Anthony Phan

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Anthony "Ngọc Trí" Phan
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Councilmember, City of Milpitas
Assumed office
December 2016
Personal details
Born (1993-11-27) November 27, 1993 (age 28)
San Jose, California
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceMilpitas, California
OccupationPolitician

Anthony "Ngọc Trí" Phan (born November 27, 1993) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Milpitas City Council.[1] Elected at the age of 22,[2] he is one of the youngest elected officials in the US.

Public service background[]

In 2013, Phan was unanimously appointed by the San Jose City Council to oversee the city's public library system as a member of the Library and Early Education Commission.

Milpitas City Council[]

Phan later moved to Milpitas, and in 2016 sought and won a seat on city council.

In June 2017, the California Fair Political Practices Commission confirmed it was investigating allegations that Phan had improperly reported campaign contributions and loans.[3]

In February, 2018, Phan rebuked the city's planning director Bradley Misner during a live council meeting. While discussing a council item pertaining to a study of retail spaces in Milpitas’ midtown area, Misner told the council that conducting the study would require “strategy and coordination” between his own department and the city’s economic development department. Phan expressed that he had “no confidence” in Misner’s ability to accomplish said coordination, warning Misner: “The next time that we’ll be having a conversation about coordination or strategy, [it] will be agendized as a public employee performance evaluation.” After City Attorney Chris Diaz then pointed out to the council that the only employees the council has hiring and firing authority over are the city attorney and city manager, Phan responded, "I don't care." Following comments from the acting city manager Dianne Thompson, Phan replied, “I don’t care what position is listed for the public employee performance evaluation. If it is for the city manager, I will agendize it as such.” [4]

On March 6, Milpitas resident Joseph Weinstein approached the dais during public forum to offer comments on Councilmember Phan’s threats to review the performance of the city’s planning director. In his remarks, Weinstein criticized Phan's actions, stating, "Council has no authority to discipline [or] influence city staff, except by working through the city manager, and then only by the majority vote of the council." During Weinstein's public remarks, Phan produced a bag of popcorn from beneath the dais and began eating from it. Phan then interrupted the public remarks to tell Weinstein to look at him, at which point Milpitas Mayor Tran called the meeting into recess.[5]

In November, 2018, Phan was linked to an anonymous political attack mailer against Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran associating Tran with the communist government of Vietnam.[6][7]

Electoral history[]

Councilmember, City of Milpitas, General Election 2016
Candidate Votes %
Jennifer Strohfus 4,506 14.49
Bob Nunez 7,465 24.00
Gwan Alisantosa 3,207 10.31
Anthony Phan 6,480 20.83
Evelyn Chua 5,787 18.60
Mark Tiernan 3,663 11.78

References[]

  1. ^ Mohammed, Aliyah (December 8, 2016). "Milpitas: New council, school board to be sworn in on Dec. 13". Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Mohammed, Aliyah (December 14, 2016). "Milpitas: Richard Tran sworn in as mayor". Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Mohammed, Aliyah (June 23, 2017). "Milpitas: FPPC is investigating Councilman's election contributions and loans". Mercury News. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  4. ^ Gendreau, Henri (18 February 2019). "Councilmember expresses 'no confidence' in Milpitas planning director". Bay Area News Group. Mercury News. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. ^ "City Council March 6, 2018 Webcast". City of Milpitas. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. ^ Wadsworth, Jennifer (5 November 2018). "Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran Condemns Malicious Ad Linking Him to Communist Vietnam". Metro Silicon Valley. San Jose Inside. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  7. ^ Geha, Joseph (20 December 2018). "Milpitas: Councilmember Phan apologizes to Mayor Tran for mailer implying he is a communist". Bay Area News Group. Milpitas Post. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
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