Charles Palmares
CA · Member, Vallejo City Council (District 4)
Vallejo city councilmember since 2022 and a former city planning commissioner with 15 years in operations management and manufacturing. His priorities are neighborhood quality of life and bringing shipbuilding and clean-energy employers to Mare Island.
Where Charles Palmares stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Wrote the approved terms of a deal with the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians for temporary city services. His terms added a 15% local hire rule and White Slough cleanup. It passed 4-2.
April 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 2 oppose
Voted no on a $300,000 Measure P grant to the Greater Vallejo Recreation District. It failed on a 3-3 tie.
May 12, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted with a unanimous council to spend $500,000 on five mobile security camera towers and $2 million on police hiring and retention bonuses.
July 22, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejosun.com
Voted with a unanimous council to commit $11.2 million for a year of Solano County Sheriff's help with Vallejo policing.
April 8, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejosun.com
Cast the lone no vote on $600,000 for Mare Island Causeway bridge repairs.
January 28, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted no on a side letter with the police union letting incentive pay count toward officer pensions. It failed 2-4.
February 14, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Voted with a unanimous council to spend $500,000 on five mobile security camera towers and $2 million on police hiring and retention bonuses.
July 22, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vallejosun.com
Voted with a unanimous council to commit $11.2 million for a year of Solano County Sheriff's help with Vallejo policing.
April 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vallejosun.com
Proposed plastic barriers on Sonoma Boulevard side streets to curb sex-trade traffic in a St. Vincent's Hill area neighborhood.
November 6, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vallejosun.com
Called two town hall meetings on a wave of break-ins at downtown Vallejo businesses.
January 11, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vallejosun.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 oppose
Voted no on pausing homeless camp sweeps during the county's homeless count. It passed 4-3.
January 13, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Asked the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District to study Mare Island's sewers. Its 2025 report found broken, corroded pipes that put island development at risk.
August 22, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: vallejosun.com
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Received endorsements from the Sierra Club and Solano County Orderly Growth for re-election.
September 16, 2026
Source: vallejosun.com
Named with the mayor to a council work group on fixing Mare Island's sewer and other infrastructure.
February 10, 2026
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Cast the lone no vote on accepting the yearly special tax report for Mare Island and two other tax districts.
January 27, 2026
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted no on hiring the Shaw Law Group to review ACLU misconduct claims against the city attorney's office. It passed 5-2.
December 9, 2025
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved to postpone a closed-session talk on ACLU misconduct claims against the city attorney until all members could attend. The motion failed 1-4.
July 29, 2025
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Abstained, citing a conflict of interest, when the council approved state Prop 47 grant agreements for the Project H.O.M.E. violence prevention program.
July 22, 2025
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted with the 4-3 majority to ask the state Supreme Court to review a ruling that ordered release of the police "Badge of Honor" investigation.
June 3, 2025
Source: openvallejo.org
Voted to end the city's economic development contract with consultant Dr. Eyler's firm, Economic Forensics and Analytics, after his own motion to keep $155,000 for a facilities plan failed 2-5.
December 30, 2024
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved to approve a 400-student downtown charter high school with conditions. His motion failed, and he voted no as the council blocked the school 4-3.
April 30, 2024
Source: vallejosun.com
Abstained when the council approved the same police union side letter on incentive pay in a second vote.
April 25, 2023
Source: vallejosun.com
As a councilmember-elect, publicly asked the outgoing council to delay its vote on a police oversight ordinance until new members were seated.
December 8, 2022
Source: vallejosun.com
Won the new District 4 seat on the Vallejo City Council by 62 votes over Ruscal Cayangyang, with about 35% of the vote.
November 8, 2022
Source: vallejosun.com
Past race Charles Palmares ran in:
- Councilmember - District 4, City of Vallejo · November 3, 2026 · Vallejo city, California · incumbent