Diosdado "JR" Matulac
CA · Member, Vallejo City Council (District 2)
Vallejo city councilmember since 2022, a former city planning commissioner and a Vallejo resident since 1995 who has worked in academic support for the local school district. His priorities are economic development and public safety.
Where Diosdado "JR" Matulac stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 6 oppose), Social Programs and Welfare (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Voted no on a first tobacco retail licensing ordinance, then voted to reconsider it and adopt it. The ordinance passed 5-2.
December 10, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 6 oppose
Voted for Vallejo's $337.5 million budget for 2026-27. It passed 6-1.
June 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejosun.com
Voted no on the first 2026-27 budget plan, which cut 10 jobs and 44 vacant positions and leaned on Measure P money. It passed 4-3.
June 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejosun.com
Moved to give the Greater Vallejo Recreation District a $300,000 Measure P grant for public safety and youth. It failed on a 3-3 tie.
May 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to spend $11.5 million in Measure P sales tax money, mostly for street paving and pothole repair. It passed unanimously.
February 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted no on spending $65,000 from the general fund on a gospel concert. It failed 2-4.
January 27, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to spend $300,000 in Measure P sales tax money on a Greater Vallejo Recreation District grant for community safety. It passed 5-1.
December 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to give $200,000 in federal COVID relief money (ARPA) to the Broadway project. It passed 4-2.
September 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Moved to give the Greater Vallejo Recreation District a $300,000 Measure P grant for public safety and youth. It failed on a 3-3 tie.
May 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved to keep Vallejo's state of local emergency over police staffing; the motion failed on a 2-2 tie. The same night, he voted to spend up to $120,000 in Monsanto settlement money on the city's unhoused strategic plan, which also failed 2-2.
December 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to spend $300,000 in Measure P sales tax money on a Greater Vallejo Recreation District grant for community safety. It passed 5-1.
December 9, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Moved and voted to raise the Fairview at Northgate housing plan from 178 to 245 homes. It passed unanimously.
May 26, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted no on exploring county money for stipends paying unhoused people to take part in homelessness policy work. It passed 3-2.
March 31, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vallejosun.com
Moved to keep Vallejo's state of local emergency over police staffing; the motion failed on a 2-2 tie. The same night, he voted to spend up to $120,000 in Monsanto settlement money on the city's unhoused strategic plan, which also failed 2-2.
December 16, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved and voted to spend $11.5 million in Measure P sales tax money, mostly for street paving and pothole repair. It passed unanimously.
February 10, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Moved and voted to start drafting a short-term rental ordinance. It passed unanimously.
April 28, 2026
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
As vice mayor, voted to provide temporary city services and process permits for a tribe's proposed casino project. It passed 4-2.
April 14, 2026
Source: vallejosun.com
Moved to start the mid-year 2025-26 budget changes. The motion failed 3-4.
February 24, 2026
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Was elected Vallejo vice mayor for 2026. It passed 5-1.
January 13, 2026
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to adopt new state fire hazard severity zones in Vallejo. It passed unanimously.
June 24, 2025
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted no on resuming homeless encampment cleanups within two weeks. It passed 5-2.
April 1, 2025
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to elect Councilmember Bregenzer as vice mayor for 2025. It passed unanimously.
January 7, 2025
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted no on a historic-preservation tax deal (Mills Act) for a house at 812 York Street. It failed 1-4.
December 19, 2023
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Was appointed with Councilmember Loera-Diaz to a council subcommittee to meet with American Canyon about water issues.
August 29, 2023
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Abstained, citing a conflict of interest, from votes to buy the former Grant and Crest school sites from the Vallejo school district.
February 28, 2023
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for a side-letter deal with the Vallejo Police Officers' Association. It failed 2-4.
February 14, 2023
Source: vallejoca.api.civicclerk.com
Received endorsements for his Vallejo City Council District 2 race from the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce political committee (ValPAC), which also gave $2,000, and from the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council.
September 27, 2022
Source: vallejosun.com
Past race Diosdado "JR" Matulac ran in:
- Councilmember - District 2, City of Vallejo · November 3, 2026 · Vallejo city, California · incumbent