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EmeryvilleCA averageUS Census ACS
Population
12,756
Per-capita income
$93,433
Median home value
$598,300
Bachelor's or higher
75%
Typical home value $433,886 -7.7% yr/yr · -26.7% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
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👤 Members & officials (10)
Members seen in recent official meeting records — names and roles as published.
Who’s on the City Council
Who’s on the City of Emeryville as Successor Agency to the Emeryville Redevelopment Agency
Who’s on the Special Closed Session

Municipal budget

US Census Annual Survey of Local Government Finances
Total revenue$99.7M (FY2023)
Total spending$156.9M (FY2023)
Taxes$54.8M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$53.4M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$12,195 (FY2023)

Development activity

Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20255 housing units ($1.0M)
🗳️ Election results (2 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Courtney Welch ✓ 2,559 · Sukhdeep Kaur ✓ 2,265 · Matthew Solomon ✓ 2,057 · Mia Esperanza Brown 1,829 · Sam Gould 1,318 · Calvin Dillahunty 915
City Council 2022-11-08
Kalimah Priforce ✓ 1,583 · David Mourra ✓ 1,223 · Brooke Westling 1,056 · Sukhdeep Kaur 1,043 · Eugene Tssui 820
🗳️ Ballot measures (1)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure O
2022-11-08 · Passed — 2,549 yes / 1,027 no

Recent meetings

Tue Nov 4, 2025 · 7:15 PM

City of Emeryville as Successor Agency to the Emeryville Redevelopment Agency

Approve action minutes from the Oct. 21, 2025 meeting

The City of Emeryville Successor Agency will hold a regular meeting on Nov. 4, 2025 to adopt the agenda, hear public comment, consider ex parte communications, and approve the consent calendar. The meeting will also adopt the action minutes (ID-2025-342) from the Oct. 21, 2025 meeting. No separate discussion is scheduled unless good cause is shown.

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Council Chambers
📹 From the video · 16m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
The time is 7:38 this is a special or this is a regular meeting of the city of Emeryville as successor agency to the Emeryville redevelopment agency. Madam clerk I'd like to note that all members are still seated from the previous meeting. Now is the time to approve the final agenda do we have a motion. Agenda. Madam clerk the role. Councilmember Marber Pryfors: Aye. Councilmember Salomon: Aye. Councilmember Welch: Aye. Vice Mayor Carr: Aye. Mayor Mora: Aye. Motion carries. Now is the time for ex parte communications. Members do you have any ex parte communications to report? Seeing and hearing none now is the time for public comment for the consent agenda or items not on the agenda. If there are any members of the public who would like to comment on the consent agenda or items on the agenda, you can come to the podium. You'll have two minutes. Welcome. Member Pryfors: And this is for the regular meeting or not the successor? This is for the successor agency. Okay, so then we're going to adjourn and then have a regular meeting. That's correct. Okay, so I would just recommend that those who would like their comments heard wait until we're done with this. And then the regular meeting. Councilmember Salomon: You're also free to comment now. Pro ceed. Councilmember Salomon: Good evening, Mayor and Council. My name is Empress, a lifelong Emeryville native, a proud alum of Annie Yates and Emeryville Child Development Center with summers spent at the Emeryville pool. Councilmember S …
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📄 From the agenda
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City of Emeryville as Successor Agency to the Emeryville Redevelopment Agency AGENDA Emeryville City Hall 1333 Park Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 (510) 596-4300 phone (510) 450-7831 fax www.emeryville.org CITY OF EMERYVILLE Members: Chair David Mourra Vice Chair Sukhdeep Kaur Agency Member Kalimah A. Priforce Agency Member Matthew Solomon Agency Member Courtney Welch Council Chambers7:15 PMTuesday, November 4, 2025 This meeting is being conducted in-person at 1333 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California Please note the following change to the City ’s public comment procedures: Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, remote public comment will not be accepted. Public comment may be provided in -person or via email, as set forth below. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person. Public comment for Council agenda items can be submitted online via our written comment card at www.emeryville.org/citycouncil. Written comments can also be submitted by email to [email protected] or to the City Clerk at city_clerk@emeryville .org. If you would like to support, oppose, or otherwise comment on an upcoming agenda item, please send in your comments prior to the meeting. The link below allows public viewing of the meeting (no public comment via Zoom): Please click the link below to j …
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🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
APPROVAL OF FINAL AGENDA — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
CONSENT CALENDAR — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
ID-2025-342 — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
Tue Nov 4, 2025 · 7:16 PM

City Council

City Council to consider noise waivers and maintenance contract amendments

The Emeryville City Council will consider waiving noise ordinance restrictions for street paving work and amending a facility maintenance contract. The meeting will also include the approval of prior council meeting minutes.

