Meet Lucy Maloney: OneCity's Council By-election Candidate

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Downtown Vancouver is Lucy Maloney’s chosen home.

After earning a law degree and an MBA, and building a career in both the public and private sector, Lucy decided to focus on raising her family. They settled in a rental home in the West End, two minutes from her children’s public school. After they were forced to move due to renovations, she and her kids started to bike to school. And that experience taught them that not everyone's housing is stable, and not everyone's commutes are safe.

So she started to advocate for safe routes to school for her kids, and kids across Vancouver. First as the Chair of the Lord Roberts PAC, then as an advocate with the Vancouver DPAC - and finally as a fighter for safe streets with Vision Zero Vancouver.

In Vancouver, homelessness is rising and rent is too high. And Mayor Ken Sim barely shows up for work. When he does, he makes immensely damaging decisions that just make everything worse.

So Lucy is taking her fight to City Hall. On April 5, elect Lucy Maloney: a champion for affordable homes, safe streets, safe communities and a city where workers, elders and children all belong.

There's a by-election in Vancouver. Lucy Maloney is your progressive choice.

Lucy Maloney is ready to get to work on the issues that matter to you:

Housing

As her first motion as a Councillor, Lucy Maloney will move to bring back the Vancouver Renter Office - as a Tenant Advocacy Office - and to strengthen the tenant protections that exist in the Broadway Plan, extending them to every corner of the City.

The new Tenant Advocacy Office will have an enforcement mandate: To proactively monitor developers for compliance with our laws, to develop remedies that can be imposed throughout the development process, and to enforce the law and impose penalties where necessary.

She will also fight for more housing, in every neighbourhood in the city.

READ OUR HOUSING PLATFORM

Transportation

Whether you walk, take transit, bike or roll to work or to school, everyone wants the same thing: to get where you’re going, and to get home, quickly and safely.

People wish they could walk, bike or take transit. But under Ken Sim, in too many places, the sidewalks are damaged, the intersections are dangerous for pedestrians, and the bus you’ve been waiting for might be too full to let you on. If it even shows up on time.

Lucy will fight for safe streets and sidewalks, directing staff to implement road and pedestrian safety improvements throughout Vancouver, prioritizing identified dangerous areas as well as the streets around schools, libraries and community centres.

She will also fight for new express buses on 49th, Marine and King Edward.

READ OUR TRANSPORTATION PLATFORM

Public safety

Everyone deserves to feel safe in their neighbourhoods. Vancouver is the most beautiful place in the world, but Vancouverites have legitimate safety concerns.

Ken Sim ran on a balance of enforcement and prevention. He’s given us the enforcement. But where is the prevention? After promising 100 new police officers and 100 new nurses, he delivered 200 new police officers - and just 12 nurses.

We must invest in prevention.

To build a truly safe city, we must invest in the solutions that prevent crime, and allow police to focus their resources on tackling violence.

Lucy Maloney will fight to introduce stronger civilian public safety services, like Peer Assisted Care Teams (PACTs), promised by ABC but never delivered. And she will fight to integrate these services into 911.

She will expose Ken Sim for his broken promises, and his failure to build a city where we’re all safe.

READ OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PLATFORM

Climate action

Vancouver styles itself as the world’s greenest city. But under Ken Sim, the City is moving back from its climate leadership: ripping up and cancelling bike lanes, failing to fund the City’s climate plan, and even trying to bring gas back into new buildings.

When Ken Sim tried to bring back methane gas in new buildings, he lost - but it was close. We need every vote at Council to stop Ken Sim from doing more climate damage.

Lucy Maloney will fight to preserve Vancouver’s climate leadership, and a livable future for all of us.

READ OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLATFORM

Strong community services

Vancouver must be more than just a place to live. It must be a place to connect, to socialize, and to thrive. For that, we need properly-funded public spaces, community centres and libraries.

Lucy Maloney will fight to properly fund Vancouver's libraries, providing them sufficient resources to ensure a safe workplaces, and to open more branches on Sundays.

She will also fight to end Ken Sim's divisive campaign to abolish Vancouver's democratically elected Park Board.

READ OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES PLATFORM

Lucy Maloney and OneCity are proud to be supported by community leaders and elected officials from across Vancouver:

Christine Boyle: MLA, Vancouver-Little Mountain and former Vancouver City Councillor

"I have known Lucy for many years. I have seen how hard she's fought to create safer streets for everyone, but especially for children and families. You can count on her to fight just as hard for homes you can afford, renter protections you can trust and safer streets and communities. She's ready to get to work for you."

