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Armando Carmona

CA · Jurupa Valley City Council Member, District 1

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Armando Carmona is a Jurupa Valley City Council member, first elected in 2022, who backed higher illegal-dumping fines and flood-control funding for Mira Loma and Pedley. His priorities are better roads and support for local businesses.

Where Armando Carmona stands, based on their records

Supports

Government Spending Reduction (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record),

Mixed record

Housing Affordability (1 support · 8 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 3 support
  • Voted no on starting bond financing for a City Hall renovation. The motion failed.

    June 4, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Voted no on paying for a six-month extension of the city's grant-funded mental health crisis stabilization units. It passed 3-2.

    August 1, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Voted no on giving a $1.35 million in-kind match for a state violence-prevention grant sought by the group Reach Out. It passed 3-2.

    January 18, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: jurupavalley.org

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
  • Made the motion for a city resolution on masked federal agents, impersonation crimes and protecting residents. It passed unanimously.

    January 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Made the motion to introduce an ordinance banning people from blocking free passage on public property. It passed 4-0.

    August 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: jurupavalley.org

Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
  • Made the motion for a city resolution on masked federal agents, impersonation crimes and protecting residents. It passed unanimously.

    January 15, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: jurupavalley.org

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 1 support · 8 oppose
  • Voted no on a project for 232 homes and 24,000 square feet of shops. The motion failed 2-3.

    April 2, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Cast the only no vote on approving 67 single-family homes at 7586 Jurupa Road after the council reversed its earlier denial. It passed 4-1.

    April 21, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Cast the only no vote on applying for the state's Prohousing designation. It passed 3-1.

    November 21, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Voted no on the Rio Vista plan for up to 1,697 homes and about 2.7 million square feet of industrial and business park space. It passed 3-2.

    September 5, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Asked for more money for community rehabilitation and homeless housing in The District development deal, then voted for the deal. It passed 4-0.

    September 21, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Cast the only no vote on The District at Jurupa Valley plan, which allows up to 1,192 homes and about 3 million square feet of commercial and industrial space, including warehouses. It passed 3-1.

    September 7, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Voted no on 66 townhomes on 4.13 acres on Clay Street (Serrano Oaks). It passed 3-2.

    July 27, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Cast the only no vote on choosing sites to rezone for state-required housing. He said he could not back one site without looking at other key areas. It passed 4-1.

    April 6, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Voted no on 35 condominiums in the Paradise Knolls area after the developer dropped a planned horse arena and stables. It passed 3-2.

    January 19, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability

    Source: jurupavalley.org

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
  • Asked for more money for community rehabilitation and homeless housing in The District development deal, then voted for the deal. It passed 4-0.

    September 21, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: jurupavalley.org

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 1 support
  • Made the motion to update the city's floodplain rules to meet FEMA requirements. It passed unanimously.

    July 18, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: jurupavalley.org

Track record — General

General · 8 records
  • Cast the only no vote on higher trash rates for Burrtec customers. It passed 3-1.

    June 25, 2026

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Made the motion to deny an RV and self-storage facility on an 86.8-acre site near Interstate 15. It passed unanimously.

    February 5, 2026

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Made the motion to start changing the city's event permit process and noise rules. It passed 4-1.

    November 6, 2025

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Made the motion directing staff to draft a community workforce agreement with building trades unions and a labor transparency ordinance. It passed 4-0.

    August 7, 2025

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Made the motion to adopt the Pedley Town Center Plan as part of the city's General Plan. It passed 4-0.

    July 17, 2025

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Made the motion to spend $30,000 studying the city's Equestrian Lifestyle Protection Overlay, the zone that protects horse-keeping areas. It passed unanimously.

    January 16, 2025

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Voted no on the environmental report for the Rubidoux Commerce Park, a 1.18 million-square-foot industrial park the planning commission had denied. It passed 3-2.

    December 21, 2023

    Source: jurupavalley.org

  • Sworn in to the Jurupa Valley City Council for District 1 after winning the November 2022 election.

    December 15, 2022

    Source: jurupavalley.org

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