How does L Dominato actually vote?
A look at how Councillor L Dominato has voted across every council meeting the city has published — and what those votes are about.
Pushes back on Budget & fees and By-laws & admin
Councillor L Dominato most often votes against motions that still passed on Budget & fees, By-laws & admin and Housing & rezoning — 44× on budget & fees alone.
Budget & fees 44×By-laws & admin 24×Housing & rezoning 22×
Lisa Dominato
What they care about
Lisa Dominato: pushes back on budgets, fees and taxes (44× against motions that still passed) · backs streets and transit changes (votes yes 91% vs the council's 82.5%).
Their push-back has been steady across their time on council.
What they're for
Streets & transit
backs streets and transit changes
91% yes
Public safety
backs public-safety measures
86% yes
What they push back on
Budget & feessteady
pushes back on budgets, fees and taxes
44×
By-laws & adminsteady
challenges by-law and administrative motions
24×
Housing & rezoningsteady
opposes densification and rezonings
22×
Public safetysteady
disagrees with public-safety measures
7×
"Push back on" counts no-votes on motions that still carried; "% yes" compares their in-favour rate to the council-wide average on that issue. Full vote-by-vote record below.
1The story
In plain terms: across 5,306 recorded votes, 91% were in favour and 8% in opposition. Their disagreements cluster around Budget & fees, By-laws & admin and Housing & rezoning (162 dissents total), while they've backed carried motions on 5113 occasions. They attended 128 of the 128 full council meetings in the records (100%).
2What they vote on
150
times against a motion that still passed
3025
motions they helped carry (by issue)
100%
council attendance (128/128)
Where they push back
Issues where they voted against a motion that was still carried — their most consistent disagreements. Each motion links to the City's published agenda. Don't know what a motion type means? See Motions, explained →
Budget & fees44×
2021 Capital and Operating Budget - E and Eb (later reconsidered)
Operating Budget: The city's annual spending plan — how much money goes to each department and service for the coming year.
2021 Capital and Operating Budget - Final A
Operating Budget: The city's annual spending plan — how much money goes to each department and service for the coming year.
2021 Capital and Operating Budget - Strike B, Amend E
Operating Budget: The city's annual spending plan — how much money goes to each department and service for the coming year.
By-laws & admin24×
2. Amendments to the Procedure By-law No. 9756 -motion as amended
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Oct 23, 2019
2. Amendments to the Procedure By-law No. 9756 - vote reconsidered
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Oct 23, 2019
2. Amendments to the Procedure By-law No. 9756 - amendment as amended
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Oct 23, 2019
Housing & rezoning22×
2. CD-1 Rezoning: 2246-2268 East Broadway - Reconsidered
CD-1 Rezoning: A request to change the zoning rules for specific properties so they can be built taller or denser than current rules allow. If approved, new buildings at those addresses become legal.
CD-1 Rezoning: 3084 West 4th Avenue and 2010 Balaclava Street - amendment to the amendment
CD-1 Rezoning: A request to change the zoning rules for specific properties so they can be built taller or denser than current rules allow. If approved, new buildings at those addresses become legal.
Voted Jan 20, 2021
RR8 - Amendment to Downtown ODP - Area K3 (Granville Street) - A
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Public safety7×
Motion B3 - Standing Up to the Rise in Anti-Asian Racism, All Racism & Hate Crimes - Refer…
Full motion text
Motion B3 - Standing Up to the Rise in Anti-Asian Racism, All Racism & Hate Crimes - Referral
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
R2. Vancouver Police Board 2022 Budget Increase - C to E
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
R2. Vancouver Police Board 2022 Budget Increase - Amended Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Environment6×
R3. Vancouver's Next Climate Plans - Amended language in A
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 23, 2024
R3. Vancouver's Next Climate Plans - Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 23, 2024
1. Climate Emergency Response (Referral to April 29 at 6pm)
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Apr 24, 2019
Streets & transit3×
7. Prioritizing Commercial Drive as a Pedestrian-First High Street - reconsidered
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted May 27, 2021
5. Contract Award for the Provision of Parking Meter Equipment
Contract Award: The city formally hiring a company to do work or supply something, usually after a competitive bid process.
