Valerie Gonzalez
RI · Woonsocket City Council Member
Woonsocket city councilor, pastor at Vida Church, and former School Committee member. She backs speed cameras in school zones to protect students and pedestrians, and has pushed to recruit a supermarket and a drug rehab center.
Where Valerie Gonzalez stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Housing Affordability (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 7 oppose), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Moved a request to apply for a $350,000 environmental justice grant. The council defeated it 3-4.
February 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 7 oppose
Voted for the 2026-27 city budget, which passed 7-0. She voted for speed cameras in school zones, which failed 2-5.
June 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Moved to kill a transfer of city reserve funds to the Public Service Division. The motion failed 3-4.
December 15, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Co-sponsored renewing the police department's contract for Flock license plate reader cameras. It passed 7-0.
August 26, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Co-sponsored $5 million in federal relief money toward building a public safety complex. It passed 6-0.
June 17, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Voted for the 2024-25 city budget. It passed 6-1.
June 3, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Voted against cutting the pay of the planning and development director. The cut failed for lack of a majority, 3-2.
February 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Sponsored and moved an ordinance buying the Dignity Bus, a mobile homeless shelter, from The Source. It passed 7-0. She voted against a $865,650 federal relief plan for city services, which passed 4-3.
June 19, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Moved to use federal relief (ARPA) money to buy 181 Cumberland Street, which passed 4-2. She also co-sponsored and moved an ARPA-funded contract with Iron Horse Structures, which passed 4-2.
May 1, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Moved a pilot program for speed cameras in school zones, which failed 2-5. She co-sponsored $18,000 in opioid settlement money for the Situation Table, which passed 7-0.
June 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Voted for the 2026-27 city budget, which passed 7-0. She voted for speed cameras in school zones, which failed 2-5.
June 1, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Co-sponsored renewing the police department's contract for Flock license plate reader cameras. It passed 7-0.
August 26, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted against an ordinance banning camping on public property. It passed 4-3.
May 5, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Co-sponsored renewing the police department's contract for Flock license plate reader cameras. It passed 7-0.
August 26, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Co-sponsored a resolution backing state affordable housing bills H 7651 and S 2879. It passed 4-0.
May 6, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Sponsored and moved a resolution backing development of 53 Coe Street for transitional supportive housing. It passed 6-0.
December 18, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support
Voted to renew the city lease that lets Open Doors run a homeless shelter at 181 Cumberland Street. It passed 6-1.
October 5, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Moved a pilot program for speed cameras in school zones, which failed 2-5. She co-sponsored $18,000 in opioid settlement money for the Situation Table, which passed 7-0.
June 15, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Sponsored and moved a resolution backing development of 53 Coe Street for transitional supportive housing. It passed 6-0.
December 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Sponsored and moved a lease letting Community Care Alliance run a homeless shelter on the Dignity Bus. It passed 6-0.
November 20, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Sponsored and moved an ordinance buying the Dignity Bus, a mobile homeless shelter, from The Source. It passed 7-0. She voted against a $865,650 federal relief plan for city services, which passed 4-3.
June 19, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Co-sponsored a resolution urging Governor Dan McKee to fill RIPTA's budget gap to avoid bus cuts. It passed 7-0.
August 18, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Co-sponsored $5 million in federal relief money toward building a public safety complex. It passed 6-0.
June 17, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Voted against a new yearly fee on private fire alarm systems. It passed 5-2.
April 20, 2026
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Voted against tabling a program paying incentives to clean up homeless camps. The motion to table passed 5-2.
March 17, 2025
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Voted against the mayor's appointment of Vincent Bono to the Redevelopment Agency. It passed 5-2.
January 13, 2025
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Won re-election to the Woonsocket City Council as the top vote-getter, with 5,389 votes for seven at-large seats.
November 5, 2024
Source: ri.gov
Voted against overriding the mayor's veto of an ordinance requiring solicitor review of all outside legal bills. The override failed 4-3.
November 4, 2024
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Co-sponsored and moved approval of a tentative contract with the firefighters' union, Local 732. It passed 6-0.
December 11, 2023
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Voted against removing Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt from office after a council hearing. Removal passed 3-2, and she voted no on each charge the council upheld.
October 6, 2022
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Voted against hiring outside lawyers for the council's complaint against Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt, which passed 4-2. She cast the only vote against a $3,000 health care buyback payment to a former employee.
September 12, 2022
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Voted against putting a charter question on the ballot letting the council appoint the city solicitor. It passed 5-2.
July 25, 2022
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Cast the only votes against overriding the mayor's vetoes of the 2022-23 city budget and a second ordinance. Both overrides passed 6-1.
July 11, 2022
Source: woonsocketri.civicweb.net
Past race Valerie Gonzalez ran in:
- City Council Member · November 3, 2026 · Woonsocket city, Rhode Island · incumbent