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William Azaroff (he/him)

@wazaroff.bsky.social

Community housing leader & city builder. OneCity Vancouver’s Mayoral Candidate. Find out more and join my campaign: https://www.onecityvancouver.ca

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Just a few ideas to make Vancouver better.

What are yours?

27.02.2026 17:46 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 5    📌 0

Build Back Britannia.

We need to rebuild our parks, our pools & our pipes, and we’re going to start at the heart of Grandview Woodland with Britannia Community Centre.

27.02.2026 17:46 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

GreenLight Vancouver

Vancouver can spend the next years improving its Traffic Lights to save you up to 2 work weeks worth of commuting time & make the bus go fast.

27.02.2026 17:46 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

A Peoples’ Builder.

4,000 new affordable homes, on public land, for public good, as a public trust.

27.02.2026 17:46 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Childcare by right

In parts of Vancouver, you can open a bowling alley without a public hearing, but not a daycare.

We’re going to fix that.

27.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I’ve talked with hundreds of Vancouverites over the last few months, and folks feel like the city is running on fumes. That our best days are behind us. But that can’t possibly be true.

Here are four little ideas to get big things done for Vancouverites.

27.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor 'handed out illegal drugs' Sim on Tuesday had applauded Coun. Lenny Zhou for "acknowledging his mistake" and retracting elements of the claim that Zhou shared on Chinese-language social media, but Sim did not reveal that it was...

NEW: The Chinese-language messages that accused non-ABC Vancouver councillors didn't start with Lenny Zhou, who has since apologized for them.

They started with the mayor.

26.02.2026 21:51 — 👍 42    🔁 33    💬 4    📌 8
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Finally!

It's good this was finally approved, but...wow. What an indictment of our planning system that this took so long, and ended up being such a struggle to approve.

Can you believe that NIMBYs fought against a rezoning for a SCHOOL? Sheesh.

27.02.2026 00:00 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 3

In a democracy, we are free to disagree. But we must never, ever lie about each other. This isn’t okay.

27.02.2026 00:04 — 👍 43    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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My response to ABC Councilor Lenny Zhou making serious, false, and malicious accusations about the four non-ABC councillors, including @lucymaloney.bsky.social of @onecityvan.bsky.social, on his civic matters short video series targeted at the Chinese community.

(中文翻譯請見下帖)

25.02.2026 07:28 — 👍 57    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 0
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William Azaroff puts OneCity's cards on the table Will OneCity, the Greens, or COPE run a mayoral candidate?

I see @russilwvong.bsky.social already posting the emerging Left/Right/Urbanist/Preservationist axes for Vancouver's upcoming mayoral contest.

Note also that Russil's running for a OneCity Council nomination. Another champion for housing, he'd be great! morehousing.substack.com/p/progressiv...

23.02.2026 01:26 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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St. Georges Rainway, walking tour Explore the best of East Vancouver’s green infrastructure on this engaging walking tour!

If you're curious about the St. George Rainway - come for a walking tour the afternoon of March 3rd, with myself and Julie M. from @cityofvancouver.bsky.social

Tour hosted by @grinbc.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.ca/e/st-georges...

22.02.2026 00:01 — 👍 20    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1

Our longtime volunteer @rhifaux.bsky.social was hit by a driver yesterday on the way home from a road safety workshop at city hall. She is home from the hospital and recovering with a broken wrist. We're grateful it wasn't worse, and outraged it happened at all. More to say soon.

21.02.2026 19:50 — 👍 113    🔁 22    💬 10    📌 5

I wholeheartedly agree with Sean Orr’s commitment to a progressive primary among the members of OneCity, COPE, and the Greens.

Unity gives Vancouver a real choice in October.

17.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 25    🔁 1    💬 5    📌 0

I have directed OneCity’s Board & Negotiating Team to table to COPE & the Greens a real unified primary to be held over the next 45 days.

17.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 2

Ken Sim won’t be defeated by posts, polls, or prayers. He’ll be defeated in a vote.

That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city.

17.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 34    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 4

It was an honour to stand before the membership to accept the nomination.

Vancouver is ready for change. Let’s build a city where we can all belong.

15.02.2026 17:15 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you and congratulations Caitlin!

13.02.2026 21:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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congratulations to @wazaroff.bsky.social — OneCity’s spectacular nominee for Mayor.

sincere congratulations to Amanda Burrows for running such an inspiring and disciplined campaign! our party and our movement is better for it.

(ft. a Mike Tan cameo and me screaming with a notebook)

13.02.2026 05:32 — 👍 30    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations @wazaroff.bsky.social!
Great things in store for @onecityvan.bsky.social under your leadership.
#healthyfuture

13.02.2026 01:40 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Thank you @brenttoderian.bsky.social

13.02.2026 02:06 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you @drmelissalem.bsky.social !

13.02.2026 02:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks @lausterna.bsky.social!

13.02.2026 00:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And we wouldn’t be leading with our values if we didn’t lean in when our neighbours were in need.

Tonight I am committing donations to the Tumbler Ridge PAC and call on all OneCity members to do the same in support of Tumbler Ridge & the tragedy facing their community.

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12.02.2026 05:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My name is William Azaroff, and I am running to be the next Mayor of Vancouver, at the head of a Pro-Growth, Pro-Housing, Pro-Worker, Progressive Majority.

Join me.

And together, let’s build OneCity where we can all belong.

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12.02.2026 05:15 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Are you ready to carry our values, OneCity Values, to our neighbours, to earn their trust and to win their votes?

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12.02.2026 05:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Are you committed to doing the work that it will take over the next 250 days to make better possible?

Are you ready to nominate more fantastic candidates from right here in this room?

Are you ready to knock on more than 300,000 doors right across this city?

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12.02.2026 05:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Tonight I’m going to ask you for the first time, if you’re better off today than you were four years ago?

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12.02.2026 05:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That this is a city that embraces both Reconciliation & Climate Action as moral imperatives and as opportunities to lead.

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12.02.2026 05:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And I know that I am that candidate, and that OneCity is THAT party.

That OneCity Values are Vancouver Values.

That Safer Streets are Better Streets.

That every neighbourhood in Vancouver deserves Six Floors & Corner Stores.

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12.02.2026 05:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0