City of Mayor and Council Offices
Santa Clara Memorandum
The Center of What's Possible
Date September 16, 2025
To: Mayor & Councilmembers
From: Mayor & Council Office
Subject: Adjournment of the September 16, 2025, Council & Authorities Concurrent Meeting & Santa Clara Stadium Authority Board
Adjournment for former Cupertino Mayor Hung Wei
To be read by Mayor Gillmor:
• Former Cupertino Mayor Hung Wei passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2025, and is survived by her husband and two sons.
• Hung Wei was a Taiwanese immigrant who graduated from UCLA and moved to the Bay Area with her husband, Ta-Wei Chien, in 1981.
• They moved to Cupertino in 1990 where, in 2004, she became involved in her local when she joined Cupertino's Fremont Union High Schools Foundation. • Hung went on to serve as a board trustee for the Fremont Union High School District from 2007 to 2018.
• A few years later, she entered Cupertino politics, serving one term on the City Council from 2020 to 2024 before assuming the role of mayor in 2023. • Hung also served as President of the Rotary Club of Cupertino in 2013-2014, District Membership Chair from 2017-2021, Assistant Governor to Area 8 in 2016- 2017, and Lieutenant Governor in 2021-2022.
• After the death of her daughter, Hung founded Verdadera at Monta Vista High School, a student publication dedicated to mental health and wellness. • Former Mayor Hung Wei was a committed public servant, and a source of kindness and strength to our community, who wanted to be remembered as a happy and energetic person.
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