhou opposed and Councillor Klassen absent. STOREYS reported the defeat in a June 9, 2025 interview with Maloney.
Voted against ABC's market-rental public corporation proposal
Council considered an ABC proposal to create a new public corporation to build market rental homes, numbering 4,000 by OneCity’s approximate count, on six city sites. Maloney voted against it, and it failed.
Scope, limits and sources
OneCity's own September 2026 platform release is the only source found for this October 2025 vote and gives no exact day, so the record point is not scored.
Council unanimously approved the Rupert and Renfrew Station Area Plan, guiding development around two East Vancouver SkyTrain stations through 2050. Maloney voted in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
CityHallWatch names Maloney's vote. The exact day in July 2025 is not given, so the first of the month is recorded.
Attendance standard motion for Mayor and Council passed
Council's policy committee unanimously passed Maloney's motion making in-person attendance the default for the Mayor and council, with remote attendance limited to the reasons allowed for City staff.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Sean Orr. An amendment from Sarah Kirby-Yung removed the request for staff to draft the rule changes before the vote. This entry was dated February 1, 2026 until the minutes were read.
Council adopted Vancouver's first citywide Official Development Plan, which phases out individual public hearings for rezonings that comply with it. Maloney voted in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
CityHallWatch names Maloney's vote. The exact day in March 2026 is not given, so the first of the month is recorded.
Vote to convert Birch Street rental units to hotel zoning
Council approved converting 202 of 258 promised long-term rental units at 2538 Birch Street to hotel zoning for medical visitors. Maloney voted in favour.
Scope, limits and sources
CityHallWatch names Maloney's vote. The exact day in July 2026 is not given, so the first of the month is recorded. Within days of the approval, the BC Supreme Court ordered the property sold to repay the developer's creditors.
Council's finance committee unanimously passed Maloney's motion asking staff, in their review of the main single-lot zoning, to report on faster multiplex permits, multiplexes on smaller lots and lots without a lane, and rules at least as open as Burnaby's.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Sean Orr, with nine speakers in support. It asks for a report, so it changed no zoning rule by itself.
Apartments on quiet streets motion referred to staff
Maloney moved a motion asking staff to explore allowing apartment buildings of up to six floors, with shops on the ground floor, on local streets next to parks and along greenways. Council referred it to staff for information as part of existing planning work.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record a first referral vote carried with Maloney and Orr opposed and Pete Fry abstaining. Later in the meeting council reconsidered it, on a motion Maloney seconded, and passed a reworded referral unanimously, adding that the referral should not delay the Vancouver Plan or the villages planning work.
Council's policy committee unanimously passed Maloney's motion asking staff to look at simpler permits and fewer size limits for indoor vertical farms, and to write to the provincial agriculture ministry in support of those farms.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Sean Orr, with three speakers in support.
Voted against a public order statement added to the Downtown Eastside update
During council's update on Downtown Eastside actions, Mayor Sim added a clause reaffirming council's approach to public safety, described as upholding public order with compassion. Maloney and Rebecca Bligh voted against that clause, which carried.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the separate vote. In the same item, Maloney's amendment asking for more information on a Downtown Eastside community land trust's planned building purchase was lost.
Voted against the 2026 operating and capital budget
Council approved the 2026 operating and capital budget with Councillors Bligh, Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed. Earlier in the debate Maloney seconded two amendments by Sean Orr that would have redirected 8.279 million dollars in the budget for building and repairing City property: the first to reduce cuts to climate, arts, culture and community services, and the second to transport and accessibility work. Both were lost; on the second, Maloney abstained.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record each vote. Vision Zero Vancouver's review of 2025 says the budget was built on a 0 per cent property tax increase and that Maloney, Orr, Fry and Bligh opposed that direction.
Right turn on red motion referred to the Vision Zero plan work
Maloney moved a motion asking staff to explore and report back on restricting right turns on red lights at intersections with a pedestrian head start signal, where right turns cross a bike route, and at signals with high injury rates. Council referred it to staff, to be considered within the consultant work on the City's Vision Zero Action Plan.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Sean Orr, with 13 speakers in support and three opposed, and the referral as carried unanimously. Vision Zero Vancouver's review of 2025 lists the motion as passed, and its September 2026 report card describes it as delayed by the ABC majority.
Bike share motion replaced by a letter to TransLink
Maloney moved a motion asking staff for a Vancouver bike share growth strategy by early 2027 and asking the Mayor to urge TransLink to run a regional bike share system. The ABC majority replaced both clauses with a letter asking TransLink to explore a regional system, and the changed motion passed unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Sean Orr, with seven speakers in support.
Amendment for a False Creek flood task force defeated
Maloney moved to adopt the City's Coastal Flood Management Policy, then moved an amendment asking staff to report on setting up a task force of governments and agencies for the False Creek floodplain. The amendment was lost, with six ABC members opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record both motions as moved by Maloney.
