Resolution 16237 CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 16237
RECOGNIZING TRISH HERRERA SPENCER 'S FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE
ON THE ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, Trish Herrera Spencer grew up in South Gate, California and
graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where she earned a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Sociology and Western State University College of Law where she earned her
Juris Doctorate. Trish and her husband raised their four daughters in Alameda, and she
is a long-time Alameda renter, proud U.S. Coast Guard Mom and proud grandmother;
and
WHEREAS, Trish Herrera Spencer served on the Alameda City Council from 2020
to 2024, and as Mayor of Alameda from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first Hispanic Mayor
and City Councilwoman in the City's history; and
WHEREAS, Trish also served as an Alameda Unified School District Board
Member from 2008 to 2014, PTA Council President, PTA member, Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT) Member, and Girl Scout Leader; and
WHEREAS, as a City Councilmember, Trish Herrera Spencer represented
Alameda on the City of Alameda/East Bay Regional Parks District liaison committee and
as Co-Chair of the Oakland Airport Noise Management Forum which was created to
address community concerns regarding noise from Oakland International Airport; and
WHEREAS, City Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer joined her Council
colleagues in prioritizing public safety, supporting a fully staffed Alameda Police
Department (APD), and providing APD with effective technology, including license plate
readers (LPRs) mounted on police cars and fixed LPRs at the City's portals; and
WHEREAS, Trish also joined her Council colleagues who, in July 2021, voted to
create the CARE Team (Community Assessment Response & Engagement), Alameda's
well-regarded alternative crisis intervention program; and
WHEREAS, during her time as an elected City official, Trish Herrera Spencer
staunchly supported local organizations, including the Alameda Architectural
Preservation Society, Alameda Boys and Girls Club, Alameda Island Poets, Alameda
Legacy Home Tour, Alameda Museum, Alameda Naval Air Museum, Alameda Sister City
Association, Bohol Circle, Boy Scouts, Building Futures, Friends of the Alameda Animal
Shelter, Friends of the Alameda Library, Island City Opera, Kiwanis, Mastick Senior
Center, Meals on Wheels, Midway Shelter, Relay for Life, Rotary, Rythmix, and the Wild
Oyster Project, and was a proponent of free public Wi-Fi throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, Trish always enjoyed participating in the annual Mayor's 4th of July
Parade and 5k benefit run for Midway Shelter that preceded the parade; and
WHEREAS, Trish Herrera Spencer spent countless hours listening to community
members, helping to solve their problems, and working to make Alameda a wonderful
place to live, work, and play, attend school, raise a family, run a business, and retire.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Alameda City Council and City
staff thank Trish Herrera Spencer for her eight years of service on the Alameda City
Council, including four years as Mayor, and wish her well in all her future endeavors.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled
on the 17th day of December 2024, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Jensen, Vella
and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft— 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 18th day of December 2024.
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Lara Weisiger, City Cterk
City of Alameda
Approved as to form:
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