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Council Chambers
📹 From the video · 48m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
The time is 7:16 this is a regular meeting of the emery ville city council. Madam clerk I'd like to note that. Madam clerk the role please. Council member Pryfors. Council member Solomon. Council member Welch. Vice mayor Carr. Mayor Mora. Mayor Mora. Thank you. Members do have a motion to approve the final agenda. Madam clerk the role. Council member Pryfors. Council member Solomon. Council member Welch. Vice mayor Carr. Mayor Mora. Motion carries. We have no special orders of the day. Are there any announcement of commission or committee vacancies? Mayor Mora. I don't have any report this evening, Mary. Thank you. Next we have council members special announcements or meet reports on meeting attendance. Members anything to report? I can vice mayor. Oh, thank you, mayor. Mayor Mora. It this is well sort of a meeting attendance. So happy to say that the tree planting occurred earlier. In a year at the end of October and council member Solomon was present along with the public works, the department. And some of whom are here. It was a very, as you may know, very looked forward event by many in the community. So I am happy to say that went well and grateful to the staff for making it happen. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. next we have the city managers report thank you mayor nothing to report this evening and now ex parte communications members do you have any ex parte communications to report uh member pri force uh just the emails that we all received about the noise …
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📄 From the agenda
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City Council AGENDA Emeryville City Hall 1333 Park Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 (510) 596-4300 phone (510) 450-7831 fax www.emeryville.org CITY OF EMERYVILLE --AMENDED-- Members: Mayor David Mourra Vice Mayor Sukhdeep Kaur Council Member Kalimah A. Priforce Council Member Matthew Solomon Council Member Courtney Welch Council Chambers7:16 PMTuesday, November 4, 2025 This meeting is being conducted in-person at 1333 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California Please note the following change to the City ’s public comment procedures: Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, remote public comment will not be accepted. Public comment may be provided in -person or via email, as set forth below. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person. Public comment for Council agenda items can be submitted online via our written comment card at www.emeryville.org/citycouncil. Written comments can also be submitted by email to [email protected] or to the City Clerk at city_clerk@emeryville .org. If you would like to support, oppose, or otherwise comment on an upcoming agenda item, please send in your comments prior to the meeting. The link below allows public viewing of the meeting (no public comment via Zoom): Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://emeryville-org.zoom.us/j/8 …
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🗳️ How they voted (8 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
APPROVAL OF FINAL AGENDA — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
CONSENT ITEMS — Approved the Consent Agenda
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
ID-2025-317 — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
ID-2025-325 — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
ID-2025-343 — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
ID-2025-344 — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
ID-2025-345 — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
ID-2025-347 — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
Tue Nov 4, 2025 · 6:15 PM

City Council

Study session on potential revenue measures for 2026

The City Council will hold a special study session to discuss potential revenue measures for 2026. The agenda includes staff reports on a business license study and a special tax analysis. No formal action is expected; this is a discussion-only item.

