COUNCIL MEMBER ALVAREZ IN THE NEWS

Under Council Member Alvarez's leadership, Modesto is experiencing an overall decline in violent crime citywide.

Modesto Police Department August 2025 Crime Stats:

Auto Theft is down 43%
Robbery is down 26%
Commercial Burglary is down 43%
Residential Burglary is down 10%
Major Property Crime is down 21%
Total Major Violent Crime is down 13%

Modesto Council Member Eric E. Alvarez highlights infrastructure safety priorities in District 2

We must continue to be proactive about basic sidewalk accessibility and safety issues in the City of Modesto not reactive.

My council colleagues and I recently voted to approve the city’s 2025-2026 Strategic Plan and in that plan infrastructure was identified as a top priority.

Modesto City Council Member Eric E. Alvarez speaks on Public Safety Priorities | April 7, 2026

Modesto and District 2 are safer today than at any point in recent memory. That is not rhetoric, that is reality. Because of the decisions my Council colleagues and I have made — prioritizing public safety, accountability, transparency, and fiscal discipline — Modesto is both safer and more fiscally stable than it has been in decades.

Modesto City Council Member Eric E. Alvarez highlights Economic Development Projects in District 2

1. Seventh Street Village Affordable Housing Complex Groundbreaking

2. Dryden Park Golf Course Clubhouse Reconstruction

3. Remembrance of Vietnam War U.S. Army Veteran Basilio “Basil” Amesquita Jr.

Modesto, CA Vice Mayor Eric E. Alvarez Highlights 2023 Community Wins Recap

Housing

1. $411,000 allocated to the Rental Housing Safety Program

2. $33m secured from the state for a six-story 79-unit apartment complex on 7th St for low-income families (7th St Village)

Parks

1. $8.5m secured from the state for Cesar Chavez Park remodel (adding more STEM and saved boxing program)

2. $8.5m also secured for Martin Luther King Jr. park remodel.

3. $105,000 approved for 8 security cameras for blight abatement use in high illegal dumping areas, several parks, and sections of the Tuolumne River Regional Park.

Roads

1. $3m to revamp sections of Paradise Road, including sidewalk repair, crosswalk repainting, roundabouts, etc.

2. Total repavement of Winmoore Rd.

Social Justice