 He was appointed to the Orange County Water District Board of Directors and serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana, and the Advisory Board for UC Irvine's Department of Planning, Policy, and Design.He has been called a sell-out by many local community members, for his role in police union pay out.Solorio has been nicknamed the "Latino Trump" by local immigrant rights organizers due to his support for the Santa Ana ICE Contract, an agreement that allowed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to rent bed space at the Santa Ana City Jail from 2006 to 2017.