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Cupertino council unanimously elects Kitty Moore mayor and Lianne Fang Chow vice mayor after contentious public comment
Summary
After an hour of public comment both supporting and criticizing Councilmember Ray Wong, the Cupertino City Council unanimously elected Kitty Moore as mayor and Lianne Fang Chow as vice mayor. Wong apologized on the record for leaving a Dec. 2 meeting that critics said he disrupted.
Kitty Moore was sworn in as mayor of Cupertino on Thursday after the City Council voted unanimously to elevate Moore and to name former mayor Lianne Fang Chow as vice mayor.
The vote followed roughly 40 minutes of public comment during which dozens of speakers praised the outgoing leadership but were sharply divided over whether Councilmember Ray Wong should be elevated to vice mayor. Supporters described Wong as a resident-focused councilmember who "shows up" for neighborhood events and mayor's chats. Opponents accused him of improperly ending a Dec. 2 meeting and called his later apology “not believable.”
Councilmember Wong addressed the council before the vote and offered a direct apology for his actions during the Dec. 2 meeting. “I want to sincerely apologize for leaving the Zoom meeting on…
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