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Rafael Trujillo

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Rafael Trujillo is a case manager who served on the Rialto City Council from 2016 to 2024 and earlier on the West Valley Water District board. His priorities are public safety, economic growth, and better parks and community programs.

Where Rafael Trujillo stands, based on their records

Supports

Housing Affordability (2 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)

Mixed record

Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • At one council meeting, voted no on an ordinance that made some city jobs exempt from civil service hiring rules (passed 3-2). He also voted no on a $90,000 contract with an outside firm for city job recruitment (passed 4-1). He also voted no on paying a developer $315,187 in fee credits (failed 2-3).

    August 10, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to adopt the city's 2021-22 budget. It passed 3-1.

    July 27, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 2 support
  • Moved to adopt housing overlay zoning that allows more homes near Baseline Road, Riverside Avenue and Foothill Boulevard; it passed 4-1. At the same meeting, voted no on letting voters decide whether to repeal the Pepper Avenue warehouse rezoning, which failed 2-3.

    July 25, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to send Rialto's draft 2021-2029 housing plan to the state. It passed 4-1.

    October 12, 2021Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
  • Moved to accept a $600,759 state grant for homeless emergency aid. It passed 4-1.

    April 23, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

Track record — General

General · 16 records
  • Seconded a letter asking Governor Newsom to veto Assembly Bill 98, a state warehouse siting law. It passed 4-1.

    September 10, 2024

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to hire David Carmany as city manager. It passed 3-1, with one abstention.

    January 23, 2024

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved a council letter opposing a state bill on warehouse and logistics projects. It passed 4-1.

    January 9, 2024

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Voted to rezone land on Pepper Avenue for light industry and approve a 470,000-square-foot warehouse. It passed 3-2.

    June 13, 2023

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Voted no on approving a 62,248-square-foot warehouse at Locust Avenue and Stonehurst Drive. It passed 3-2.

    February 28, 2023

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved an urgency ordinance to stop new or expanded outdoor storage uses. It passed 4-0.

    December 13, 2022

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to delay the city's pension debt bond sale until bond markets improved; it passed 4-1. At the same meeting, moved a resolution opposing a proposed state ballot measure, the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act; it passed 4-1.

    April 26, 2022

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Voted no on a plan to add downtown parking meters. It failed 2-3.

    October 26, 2021

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Voted no on street light and landscape district assessments for 2021-22. They passed 3-2.

    July 13, 2021

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to appoint Karla Perez to fill a vacant city council seat. It passed 4-0.

    December 8, 2020

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Voted no on placing a fireworks ban measure on a special election ballot. The plan passed 3-2.

    November 10, 2020

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to use state campaign contribution limits for city races instead of setting different local limits. It passed 5-0.

    September 22, 2020

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to hold city council meetings remotely by Zoom during COVID-19. The motion tied 2-2 and did not pass.

    July 14, 2020

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Voted no on accepting the city's 2016-17 audit report. It passed 3-2.

    February 27, 2018

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Moved to seek a court-appointed receiver to fix building code violations at a Grant Street property. It passed 4-1.

    October 10, 2017

    Source: rialto.legistar.com

  • Was appointed to the West Valley Water District board of directors to fill a vacancy left by a retiring member.

    August 10, 2016

    Source: iecn.com

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