, July 26, 2024
May 10, 2024
The City Council is proceeding with a plan for a new property transfer tax and a group of citizens have proposed a new sales tax....
Mar 05, 2024
Measure B – which would raise Benicia's sales tax by three-quarters of a cent – was winning with 75% of the vote....
Dec 20, 2023
Residents felt that state and regional regulatory agencies had not followed through on enforcement....
Nov 22, 2023
City Manager Mario Giuliani said that if the measure does not pass, the city would need to lay off a third of its staff....
Nov 09, 2023
The city council sidestepped allegations made by former employees that SafeQuest’s shelters went largely unused for months....
Nov 06, 2023
SafeQuest has faced eroding support and calls for an investigation into its practices after a Vallejo Sun investigation....
Feb 14, 2023
Giuliani will replace City Manager Erik Upson who is leaving on March 1 to take a position with a global security firm....
Feb 02, 2023
The housing element is intended to insure that the city can meet future housing needs in an equitable manner....
Jan 23, 2023
Upson was originally hired as the city’s police chief in 2015 and was appointed city manager in 2020....
Nov 11, 2022
Councilmember Lionel Largaespada wrote on Facebook that he called retired executive Terry Scott and planning commissioner Kari Birdseye to congratulate them....
Nov 08, 2022
Incumbents Lionel Largaespada and Christina Strawbridge gained in Election Day results and Largaespada surged into second place late Tuesday....
Nov 08, 2022
We're tracking all three Vallejo City Council races, the Vallejo school board race, the Benicia City Council race, and ballot measures in Vallejo, Benicia and countywide....