City Council candidate · City of Tigard · November 3, 2026
Gabriel Elijio Velasquez
Healthcare worker and Town Center Advisory Commission chair.
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As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: I am a healthcare worker and a local civic leader, currently serving as Chair of Tigard’s Town Center Advisory Commission and as a member of the City Center Grant Approval Committee.
Pamphlet p. 37
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the label line “Experienced | Dedicated | Lifelong Neighbor”.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsSupports stronger limits on corporate homebuying, connected streets and redevelopment of underused parking.
- Expand restrictions on corporate purchases of single-family homes.
- Build protected cycling routes and continuous sidewalks.
- Allow more housing and small-business uses on underused lots.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsRestricting corporate home purchases and rezoning parking lots for homes and businesses rely on legal authority and market responses his statement does not examine.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Ban corporate homebuyers- What
- Said: Would extend the ban on corporate single-family home buyers and bridge the gap between renters and owners.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Camps, crime and who responds
Shelter for everyone- What
- Said: Would work with municipal, state and federal leaders on a single strategy so everyone has shelter and no one sleeps on Tigard’s streets.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Your bills and taxes
Parking lots to businesses- What
- Said: Would streamline zoning to turn underused parking lots into hubs for small businesses and housing, and partner with local businesses on community spaces expanding fresh-food access.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Protected bike lanes- What
- Said: Would create a comprehensive citywide network of protected bike lanes and continuous sidewalks.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Gabriel Elijio Velasquez is on record on 2, with 4 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findClose a general-fund shortfall of more than $6 million by cutting library staff and city events and drawing reserves, or raise new revenue?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Cover a $1 million-a-year parks shortfall by raising the parks fee, shifting general-fund money, or asking voters for a parks levy?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Tier development charges by home size, discounting smaller and middle homes, for River Terrace 2.0 and citywide, with a decision October 13?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Approve activating Axon’s Fusus live-camera network for police and expand red-light photo enforcement?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
After voters rejected the $150 million bond, build a public-works building first with rate-backed bonds and a smaller police bond later, or sell the Wall Street site?
Said: Wrote in April 2026 he would vote yes on the $150 million bond, calling it responsible and proactive; his site now calls for an alternative public-safety building plan with in-house evidence storage. Sequencing or selling the site is unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Expand the no-camping buffer around shelters and service sites from 500 to 1,000 feet and restrict vehicle camping?
Said: Would work with municipal, state and federal leaders on a single strategy so everyone has shelter and no one sleeps on Tigard’s streets; the 1,000-foot buffer and vehicle-camping rules are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
What purchase restriction is legally available to the city, and how would you measure its effect on prices?
Sources (1)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.