Sep 09, 2025

Former shelter of woman who sued Vallejo over housing access destroyed in fire

Evelyn “Brown Sugar” Alfred won a preliminary injunction against the city of Vallejo to prevent the shelter's destruction earlier this year....

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  Feb 10, 2025

Federal judge blocks Vallejo from destroying woman’s tent shelter

Evelyn Alfred, known to friends as Brown Sugar, has for months been fighting the city’s efforts to remove her from a vacant lot alongside Mare Island Way....

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  Sep 29, 2022

Vallejo warned Caltrans no shelter space was available prior to homeless sweeps

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Martin v. Boise that cities cannot evict unsheltered people from public property without making alternative shelter space available....

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  Sep 27, 2022

Caltrans begins sweeps of Vallejo homeless encampments

Caltrans said it alerted residents of these camps to the impending sweeps on Sept. 21....

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