Sarah Chapman
CA · Member, Vacaville City Council (District 4)
Vacaville city councilmember since 2022 and vice mayor in 2025 who earlier served 18 years on the Vacaville Unified school board and 10 on the Solano Community College board. Her priorities are public safety and fiscal responsibility.
Where Sarah Chapman stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (2 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Mixed record
Public Infrastructure (3 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Seconded 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
On the Solano Community College board, voted to require face coverings and COVID-19 vaccination or testing for all students, employees and volunteers. It passed unanimously.
September 15, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
On the Solano Community College board, moved and voted to declare a COVID-19 emergency so the college could take quick action. It passed unanimously.
March 18, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Seconded and voted to approve higher water and sewer rates, which passed 4-3. The same night, she voted for Vacaville's 2025-26 operating budget, which passed unanimously.
June 24, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted to spend $6,775,000 in Measure M sales tax money on the Brown Street park and community center. It passed 5-2.
July 23, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
On the Solano Community College board, moved and voted to sell the next set of construction bonds approved by voters in 2012 (Series E). It passed unanimously.
August 18, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
On the Solano Community College board, voted to create the district's own Department of Public Safety (campus police). It passed unanimously.
November 3, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Voted no on denying a state Homekey+ grant application for a homeless housing project at 1050 Orange Drive. The denial passed 4-3.
April 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Seconded and voted to approve the North Village housing development and its environmental review. It passed 4-1.
November 12, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Voted no on denying a state Homekey+ grant application for a homeless housing project at 1050 Orange Drive. The denial passed 4-3.
April 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted to use 1040 Mason Street as the city's winter warming center for 2024-25. It passed 5-1.
October 8, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Moved to suspend the proclamation policy so she, as vice mayor, could issue an LGBTQ+ Pride Month proclamation. It passed 4-3.
June 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
On the Solano Community College board, moved and voted for a resolution denouncing anti-Asian hate and racism. It passed unanimously.
June 2, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
On the Solano Community College board, seconded and voted for a resolution in support of Black Lives Matter. It passed unanimously.
November 4, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
On the Solano Community College board, seconded and voted for a resolution backing Proposition 17, which restored voting rights to people on parole; it passed unanimously. The same night, she abstained on a resolution backing Proposition 14, a state bond for stem cell research.
October 21, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support · 1 oppose
Voted to spend $6,775,000 in Measure M sales tax money on the Brown Street park and community center. It passed 5-2.
July 23, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Seconded 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
Seconded and voted to approve a list of fiber internet partners and apply for a state broadband grant. It passed 5-2.
September 26, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
On the Solano Community College board, moved and voted to sell the next set of construction bonds approved by voters in 2012 (Series E). It passed unanimously.
August 18, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
Track record — General
General · 15 records
Voted with a unanimous council to put Measure V, a one-cent city sales tax increase, on the November 2026 ballot.
June 23, 2026
Source: pressdemocrat.com
Voted no on starting a General Plan change to allow a single-family home on a ridgeline in the Vine Tree Estates project. It passed 4-3.
September 23, 2025
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted to adopt new state fire hazard severity zones in the city and send a letter to the CalFire chief. It passed 4-2.
May 27, 2025
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted to pause a proposed rule requiring affordable units in new housing (inclusionary housing) and study builder incentives first. It passed 4-3.
February 25, 2025
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Was chosen by a unanimous council vote to serve as Vacaville vice mayor for 2025. She was the first Black woman in the post.
January 14, 2025
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Seconded and voted to decline a General Plan change that would allow a home on a ridgeline in the Vine Tree Estates project. It passed 4-3.
April 23, 2024
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved to survey property owners about renaming Vanden Road as Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The motion died without a second.
February 27, 2024
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Seconded and voted to approve the list of commemorative flags to fly at the School Street Bridge flag monument. It passed 5-2.
January 9, 2024
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Voted no on a mayor's motion to fly only government flags at city sites, and no on putting the flag question on the 2024 ballot. Both motions failed 2-5.
November 15, 2023
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
Moved and voted for a city pilot policy encouraging employer-sponsored volunteering. It passed unanimously.
August 8, 2023
Source: vacaville.granicus.com
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
Was elected president of the Solano Community College board for 2022.
December 15, 2021
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
Was elected vice president of the Solano Community College board for 2021.
December 16, 2020
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
On the Solano Community College board, seconded and voted for a resolution backing Proposition 16, which sought to end California's ban on affirmative action. The same night, she voted for a resolution backing Proposition 15, higher property taxes on large commercial property to fund schools and local services. Both passed unanimously.
October 7, 2020
Source: solano.community.highbond.com
Was named Solano Community College board's representative to the Solano County School Boards Association.
December 17, 2014
Source: patch.com
Past race Sarah Chapman ran in:
- Mayor, City of Vacaville · November 3, 2026 · Vacaville city, California