Community centre earthquake readiness motion changed by the ABC majority
Maloney moved a motion asking staff for the cost of earthquake strengthening for community centres due for renewal, and for the cost of building five of them to stay usable after a disaster. ABC councillor Mike Klassen's amendment removed the second part and set the report for the first quarter of 2028. Maloney voted against the changed motion, which passed.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record each vote. The Georgia Straight reported that the opposition councillors did not vote for the amended version of her motion.
Maloney moved a motion asking staff to report on the cost and time needed for a website showing the economic and community value of Vancouver's arts and culture sector. Council referred it to staff for information, with Fry, Maloney and Orr opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
The official minutes record the motion as moved by Maloney and seconded by Sean Orr.
Opposed cancelling the last council meeting before the summer break
ABC councillor Brian Montague moved to cancel the July 29, 2026 committee meeting, which ended the chance to bring new motions before the summer. CBC News reports that Maloney, Sean Orr, Pete Fry and Rebecca Bligh opposed the change.
Scope, limits and sources
The ABC majority carried the change. Montague cited a staff memo asking for extra meeting time in July.
Announced by the party; official record not opened
Capital plan amendment to speed up a 50 metre pool
OneCity's answers to The West End Journal say Maloney moved an amendment to the City's capital plan to speed up a year-round 50 metre indoor swimming and diving pool by 2034.
Scope, limits and sources
The only sources found are OneCity's own words. The day in July 2026 and the vote were not read in the minutes, so the first of the month is recorded and the entry earns no record point.
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Statement
Announcement on restoring the living wage
Maloney set out the case for the City of Vancouver to be certified again as a Living Wage Employer, tying it to the cost of housing, food, transport and childcare, and asked whether city policy should help workers keep up with living costs.
CityNews interview on the end of the cooling kit program
Maloney told CityNews the city had quietly cut funding for a program that gave cooling kits to people at risk in hot weather, and said the change means the city would respond to heat emergencies rather than prepare for them.
In a text message to Business in Vancouver after the vote, Maloney said the plan had been given many chances to improve and that supporting it at council was the result, despite its flaws.
Maloney described both residents who feel unsafe and people living with addiction, and argued council should debate specific bylaws, enforcement, treatment requests and funding at once rather than put advisory questions on the ballot.
Maloney joined Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry and Sean Orr at a City Hall press conference asking Mayor Sim to denounce a Mandarin-language video by ABC councillor Lenny Zhou that made personal allegations against non-ABC councillors without naming anyone. The Tyee reports that the councillors planned a code of conduct complaint and that Zhou retracted the statement and removed the video that day.
The Georgia Straight reports that Maloney spoke first after an ABC amendment removed the commitment to restore a second sex work social planner position from Pete Fry's motion, and that she said she was disappointed with the amendment.
Request for a special council meeting on U.S. tariffs
Maloney asked the Mayor and council in writing to hold a special meeting on the new U.S. tariffs and published the motion she wanted debated. She said Vancouver has tools it can use now to help workers and businesses.
In OneCity's weekly update, Maloney wrote that she joined other local leaders at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in asking the Province for road safety changes and consistent e-scooter rules, and criticized the Mayor's account of street disorder at a meeting with provincial ministers.
Signed OneCity statement on the Vote Palestine pledge
Maloney is one of the eleven OneCity candidates who signed the party's answer to the Vote Palestine pledge. The statement condemns the genocide in Gaza, declines one part of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge and the external framework on anti-Palestinian racism, and commits to local and ethical City purchasing.
Quoted in OneCity's budget release, Maloney said the ABC budget delivered near zero for road safety, lifeguards and community infrastructure, and that residents should be able to read the City budget.
Answers to The West End Journal's election questions
The West End Journal printed OneCity's answers under Maloney's name. They support the proposed hotel at 2030 Barclay, back a broader aquatic centre with a 25 metre lap pool alongside a separate 50 metre pool by 2034, ask for as many mature trees as possible to be kept at Nelson Park, and call for province-wide e-scooter rules.
Maloney answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling's asks: 30 km/h local streets near schools, safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network. She wrote no comments. The answers carry no date, so this date is the day voche.me read them.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
CTV News
Vancouver councillor's bid to regulate new AI data centres fails
Report by Isabella Zavarise on the defeat of Maloney's data centre motion.
Vision Zero Vancouver: 2026 Vancouver Council in Review
A road safety advocacy group's review of the term. It credits Maloney with the transit snow clearing motion, the Car Free Day grant with Sean Orr, an attempt with Rebecca Bligh to protect road safety items from budget cuts, and the 15 million dollar road safety amendment.
Vision Zero Vancouver: 2025 Vancouver Council in Review
The group's review of 2025 credits Maloney with the Vision Zero plan motion, an amendment on Granville Street safety, a motion with Sean Orr supporting the UBC SkyTrain extension, and the right turn on red motion, all listed as passed, and a motion for car-free Halloween block parties that the ABC majority defeated. It gives no meeting dates.
