diff --git a/internal/api/governance.go b/internal/api/governance.go
index 97dfd90..a9f01f6 100644
--- a/internal/api/governance.go
+++ b/internal/api/governance.go
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ type GovernanceServer struct {
 	// Console (Stage-4 step 3) GET-page fields, populated by ConfigureConsole
 	// (governance_console.go). Zero-valued on a POST-only server: the GET routes
 	// then render a 500 "template not found", the same failure mode as the portal
-	// with a missing template. These stay on the LOCAL-ONLY :8090 mux.
+	// with a missing template, and the static-asset route 404s. These stay on
+	// the LOCAL-ONLY :8090 mux.
 	consoleRepo   consoleGovRepo
 	templatePaths []string
+	staticDir     string
 
 	// sounding is the demand-sounding read model behind GET /admin/sounding,
 	// populated by ConfigureSounding (governance_sounding.go). Nil on a server
@@ -161,6 +163,14 @@ func (g *GovernanceServer) registerRoutes(mux *http.ServeMux) {
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /admin/fees", g.handleAdminFeesPage)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /admin/messaging", g.handleAdminMessagingPage)
 
+	// Console static assets (the portal design-system CSS and the brand mark the
+	// admin templates reference), served from the web/static directory
+	// ConfigureConsole derives beside the templates dir — mirroring the portal's
+	// /static wiring (internal/portal/server.go). Zero-valued on a POST-only
+	// server: the route then 404s — harmless, like the unwired console pages
+	// above (which fail 500). LOCAL-ONLY like everything on this mux.
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /static/", g.handleStatic)
+
 	// Demand-sounding dashboard (governance_sounding.go). Server-rendered SVG
 	// charts over the migration-025 hypertables; LOCAL-ONLY like the rest.
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /admin/sounding", g.handleAdminSoundingPage)
diff --git a/internal/api/governance_console.go b/internal/api/governance_console.go
index 0c09199..8c5dfc0 100644
--- a/internal/api/governance_console.go
+++ b/internal/api/governance_console.go
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"html/template"
 	"io/fs"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
@@ -81,9 +83,36 @@ func (g *GovernanceServer) ConfigureConsole(readRepo consoleGovRepo, templatesDi
 	}
 	g.consoleRepo = readRepo
 	g.templatePaths = paths
+	// The admin templates reference /static/css/portal.css and the brand mark;
+	// serve them from the web/static directory beside the templates dir, the
+	// same web/ layout the portal serves (internal/portal/server.go).
+	if templatesDir != "" {
+		g.staticDir = filepath.Join(templatesDir, "..", "static")
+		// Surface a missing static dir at configure time. Without this the only
+		// symptom is per-request 404s and an unstyled console — the silent
+		// regression this route exists to prevent.
+		if _, err := os.Stat(g.staticDir); err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("governance console static dir missing; console pages will render unstyled",
+				"dir", g.staticDir, "error", err)
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// handleStatic serves the console pages' static assets (the portal design-system
+// CSS and the brand mark) from the directory ConfigureConsole derived beside the
+// templates dir. Without ConfigureConsole the dir is unset and the route 404s —
+// harmless on a POST-only server, alongside the unwired console pages' own 500
+// "template not found". Reached only through the loopback-bound,
+// loopback-source-guarded mux.
+func (g *GovernanceServer) handleStatic(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if g.staticDir == "" {
+		http.NotFound(w, r)
+		return
+	}
+	http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(g.staticDir))).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+}
+
 // renderAdmin builds a fresh template set from admin_layout.html and the
 // requested page file, then executes the named page template. This mirrors the
 // portal's per-request ParseFiles pattern (every page defines
diff --git a/internal/api/governance_console_test.go b/internal/api/governance_console_test.go
index ad2cab4..72bb88c 100644
--- a/internal/api/governance_console_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/governance_console_test.go
@@ -233,3 +233,44 @@ func TestAdminConsole_RejectsNonLoopbackSource(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestAdminConsole_StaticAssets_ServedWhenConfigured — the admin templates
+// reference /static/css/portal.css and the brand mark; without this route the
+// console renders as bare unstyled HTML (found live 2026-07-14: the browser
+// showed what looked like "no UI"). ConfigureConsole derives the static dir
+// beside the templates dir, so the harness's real web/templates wiring serves
+// the real web/static.
+func TestAdminConsole_StaticAssets_ServedWhenConfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newConsoleGovServer(t, sampleGovRead(), nil)
+	rec := getGov(h, "/static/css/portal.css")
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /static/css/portal.css: status %d, want 200", rec.Code)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), "--amber") {
+		t.Errorf("portal.css served but missing the design tokens (no --amber)")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAdminConsole_Static404WhenUnconfigured — a POST-only server (no
+// ConfigureConsole) must 404 the static route — harmless, alongside the
+// unwired console pages' own 500 "template not found".
+func TestAdminConsole_Static404WhenUnconfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	g := newTestGovServer(t, &fakeGovRepo{}, notify.NewLogNotifier())
+	rec := getGov(govMux(g), "/static/css/portal.css")
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("unconfigured GET /static/css/portal.css: status %d, want 404", rec.Code)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAdminConsole_StaticRejectsNonLoopbackSource — the static route sits on
+// the same loopback-source-guarded mux as everything else on :8090.
+func TestAdminConsole_StaticRejectsNonLoopbackSource(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newConsoleGovServer(t, sampleGovRead(), nil)
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/static/css/portal.css", nil)
+	req.RemoteAddr = "203.0.113.9:4444" // NOT loopback
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Errorf("static from non-loopback source: status %d, want 403", rec.Code)
+	}
+}