Orinda City Council

Brandyn Iverson

Mayor, Orinda City Council.

19 of 26meetings heard, of those they sat in and didn't chair (they chaired 17)

3.8–6.6minutes speaking per meeting seated, not counting meetings they ran: named, to named plus their share of unnamed speech

7clips

—Not ranked yet: much of what members say isn't matched to a person yet, so these minutes are floors

2.7questions asked per meeting where we named them (33 meetings)

Source: the body's own roster page, read Oct 8, 2026.

How we know

'Named' counts meetings where our voice check put this member's name on their speech. It is not attendance: a member can attend and not speak, or speak in a stretch we couldn't name. More on how we count

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What Brandyn Iverson said

I am not sure I know when we say we have to have affordable units, say the 10%, is that moderate? Low income? What exact below market standard is being applied?Brandyn IversonMayor · Orinda City Council · May 19, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:11:20
I have one other just very minor addition to that list, and maybe that's with the Affordable Housing Subcommittee, to look at how other jurisdictions have dealt with the comparability issue in the state. State density bonus, because I gotta believe that's happening in jurisdictions with much larger projects and at a more troubling scale.Brandyn IversonMayor · Orinda City Council · May 19, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:45:53
I feel like that should have been in the presentation. So it's actually less than 10% if it's very low, it's more than 10% if it's moderate, it's 10% if it's all low income?Brandyn IversonMayor · Orinda City Council · May 19, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:12:05
I wholeheartedly agree with Vice Mayor G's approach. Um, one thing that nobody's mentioned is that we have already approved this exact ordinance. So if we were to take a different tack, we would have to have a very strong justification. Um, and so I was very mindful of that coming into this, that it's not A new question.Brandyn IversonMayor · Orinda City Council · Jan 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:50:43
I have one, and not sure how— what you're going to think about it, but the no left turn on Ivy has been out there for years. It was supposed to be— we were supposed to be talking about it more back in October.Brandyn IversonMayor · Orinda City Council · Jan 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:27:05
If you could please refresh my memory. I know you've, um, we have been told this before, but, uh, I get confused every time I am told that each ordinance that needs to be adopted to be compliant by January 2026 is a discretionary decision.Brandyn IversonCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Oct 9, 2024Watch the full meeting from 1:21:53