How a motion about sex worker safety told the story about Vancouver's current City Council
An opinion column by editor Nathan Caddell on the May 20, 2026 committee meeting. It quotes Maloney's remarks on the sex worker safety amendment and says her earthquake preparedness motion was rewritten by the ABC majority.
The group's grades for every councillor on road safety votes over the term. It lists Maloney's road safety motions and says she voted on the side of road safety every time.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Council minutes on council.vancouver.ca refuse automated reads. Twelve sets were read through Internet Archive copies and are cited above; the Archive holds no copy of the minutes for the living wage vote (January 21, 2026), the snow clearing vote (February 2026), the FIFA human rights motion (April 1, 2026), the data centre vote (July 15, 2026), the capital plan amendments (July 2026) or the villages plan vote (July 28, 2026), so those entries still rest on reporting. Vision Zero Vancouver credits Maloney with three more 2025 motions (Granville Street safety, the UBC SkyTrain extension, and car-free Halloween block parties) but gives no dates, and no minutes for them were found, so they appear under news only. The 50 metre pool amendment is known only from OneCity's own words. Three CityHallWatch-reported votes still lack a date: the Jericho Lands plan, the multiplex review, and the Granville Street pedestrian pilot, whose mover differs between sources. OneCity published its full 2026 platform on its website by October 3, 2026; the platform pages name no candidate, so only releases that quote Maloney are counted as her own words. No court, regulator or election office finding about Maloney was found. Her campaign finance disclosure is not yet published. The Women Transforming Cities debate recording and the Mount Pleasant meeting were not watched or attended by voche.me, so nothing she said there is recorded.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: her OneCity candidate and news pages, OneCity's 2026 platform page, her VoteMate profile, the City's candidate list, twelve sets of official Council minutes read through the Internet Archive, the HUB Cycling and West End Journal questionnaires, and independent reporting on her Council record.
24 commitments are recorded here, 23 of them in her own words or in motions she moved. 27 dated actions from her Council record are recorded: 15 are checked against official Council minutes, 25 have at least one source outside her campaign, and 2 are known only from OneCity's own words.
Checks still to do: the minutes the Internet Archive does not hold, listed under research gaps, and the dates of three 2025 motions that Vision Zero Vancouver lists without a date.
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 unless the entry says so.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Current term
Vancouver city councillor
The official roster lists Lucy Maloney in this office during the term that ends with the 2026 election. She was elected in the April 5, 2025 by-election. Her votes and motions from the Council minutes voche.me could read are listed in the council record below.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which road-safety changes since your election have been funded and completed?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Lucy Maloney's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Lucy Maloney do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Lucy Maloney was elected to City Council with 63,143 votes, 6th of 56 in the preliminary count. The City of Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Lucy Maloney?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Lucy Maloney's own campaign.
What is Lucy Maloney's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Lucy Maloney is number 131 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Lucy Maloney run with?
Lucy Maloney ran for City Council with OneCity.
Does Lucy Maloney currently hold public office?
Yes. Lucy Maloney currently serves as Vancouver city councillor.
How many sources does this Lucy Maloney profile cite?
This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Lucy Maloney filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Lucy Maloney. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Lucy Maloney's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Lucy Maloney in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Lucy Maloney ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
OneCity link moved to the party's candidates page
OneCity's old candidate page for this candidate (onecityvancouver.ca/people/lucy-maloney) returned HTTP 404 on October 4, 2026. The party's candidates page, read that day, carries the same paragraph and the same portrait file, so the links, the portrait credit and the commitments that cited the old page now point to the candidates page. The old page stays in the source list, marked as no longer answering.
Council minutes, new campaign material and new reporting added
Twelve sets of official Council minutes were read through Internet Archive copies, because the City's site refuses automated reads. They confirm the July 9, 2025 Vision Zero vote, which this page had described as known only from OneCity's releases, and they give exact dates for two actions that were recorded on the first of the month: the council attendance motion moves from February 1 to February 25, 2026, and the Car Free Days grant from March 1 to March 10, 2026. New entries: twelve council actions, ten of them from the minutes, the HUB Cycling survey answers, the West End Journal questionnaire answers, the September 2026 tariff request, the OneCity budget plan, and reporting from The Tyee, the Georgia Straight, CBC News, Business Examiner and Vision Zero Vancouver. Four figures that this page had introduced with the word about (the CityHallWatch voting share, the living wage gap, the plebiscite cost and the size of ABC's market rental proposal) now give the figure as the source states it. The September 23, 2026 Mount Pleasant all-candidates meeting was removed from the calendar: the organiser's page named her before the event, but no source read on October 3 shows that she took part.
Removed duplicate re-election commitments
The dossier listed the same re-election sentence about affordable housing, safer streets, climate action and infrastructure twice: once split into four single-topic commitments and once as two commitments that each covered two topics. The site tags one topic per commitment, so the two combined duplicates (affordable-housing-and-safer-streets, climate-action-and-infrastructure) were removed. The four single-topic commitments stay and are now tagged and quoted.