Voted Jul 21, 2021
3. Preserving Bus Ridership During COVID and Beyond (Member’s Motion B.1) - final vote o…
Full motion text
3. Preserving Bus Ridership During COVID and Beyond (Member’s Motion B.1) - final vote on C
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Apr 14, 2021
What they've pushed through
Issues where they voted in favour of motions that carried — the work they backed into law.
Housing & rezoning1487×
6e. REZONING: 6908-6968 Ash Street and 575 West 54th Avenue
CD-1 Rezoning: A request to change the zoning rules for specific properties so they can be built taller or denser than current rules allow. If approved, new buildings at those addresses become legal.
Voted Jul 11, 2019
6a. REZONING: 749-815 West 49th Avenue
CD-1 Rezoning: A request to change the zoning rules for specific properties so they can be built taller or denser than current rules allow. If approved, new buildings at those addresses become legal.
Voted Jul 11, 2019
CD-1 Text Amendment: 4500 Oak Street (Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Co…
Full motion text
CD-1 Text Amendment: 4500 Oak Street (Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia)
Text Amendment: A small edit to an existing city bylaw or document — often procedural, but sometimes it changes a rule in a meaningful way. The detail is in the wording.
By-laws & admin692×
RR1 A City-wide Plan for Vancouver: Report Back on General Planning and Engagement Process
Report Back: Staff presenting findings or progress on something. Usually no money or new policy is attached — it's information, not a decision.
Voted Jul 16, 2019
A8 New Edition of the Building By-law (2019 Vancouver Building By-Law)
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Jul 16, 2019
A6 Updates to On-Street Car Sharing Parking Policy
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 17, 2019
Budget & fees508×
2. 2020-2024 Budget Outlook
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 10, 2019
1. Presentation - Small Business Assessment and Taxation Update
Property Taxation: Setting or adjusting property tax rates — the amount homeowners and businesses pay based on their property's assessed value.
Voted Jul 10, 2019
3. 2020 Licence Fee Increase
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Sep 11, 2019
Environment155×
Travel Approval Request – 2019 World Congress on Climate Change – September 23 28, 201…
Full motion text
Travel Approval Request – 2019 World Congress on Climate Change – September 23 28, 2019 Berlin, Germany
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
15. City Support for the September 2019 Global General Strike for Climate Amendment to the…
Full motion text
15. City Support for the September 2019 Global General Strike for Climate Amendment to the Amendment
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Sep 11, 2019
R1d Non-Market Housing Climate Resilient Retrofit Grant
Grants & Funding: The city giving money to an organization, program, or community project.
Streets & transit113×
A7 Dissolution of the South Fraser Street Collective Parking Project
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 17, 2019
A6 Updates to On-Street Car Sharing Parking Policy
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jul 17, 2019
4. 5805 Wales Street: Amendment to Parking By-law
By-law: A formal city rule. Adopting or amending a by-law creates or changes a binding regulation (parking, noise, development standards, etc.).
Voted Sep 11, 2019
Public safety70×
B.3 Deterring and Preventing Money Laundering and the Business of Organized Crime in the C…
Full motion text
B.3 Deterring and Preventing Money Laundering and the Business of Organized Crime in the City of Vancouver - referral motion
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
5. Deterring & Preventing Money Laundering & Organized Crime - Referred
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jan 16, 2019
Blinded by the Light: Improving Public Safety by Looking at Headlight Glare - Final Motion
Other motion: A council motion that doesn't fit a standard category. The agenda text has the detail.
Voted Jan 21, 2026
How they split all their votes
In Favour 91%In Opposition 8%Abstain 1%
3The fine print
Affiliation: ABC Vancouver. Party affiliation is sourced from Wikipedia's council roster; the City of Vancouver's own pages are deliberately party-neutral. Councillors are elected at-large (Vancouver has no wards).
How we calculated this
We pulled every council vote the City of Vancouver has published (over 80,000 records) and counted this member's. 'Dissent' means they voted In Opposition to a motion that was still carried — i.e. they went against the final outcome. Attendance is measured against full Council meetings (not committee meetings). Issue categories are assigned by matching keywords in the official agenda text (e.g. 'rezoning', 'housing', 'budget') — a transparent, auditable rule set, not AI. This is our own tally of public records.
City of Vancouver open data — Council Voting Records · as of 2026-09-01 · Vancouver Council Watch — an independent look at how local leaders actually vote.