Orinda City Council
Cara Hoxie
Councilmember, Orinda City Council, since Dec 17, 2024.
32 of 39meetings heard, of those they sat in
3.4–6.4minutes 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
3.7questions asked per meeting where we named them (32 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
Clips
What Cara Hoxie said
My question is, the budget looks like it's less than the previous year by almost $20,000. And I'm wondering why, when all other costs in the world seem to be going up and this is a really important service that we need to provide, why are we spending less money on this item?Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Jun 16, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:00:26
What if we asked the subcommittee to look at specific questions? Like the 10 to 15%, whether to include single-family home, or the costs that were being used in the study actually realistic market costs, maybe with some input from developers, the in-lieu fee, and you know things like that.
Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Jan 20, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:47:58The Orinda Grove project that was built in Orinda in 2015 or so had 8 units in it that were for teachers. What percentage of that project was that? Do you happen to know?
Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Jan 20, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:11:03Why do you think that the market forecast has changed so much since when Orinda Grove was built, which was obviously feasible to have more than 10% affordable at that time?
Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Jan 20, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:14:30I'm unclear as to how we came to the 11 or more units as opposed to the 8 that I think it was Lafayette and some other jurisdictions had picked.
Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Jan 20, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:13:09One of the concerns in our community is underage drinking. Can you talk about what steps you would take to prevent underage purchase of alcohol at the convenience store?
Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Jan 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:10:58My understanding is we do not collect an impact fee for private roads in Orinda.
Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Dec 16, 2025Watch the full meeting from 50:10
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