Joi Mayo
District 3 · Term 2025–2027
Joi Mayo represents District 3 on the Charlotte City Council. Her district covers portions of south Charlotte where growth and density balance are defining issues in community area planning and zoning decisions.
Mayo voted yes on the Crosland Southeast affordable housing project and has been active in discussions around the farmers market UDO change, the CMPD staffing crisis, transit safety after the Zarutska killing, and Charlotte’s non-congregate shelter plan. In June 2026 she was on the prevailing side of the 10-1 vote to extend firefighters the same 10 percent raise approved for police. During the April 13 Housing Trust Fund review, Mayo floated redirecting funds from the Willora Lake project to the River District mixed-income proposal, citing concerns that River District could become “another Valentine” without an affordable housing component.
Part of the I-77 South corridor runs through her district. Mayo voted against the toll lane project in May 2026 and for reinstating it in September. She has pressed rezoning applicants on whether promised buffers would be left undisturbed, the question that led the council to defer a Hendrick Motorsports rezoning in August.
In The Mercury
Charlotte Council Votes 10-1 to Give Firefighters the Same 10% Raise as Police
Firefighter pay parity · June 2
Manufacturing Land Near Woodlawn Station Just Became TOD-NC
Transit-oriented zoning · May 21
Renée Johnson Brought a CMS School-Utilization Report to Council Monday. She Has Been Making This Argument for Five Years.
CMS school utilization · Council
Charlotte Council Just Tied 5-5 on Data Center Rules. Three Things South Charlotte Should Know.
Data center rules · South Charlotte impact
Charlotte Housing Trust Fund Staff Picks Are In. The Questions Are Already Louder Than the Numbers.
HTF staff recommendations · River District reallocation proposal
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