Dale Matsuoka

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Dale Matsuoka is the Solano County Sheriff's Office homeless outreach coordinator.

  Feb 07, 2024

Photos: Vallejo encampment residents rush to move out of boat launch lot before vehicles are seized

Notices were posted around the boat launch parking lot on Jan. 8, telling residents that their vehicles would be towed this week....

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  Aug 18, 2023

Homeless encampment in West Vallejo removed by new owner after city lawsuit

Contractors who said they were hired by the new property owner removed the camp at 505 Couch St....

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  Oct 26, 2022

Rotary clubs honor Solano deputy who showed support for extremist Three Percenters

Solano County Sheriff’s Deputy Dale Matsuoka displayed support for the Three Percenter movement on his Facebook page....

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  Aug 17, 2022

Extremism in the North Bay: Three Percenters in Solano and Napa counties

A radical right wing ideology has been gathering power for years and evidence suggests it may even be present in Solano County law enforcement....

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  Mar 14, 2022

Vallejo wastewater district honors sheriff’s deputy who displayed Three Percenter symbols

Deputy Dale Matsuoka is the Solano County Sheriff's Office homeless outreach coordinator....

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  Feb 07, 2022

Solano Sheriff’s Sgt. Cully Pratt, who made Three Percenter gun rack, retires from department

Pratt said he did not believe the Three Percenter symbols represented anti-government views....

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  Nov 23, 2021

Vallejo’s response to homelessness includes wasted millions, empty hotel rooms and police evictions

There is little room in Vallejo’s only homeless shelter. Its Project Roomkey program to put people in hotels during the pandemic has been winding down for months. Promises of new resources, like a navigation center, have gone on for years with little progress....

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  Nov 03, 2021

Supervisors decline to enact oversight of Solano sheriff’s office

Sheriff Tom Ferrara defended his office regarding several recent scandals that led to calls for oversight....

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  Oct 29, 2021

Pressure grows for oversight of Solano County Sheriff’s Office

Activists have finally succeeded in convincing the Board of Supervisors to consider forming an oversight body with subpoena power to investigate the sheriff’s office....

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  Apr 25, 2021

FBI rebuffs sheriff’s claim it cleared deputies of extremist ties

The FBI called into question Solano Sheriff Tom Ferrara’s claim that agents cleared members of his department of links to a far-right extremist group....

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  Mar 08, 2021

Amid calls for investigation, sheriff stands by deputies who displayed militia support

He said that he did not believe the deputies aligned themselves with the extremist group they promoted....

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  Feb 04, 2021

Solano deputies, Vacaville councilmember promote anti-government militia

Sheriff's deputies have posted Three Percenter imagery on their public social media pages for years....

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