A Cupertino official who repeatedly berated city employees and harassed residents may soon be booted from a powerful commission.
The city council will consider removing Cupertino planning commissioner R "Ray" Wang at its Tuesday meeting. Councilmember J.R. Fruen, who was elected recently, called for Wang's removal last month after a slew of residents expressed frustration about Wang's conduct and professionalism. Wang was appointed to the commission in 2019 and is set to serve until 2025.
"This is a historical wrong that the council, frankly, needs to have the moral courage to correct," Fruen told San Jose Spotlight. "[Wang] seemingly cannot take public criticism. It is a fundamental precept of democracy that people in the public should be able to voice their opinions without being threatened by people who represent the apparatus of the state.
As a Cupertino planning commissioner, Wang has verbally attacked city officials and consultants at public meetings. In a 2021 meeting, Wang lashed out at a senior planning official after they presented two development projects that the commission couldn't reject because of state law, Fruen said. Wang also wrote a letter to the city manager calling an assistant city manager "combative" and "dismissive" in February 2021. San Jose Spotlight obtained and reviewed the letter.
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