Most council members are easy to find during campaign season. They knock on doors, attend events, hand out flyers and shake hands and tell you everything they plan to do if you give them your vote. Then the election ends and trying to track what they actually did with that vote becomes a project nobody has time for.
K. Patrice Williams does things differently.
Her voting record is published on her website, with the specific issue, how she voted, and the real reasoning behind each decision. Not buried in city archives. Not hidden behind a records request. Right there, plain and readable, at kpatriceforfairfield.com/voter-record.
Here are a few votes worth knowing about before November 3rd.
She Said No to Unlimited Campaign Contributions
In 2023, the council voted on whether Fairfield should allow unlimited campaign contributions rather than staying under California’s default limits.
Everyone else voted yes. She voted no. Alone.
Her reason was specific. Unlimited money in local elections pushes out the candidates who do not have wealthy networks behind them. Women. Young people. Working families. People of color who want to serve their community but cannot compete with a candidate who raises hundreds of thousands of dollars from special interests. She said so clearly and her vote reflected it.
She Voted No on North Cordelia Industrial Development. Twice.
2023. Then again in 2024.
The proposal would have brought additional heavy truck traffic into Cordelia and Green Valley. Residents showed up and raised concerns about what that traffic would do to their neighborhoods. She listened to them. Then she went back into the chamber and voted no both times.
That is the job. Not deciding what is best for a neighborhood from the dais without talking to the people who live there. Carrying what residents actually said back into the room where the decision gets made.
She Voted Yes on Vista Ridge and She Will Tell You Exactly Why
Vista Ridge converted a former hotel into permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness. The vote passed four to three. She was part of the four.
Before that vote, she asked specific questions. How will it be managed? What accountability is built in? What services will residents receive? She worked through the details rather than voting on sentiment.
Her conclusion was practical. Leaving people on the street is not free. Emergency medical services, police calls, hospital visits, crisis responses, those costs land on taxpayers consistently. Permanent housing with services and accountability attached addresses the root problem rather than cycling the same people through the same crisis systems year after year.
She Said No to the Business Equipment Loan Program. Alone Again.
The council considered using $500,000 in city funds to run a business equipment financing program for small businesses.
She voted no. Lone vote.
Her position was not that small businesses do not deserve support. She has been one of their strongest advocates on the council. Her position was that SBA loan programs already exist to serve this need without putting the city in the business of equipment lending or placing liens on buildings when businesses cannot repay. She believed those same dollars would do more visible good directed toward business facade improvements and commercial revitalization in downtown Fairfield.
She Initiated the Quo Warranto Investigation
In December 2025, she moved to begin examining whether then-Mayor Catherine Moy met the residency requirements to hold office in Fairfield.
She has said consistently that this was never personal. The rules for holding elected office should apply to everyone equally. When a credible question arose about whether they were being met, she believed establishing a factual record was the right response. The investigation ran for six months, concluded, and the results were released publicly. Mayor Moy resigned.
She initiated the process. She supported seeing it through. And she stands behind that decision.
District 1 Got Specific Infrastructure Results
Away from the headline votes, her record includes consistent follow-through on the neighborhood-level infrastructure needs of Cordelia and Green Valley.
The Red Top Road extension moved forward. Lopes Road received emergency storm damage repairs. Neitzel Road received attention as part of District 1’s transportation priorities. These are not talking points. They are roads that residents in her district use every day.
Read the Full Record Before You Vote
This article covers a handful of the votes on her record. There is more.
The full voting record, with every significant vote from 2023 through 2026, her reasoning behind each one, and her District 1 infrastructure results is at kpatriceforfairfield.com/voter-record.
Read it before November 3rd. That is what it is there for.
As detailed in the piece on What Should Matter Most When Choosing a City Councilmember, the most useful thing a voter can do with an incumbent is look at what they actually did rather than what they say they will do. The record is there. Take twenty minutes and read it.
Then vote accordingly.
Vote K. Patrice Williams for Fairfield City Council, District 1, November 3, 2026.
Full voting record at kpatriceforfairfield.com/voter-record
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Where can I find K. Patrice Williams’ full voting record?
At kpatriceforfairfield.com/voter-record. Every significant vote from 2023 through 2026 is listed with the issue, the outcome, and her specific reasoning.
2. Has she ever voted differently from the rest of the council?
Yes, multiple times. She cast lone no votes on unlimited campaign contributions, the Green Valley 3 Apartments proposal, and the city business equipment loan program. She has also voted no on North Cordelia industrial development proposals twice.
3. Why did she support Vista Ridge permanent supportive housing?
Because she believes permanent housing with services and accountability is more cost-effective long-term than cycling people through emergency systems repeatedly. Her full reasoning is on the voting record page.
4. What infrastructure has she delivered for District 1?
The Red Top Road extension, Lopes Road emergency repairs, and Neitzel Road improvements are among the specific infrastructure results she has delivered for Cordelia and Green Valley during her first term.
5. When is the election?
November 3, 2026. Ballots drop in early October. Visit kpatriceforfairfield.com for voting information and ways to get involved.