THE MILLBRAE CIVIC GUIDE
How the city works—and where your voice enters.
Millbrae’s public decisions move through elected policy-makers, appointed administration, departments, commissions, meetings, and records. This guide connects those pieces so a resident can find the right door.
Checked against City sources: August 21, 2026. This snapshot follows the City Council page and the City’s May 2026 resignation notice; the County LAFCO profile still shows the pre-resignation District 3 lineup, so it is not used for current officeholder status.
The basic structure
Council sets policy. The City Manager runs the organization.
Millbrae uses a Council–Manager form of government. The five-member City Council is the legislative body: it adopts ordinances and resolutions, approves the budget, sets priorities, and makes final decisions on major city matters. The City Manager carries out those policies and oversees day-to-day municipal operations.
Five district-elected members share equal voting power on Council items. The Council annually chooses a mayor and vice mayor from among its members.
Read the official Council page ↗The administrative leader implements Council priorities, manages city operations and resources, and works with department heads.
See the City departments ↗Current council
Who represents the districts?
Names and assignments are time-sensitive. This snapshot follows the City’s current Council page; verify before contacting an officeholder. The City’s May 2026 notice records the District 3 resignation ↗
MAYOR · DISTRICT 1
Stephen Rainaldi
Mayor and District 1 representative.
Verify on the City Council page ↗VICE MAYOR · DISTRICT 5
Anders Fung
Vice Mayor and District 5 representative.
Verify on the City Council page ↗DISTRICT 2
Sissy Riley
Councilmember representing District 2.
Verify on the City Council page ↗DISTRICT 4
Bob Nguyen
Councilmember representing District 4.
Verify on the City Council page ↗DISTRICT 3
Vacant on the cited City page
The City’s Council page currently shows District 3 as vacant. Check the source for any appointment or election update.
Check current status ↗CONTACT
Reach the Council through the City Clerk.
Correspondence may become a public record. The City lists the City Clerk as the contact path for Council correspondence.
See contact instructions ↗Where residents participate
There is more than one civic doorway.
Check the City calendar and agenda center. Read the staff report or attached documents before deciding what question you want answered.
Attend a Council, commission, or committee meeting and follow the City’s public-comment instructions. Accessibility and language assistance can be arranged through the City Clerk.
Use Millbrae Works for non-emergency service requests, the public-records pathway for documents, and department contacts for operational questions.
Planning, parks and recreation, cultural arts, youth, senior, economic-development, and oversight committees let residents contribute subject-matter experience.
Match the question to the owner
Start with the office that can act.
Millbrae works with regional and contracted partners for some services. The City’s department directory is the authority for current ownership and contact details.
Primary sources: City departments · City Clerk services · City government.
Keep exploring
Government is one layer of Millbrae’s story.
Read the civic events and news desk for live agendas, events, news, and community sources; use the planning and growth guide for the documents shaping change; or return to Explore Millbrae for the full knowledge map.
