Arcadia City Council members next week will consider a proposed censure of Mayor Sharon Kwan.
A special meeting on the matter is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the City Hall Council Chambers, 240 W. Huntington Drive.
According to a proposed censure resolution, “Members of the City Council are expected to uphold the highest standards of honesty, integrity, respect, professionalism, and accountability in their interactions with colleagues, city staff, first responders, and the public. Mayor Kwan has repeatedly engaged in conduct inconsistent with these standards, reducing the conduct of City Council meetings to political exercises and grandstanding, and abused her office for personal gain, by engaging in the following types of misconduct, and when confronted, fails to accept responsibility and denies wrongdoing.”
At the regular City Council meeting last Tuesday, Councilmen David Fu, Michael Cao and Paul Cheng voted to move the censure hearing forward. City law requires three council members to advance a censure action. Councilwoman Eileen Wang, the current mayor pro tem, did not vote after her three colleagues voted yes.
In a statement to HeySoCal.com, Kwan said, “I do want to be very clear: This is a smear campaign against me because I reported Councilmember David Fu to (the city’s Human Resources Division) for sexual harassment and discrimination. He does not like being challenged by a woman, and now these three Asian men on City Council are sending a dangerous message that Chinese women need to be submissive, obedient, and silent — or else face punishment.
“This is part of the broader problem that women in office face everywhere,” Kwan added.
Fu, Cao, Cheng and Wang did not respond to a request for comment.
Copies of the proposed censure resolution along with other relevant documents are available on the city’s website.
Updated Aug. 24, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