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Council Chambers
📹 From the video · 1h 21m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
The time is 6:16 this is a special session for the Emery ville City Council, Madam Clerk the role. Councilmember Pryforce? Here. Councilmember Solomon? Here. Councilmember Welch? Here. Vice Mayor Carr? Present. And Mayor Mora? Here. Members, do we have a motion to approve the final agenda? Second. Madam Clerk we have a motion and a second. Please call the role. Councilmember Pryforce? Aye. Councilmember Solomon? Aye. Councilmember Welch? Aye. Vice Mayor Carr? Aye. Mayor Mora? Aye. Next we have ex parte communications. Members, do you have any ex parte communications to report? Seeing and hearing none, we'll now move to public comment for items not on the agenda. Do we have any public comment for items not on the agenda? Seeing no members of the public in the room, we will close that item and move on to item 6, 6.1, our study session on revenue measures for 2026. Good evening, Mayor and Councilmembers. Sharon Fredrickson, Finance Director. I have with me Brian Mora with RGS. And on Zoom we have Eric Myers with HDL to help answer any technical questions on business license. We may also be joined by Sarah Mairs for NBS as well. Next slide please. This evening we'll start with a little bit of context in terms of why this item is on the study session. We'll then go into discussion of several revenue options and then return for discussion and preliminary direction from Council. Again, the intent is to receive initial direction on a possible placement of a revenue measure or measure …
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📄 From the agenda
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City Council AGENDA Emeryville City Hall 1333 Park Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 (510) 596-4300 phone (510) 450-7831 fax www.emeryville.org CITY OF EMERYVILLE --AMENDED-- Special Study Session Members: Mayor David Mourra Vice Mayor Sukhdeep Kaur Council Member Kalimah A. Priforce Council Member Matthew Solomon Council Member Courtney Welch Council Chambers6:15 PMTuesday, November 4, 2025 This meeting is being conducted in-person at 1333 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California Please note the following change to the City ’s public comment procedures: Unless a Councilmember is participating in the meeting remotely pursuant to AB 2449, remote public comment will not be accepted. Public comment may be provided in -person or via email, as set forth below. Members of the public desiring to provide comments as a part of the meeting are encouraged to either submit written comments by 3:00 p.m. prior to the meeting or to attend the meeting in person. Public comment for Council agenda items can be submitted online via our written comment card at www.emeryville.org/citycouncil. Written comments can also be submitted by email to [email protected] or to the City Clerk at city_clerk@emeryville .org. If you would like to support, oppose, or otherwise comment on an upcoming agenda item, please send in your comments prior to the meeting. The link below allows public viewing of the meeting (no public comment via Zoom): Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://emer …
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🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
APPROVAL OF FINAL AGENDA — approve
5 yea
David Mourra yea · Sukhdeep Kaur yea · Kalimah A. Priforce yea · Matthew Solomon yea · Courtney Welch yea
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$12.3MBERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC
Federal Trade Commission · EXPERT SERVICES
$10.0MKRAUS HAMDANI AEROSPACE, INC.
Department of Defense · DELIVERY ORDER 02
$10.0MKRAUS HAMDANI AEROSPACE, INC.
Department of Defense · DELIVERY ORDER 03
$9.9MGRITSTONE BIO, INC.
Department of Health and Human Services · DEVELOPING A NEXT-GENERATION VACCINE THAT DRIVES (A) MORE DURABLE AND
$6.4MBERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC
Department of Justice · EXPERT WITNESS
$6.0MBERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC
Federal Trade Commission · EXPERT SERVICES
$5.4MBERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC
Department of Justice · EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES
$4.4MREACH POWER, INC.
Department of Defense · NETWORKED OPTIMIZATION OF DISAGGREGATE RADIATIVE WIRELESS POWER NODS F
$4.0MBERKELEY RESEARCH GROUP, LLC
Department of Justice · EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES
$3.7MGRIFOLS DIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS INC.
Department of Health and Human Services · IGF::OT::IGF HOLOGIC - THE BASE PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT WILL SUPPORT DE

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Alameda County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (2024)
Business establishments42,318 (749,124 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,682/mo (248 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy21.0% (low numeracy 28% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

7,326
Recorded votes
$99.7M
Annual budget
$53.4M
Debt outstanding
283
Employees on payroll
5
Permitted housing units

The money — in

source: Census gov-finance & state comptroller

Budget

Revenue$99.7M
Spending$156.9M
Operating spending ran ahead of revenue this year.

Debt load MODERATE

Outstanding debt$53.4M
Debt-to-revenue0.54×
Debt-load index65 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.

The money — out

source: city procurement & payroll

Who the city actually cuts checks to.

283 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.480
All kids
0.445
Black kids
0.326

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Where it’s happening

geocoded land-use decisions
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Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.

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