Following nationwide reports of acts of bullying and cruelty against medical frontliners, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, Persons Under Investigation (PUIs), and Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs), the City Government of Valenzuela reiterates its stand against all forms of discrimination with Ordinance No. 600, Series of 2019. Also known as "An Ordinance Strengthening the Anti-Discrimination and Equal Protection System of Laws in the City of Valenzuela", the ordinance aims to provide safeguards against all types of discrimination and ensure equal protection for everybody regardless of religion, race or ethnicity, health, physical situation, gender, age, economic or social status.

The city government started distributing food packs as early as March 23. During the first wave, from March 23 to April 5, they distributed 110,000 food packs to the “poor, nearest to the poor, and poorest of the poor” families.

VC Cares extends to help street dwellers – with the “Sagip Kalinga” operations ongoing amid the pandemic. As of April 13, 2020, eleven (11) street dwellers were saved and were housed temporarily at the Pisces Resort and Pavilion, a resort in Brgy. Coloong, Valenzuela City. The facility was borrowed by the City to give street dwellers a chance to take a bath and rest until the ECQ was lifted. Meals are also served during their stay.

Obando Frontliner Center, Valenzuela City’s very own temporary shelter to cater to Obando frontliners, can accommodate thirty (30) persons complete with beds, blankets, pillows and basic toiletries per individual. Housed in the City’s Social Hall, free food, snacks, water and coffee are also available for the dear frontliners – providing relief after a long day of duty fighting COVID-19.

Managed by the City Health Office - Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, the center is situated inside the Valenzuela Social Hall building. It is manned by 100 contact tracers and operates 24/7. These tracers call close contacts of each identified and confirmed case, focusing on getting information on the nature and avenues of likely exposure and advising for rapid quarantine and/or isolation.

TMC’s laboratory was now Stage 5-accredited by the DOH this April 08, 2020, meaning the hospital may start conducting confirmatory testing on possible COVID-19 positive patients and provide Valenzuela City the service of processing test kits using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine.

the mobile kitchen used by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) to immediately transport meals for typhoon victims or disaster-stricken communities

The local government’s free supply of nutritious, ready-to-cook food for malnourished children aged six months to five years, provided that their parents regularly bring them to the barangay health station for weighing, check-up, and vaccination

the city government’s mobile health facilities for medical missions and rescue operations

the first local flood control arm that safeguards the city' rivers and creeks from pollutants

With Valanzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian, Secretary Del Rosario took part in the groundbreaking and capsule-laying for 20 three-story buildings that will accommodate 720 ISFs residing in danger zones throughout the city. The project, to be undertaken in coordination with the National Housing Authority (NHA), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Valenzuela City local government unit, will also feature the Arkong Bato Park where residents can spend their leisure time and connect with nature.

The ‘little city halls’ house the fundamental satellite offices of the local government, such as the barangay health stations, fire substations, Serbisyo Centers (satellite offices for the payment of business permits, real property, and other government taxes), and many more

Among the infrastructure he concretized are the 48 barangay health stations (BHS) city-wide and the 14 Sentro ng Sama-Samang Serbisyo 3S Centers. It is also during his tenure that the ALERT Center, the Valenzuela City’s Peoples Park, and the Valenzuela School of Mathematics and Science became a solid reality. VC Cares extends to help street dwellers – with the “Sagip Kalinga” operations ongoing amid the pandemic. As of April 13, 2020, eleven (11) street dwellers were saved and were housed temporarily at the Pisces Resort and Pavilion, a resort in Brgy. Coloong, Valenzuela City. The facility was borrowed by the City to give street dwellers a chance to take a bath and rest until the ECQ was lifted. Meals are also served during their stay.

The city government took the initiative to be a partner of the national government for education advocacies. The city’s Special Education Fund (SEF) is around PhP 500 million to PhP 600 million, plus about PhP 100 million from the general fund, totaling to P700 million annual budget for education, instantly meeting first criteria for the award.

the first mobile police precinct in the country