Remarks by Diosdado Matulac
207 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 9
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“Yes, I'm going to report out on item 3A, conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, significant exposure to litigation pursuant to government code section 54956.9D2, two cases. And in both those cases, the counsel directed outside counsel with appropriate action to move forward. And that's it for item 3A?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Next speaker is Josh Davidson, followed by Ruskell C., and then Liz King.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Next speaker is Ruskell C., followed by Liz King, and then after Liz King is Carrie Swing.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Next speaker is Liz King, followed by Carrie Swing.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Sorry, Mary, that is the only in-person speaker signed up.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Yes, I move that we approve the consent calendar relocating item A. item 8i to 8.1 and item 8h to 8.2 and with the potential reorder of the action calendar items based on the time constraints to 9a, the 9c, the 9e and the other items to fall into place as needed.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Yes, Mayor, I move that we pass a resolution of the City Council of the City of Vallejo amending the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget to appropriate $256,022 from the Monsanto fund balance and $207,978 from the Measure P funds for funding Axon Enterprise, Inc. for fiscal year 2026 and 2027 in the total amount of $464,000, step one of two.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“So the quick question is, are we ever going to get caught up with your support, with the backlog?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“So that is the plan. And to be clear, how short are we staff-wise right now for the specific positions?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“So if I'm hearing you clearly, we're short four staff members, or we're short nine staff members?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“And how many staff members is ALICA providing us to fill those four positions?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Understood, and I think we all are under the same goal that obviously internally hiring all this stuff is the utopian goal. But the fact they've been with us for two years now, that tells me there's not a short-term solution.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Okay, but that speaks to the other shortcomings that our whole housing department, so I'm just trying to make sure that we have a, internally we have a game plan that's going to address all the, I guess, what it looks like shortcomings in the whole department.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Where do I begin? So quick history on that also. So besides 400 Mayor Island being proposed, number one, it was against the community and the council, two councils, one council even before us said no. And part of that was when it came to us was the structural upgrades that were going to be needed to get that to be a, what is it, type one fire safety or for public safety facility like that. So that would have been part of the extreme cost to get that upgraded to what a police facility would need to be. But part of that was also the vision of the waterfront there, the redevelopment of that, and…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. First and foremost, we need to do right by our police department, period. And end of story right there. And so this is where I'm very hesitant for us to be making decisions on their behalf when we're saying they need this, they need that, when they haven't even chimed in on this stuff. So this is where, once again, and once again, I'm not to beat a dead horse, but this started with the programming issue right from the very get-go to where you were given directive to go based on your numbers. I mean, and correct me if I'm wrong, but when we were at max sworn officers, we were…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“And based on your firm's reputation, I have all the faith in the world that you can get us to that solution. You've just been given... misinformation or kind of not given the direction that you really needed from the very get-go. So we're trying to make up for that. In my mind, we're trying to make up for that. But once again, I have full faith in your firm that you're able to get us to that point. We just need to give the right direction and the right guidance with the police input. And that's where I want to end this one.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Move that we hold a public hearing to consider a resolution amending the Vallejo General Plan by adopting July 2026 Transportation Analysis Guidelines and finding such action exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061B3.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“I move the notice of intent to amend the fiscal year 2026-2027 budget to appropriate $76,400 of Measure P funds to provide warming center activities at the Vallejo Navigation Center, step one of two.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“I move we adopt a resolution establishing a limited approximately one year building permit fee reduction pilot program for low income homeowners.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. We have one, too. Five speakers listed here. First three speakers are Karen Grobner, followed by Kirk Smith, and then Lily Hurd.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“The last three speakers in this order are Lily Hurd, TJ Wu, And Richard Hybels.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Yes, I had a brief conversation with our city manager about, especially with the upcoming elections, that we have still yet to update our charter to account for district elections as far as identifying seniority. And I think this is something we have passed in the past. And I think this is something that we need to at least update our charter on to make sure that it does speak to district elections versus city-wide elections. Because at some point, we may not have felt the need to do it, but at some point, there are going to be council members that will take it more seriously of seniority…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026