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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  May 05, 2025

Vallejo city officials monitor Ryder Street encampment clearing

The encampment had approximately 40 residents and consisted of 15 RVs and trailers....

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  Mar 19, 2025

Vallejo halts encampment sweeps while crafting new homelessness strategy

The Vallejo City Council placed a freeze on all encampment sweeps for two weeks....

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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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  Dec 03, 2024

Judge orders city of Vallejo not to evict disabled homeless woman

For the past year and a half, Evelyn Davis Alfred has lived on a vacant lot alongside Mare Island Way near Tennessee Street....

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