Roy Stockton
CA · Member, Vacaville City Council (District 1)
Vacaville city councilmember for six years and a Solano County Sheriff's Office sergeant with 20 years in law enforcement. His priorities are public safety and fiscal responsibility, including a simpler permit process for new businesses.
Where Roy Stockton stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Opposes
Civil Rights (1 record), Public Infrastructure (4 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 2 oppose), Housing Affordability (2 support · 2 oppose),
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Moved and voted for a temporary ban (moratorium) on battery energy storage plants while the city studied their safety. It passed 6-1.
March 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted no on ratifying the city's emergency order requiring face coverings during COVID-19. It passed 4-3.
September 14, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 2 oppose
Voted no on higher water and sewer rates, which passed 4-3. The same night, he voted for Vacaville's 2025-26 operating budget, which passed unanimously.
June 24, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted no on spending $6,775,000 in Measure M sales tax money on the Brown Street park and community center. It passed 5-2.
July 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Cast the lone no vote on the city's plan for spending federal COVID relief money (ARPA). It passed 6-1.
April 12, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted to spend $135,000 to extend the winter homeless shelter program for nine people for six more months. It passed 4-2.
March 23, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Moved and voted to hire OIR Group to do a full audit of the Vacaville Police Department. It passed unanimously.
August 24, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 2 oppose
Moved and voted to approve the McMurtry Creek Estates subdivision, changing farmland on the hills to estate homes and asking to annex it. It passed unanimously.
October 14, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted to deny a state Homekey+ grant application for a homeless housing project at 1050 Orange Drive. The denial passed 4-3.
April 8, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted to approve a changed agreement for affordable housing for military families on city land at 5763 Vanden Road. It passed 6-0.
March 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Cast the lone no vote on an urgency ordinance updating the city's rules on backyard homes (accessory dwelling units). It passed 6-1.
December 10, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support · 2 oppose
Voted to deny a state Homekey+ grant application for a homeless housing project at 1050 Orange Drive. The denial passed 4-3.
April 8, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Cast the lone no vote on using 1040 Mason Street as the city's winter warming center for 2024-25. It passed 5-1.
October 8, 2024Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted to spend $135,000 to extend the winter homeless shelter program for nine people for six more months. It passed 4-2.
March 23, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 oppose
Voted no on adopting new state fire hazard severity zones in Vacaville (Ordinance No. 2004), which passed 5-2. The same night, he voted no on suspending the proclamation policy so the vice mayor could issue an LGBTQ+ Pride Month proclamation, which passed 4-3.
June 10, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 4 oppose
Voted no on spending $6,775,000 in Measure M sales tax money on the Brown Street park and community center. It passed 5-2.
July 23, 2024Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted for a temporary ban (moratorium) on battery energy storage plants while the city studied their safety. It passed 6-1.
March 12, 2024Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted no on a list of fiber internet partners and a state broadband grant application. It passed 5-2.
September 26, 2023Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted against letting a proposed battery energy storage plant at Meridian and Midway roads go forward to a full hearing; the motion failed 3-4. The same night, the council chose him to finish 2022 as vice mayor.
August 23, 2022Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Voted with a unanimous council to put Measure V, a one-cent city sales tax increase, on the November 2026 ballot. He said he backed the vote but was not endorsing the tax.
June 23, 2026
Source: pressdemocrat.com
Seconded and voted to start a General Plan change allowing a single-family home on a ridgeline in the Vine Tree Estates project. It passed 4-3.
September 23, 2025
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Cast the lone no vote on General Plan changes to the buffer between industry and homes and to the city's housing mix policy. It passed 6-1.
December 12, 2023
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved to put the city flag policy on the November 2024 ballot. The motion failed 2-5.
November 15, 2023
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted to deny a request to join Marin Clean Energy, a public power buying program. It passed 5-1.
June 13, 2023
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted to deny the Southtown Apartments project over traffic, parking and evacuation concerns, which passed 6-1. The same night, he moved and voted to approve the Greentree plan, which rezoned parkland and highway business land for homes, shops and open space.
November 15, 2022
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Endorsed retired Vacaville police chief John Carli for mayor in a Facebook post.
August 2, 2022
Source: vallejosun.com
Moved and voted to remove the city's limits on campaign contributions to candidates for city office, which passed 4-3. The same night, he moved a request, approved 7-0, for a council talk on disclosing campaign donations and recusal rules before votes.
June 28, 2022
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted no on adopting the Downtown Specific Plan, the city's long-range plan for downtown. It passed 4-2.
January 25, 2022
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted no on keeping Vacaville's public meetings remote-only under the state COVID-19 teleconference law (AB 361). It passed 5-2.
October 26, 2021
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Cast the lone no vote on new rules allowing and regulating commercial cannabis businesses in Vacaville. It passed 6-1.
June 8, 2021
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Seconded and voted to form a special tax district that can borrow money for the Lower Lagoon Valley housing development (Community Facilities District No. 13). It passed 4-2.
May 11, 2021
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Was reported by Open Vallejo to have sold leather and metal goods with Three Percenter militia symbols in his online stores and to have reposted Three Percenter images. He said he condemned extremist and anti-government groups.
February 4, 2021
Source: openvallejo.org
Cast the lone no vote on setting campaign contribution limits for city races ($1,000 per donor for district seats, $2,500 for at-large seats). It passed 6-1.
December 8, 2020
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Past race Roy Stockton ran in:
- Mayor, City of Vacaville · November 3, 2026 · Vacaville city, California