Joan Phillip: MLA, Vancouver-Strathcona

"People in the Downtown Eastside, and across Vancouver, need a City Hall that's in their corner. Ken Sim is trying to freeze them out of the supports they need, from housing to mental healthcare. You can count on Lucy to expose Ken Sim for his broken promises and fight him when he tries to do more damage."

Jenny Kwan: former Vancouver City Councillor and Member of Parliament, Vancouver East

"Lucy Maloney is a champion for a Vancouver that is safe, affordable and healthy. She has been working hard for years to make streets safe for kids across our City. More than ever we need a strong opposition voice and accountability at City Hall. You can count on her to fight for the issues that you care about at City Hall. I am proud to endorse her and OneCity Vancouver for City Council."

Libby Davies: former Vancouver City Councillor and former Member of Parliament

"Whether it's freezing our neighbours out of supportive housing or ripping down modular homes, Ken Sim is doing immense damage to Vancouver. We need tough, determined progressives who can bring people together around shared values to fight him at City Hall, and to take him down in 2026. Lucy is a fighter. I'm proud to endorse her for City Council."

Dulcy Anderson: 2022 Forward Together City Council Candidate, city planner, mom

"Vancouver needs a strong, progressive voice on City Council and I believe that Lucy will be a creative and thoughtful leader for our community. I've seen how she works well with others and shows up to do the difficult and creative work of organizing and advocating before City Council. I also believe that she is willing to listen to diverse neighbours and neighbourhoods, and work toward practical solutions. We need real leaders on Council with progressive values and the skills to do the work that will truly make Vancouver more affordable, more livable, and more safe - Lucy's the right one for the job."

John Irwin, PhD; Geography Instructor, Alexander College; Former Vancouver Park Board Commissioner (2018-2022)

"I have known Lucy since the early days of my term on the Vancouver Park Board. She has always passionately fought for active transportation, and the needs of more vulnerable citizens, as a talented community organizer. Her leadership on climate change, and other key issues highlights how she will be an influential City Councilor. Lucy's got my full support in this election."

Russil Wvong: Vancouver Area Neighbours Association; 2022 City Council candidate, Forward Together

"I'm happy to endorse Lucy Maloney for Vancouver City Council. She's a lawyer with years of experience in both the public sector and the private sector. I'm confident that she'll be effective in understanding the problems that we face at the municipal level, and pushing hard to fix them - especially the web of excessive regulation and development charges that makes housing here so maddeningly scarce and expensive."

Peter Ladner: Co-founder, BIV Media Group; former Vancouver City Councillor; Chair, BC Cycling Coalition

"I'm thrilled to endorse Lucy and OneCity for City Council. She's been a tireless advocate for the West End community and trusted advisor for me for many years. Lucy has dedicated her work to making sure our streets are safe for kids and families. I know she'll be an effective and compassionate leader on Council."

Patrick Johnstone: Mayor of the City of New Westminster

"We are many cities, but we are one region. The people of Metro Vancouver need leaders willing to work together on our shared goals: affordable housing, safe streets, and resilient communities. Lucy is one of these leaders. I'm proud to endorse Lucy Maloney for Vancouver City Council, and look forward to working with her. We are stronger together."

Scott Jensen: Vancouver Park Board Commissioner, Co-chair Childcare Council of Vancouver, and Member of the BC Métis Nation

"I'm proud to endorse Lucy for City Council. She's served families and kids as Chair of Lord Roberts Elementary School PAC and I know she'll bring that same level of dedication to Council. I've seen how she shows up time after time to defend our public land and community services in our parks. All Vancouverites will be well-served by Lucy in City Hall."

Laura Christensen: Independent Park Board Commissioner

"Lucy is pragmatic, driven, and embodies the highest integrity. She has relentlessly fought for safer streets for all, always listening, considering every perspective, and acting thoughtfully—often turning former opponents into allies. She's exactly the kind of person we need at Vancouver City Council."

Jennie Milligan: Lawyer, Lord Roberts Elementary PAC Vice-Chair, and climate advocate

"Lucy has my full support in this by-election. I got to know Lucy when I served as Vice-Chair of the PAC alongside her at Lord Roberts Elementary. As Chair, Lucy was a fearless advocate for the students of LRE. She worked passionately to improve street safety for our kids, invest in school facilities, and protect student supports. Lucy exemplifies the exact kind of compassionate leader we need at City Hall."