government

  545 posts

  Dec 09, 2024

Vallejo restaurant owners seek crackdown on street food vendors

Restaurant owners allege that street vendors pose unfair competition and are damaging their businesses....

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  Dec 04, 2024

ACLU accuses Solano DA of obstructing public records on racial bias in prosecutions

ACLU attorneys accused the DA of “flagrant stonewalling and utter disregard for the PRA.”...

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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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  Nov 19, 2024

State, local agencies remove long running Vallejo homeless encampment

Caltrans said that the encampment is one of the largest that the agency has removed in the Bay Area....

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  Nov 13, 2024

Vallejo council punts police commission revisions over transparency, reduced powers concerns

The ordinance has been delayed due to required “meet and confer” negotiations with the Vallejo Police Officers Association....

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  Nov 08, 2024

Sorce, Matias and Gordon appear to win Vallejo council seats in latest tally

Andrea Sorce, the chair of the city’s Surveillance Advisory Board, prevailed over former Councilmember Pippin Dew in the closely contested mayor's race....

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  Nov 06, 2024

Vallejo mayor’s race is neck and neck

Former Councilmember Pippin Dew opened up a narrow lead over Surveillance Advisory Board Chair Andrea Sorce of just 45 votes as of Tuesday night....

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  Nov 05, 2024

Benicia re-elects mayor, splits on tax measures

Meanwhile, incumbent City Councilmember Trevor Macenski and former Councilmember Lionel Largaespada were leading two challengers for two open City Council seats....

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  Nov 05, 2024

November 2024 live election results for Vallejo and Benicia

We're tracking the mayor and City Council races in Vallejo and Benicia, three Benicia ballot measures, Solano County's two state legislature seats, and the Solano College governing board seat for Vallejo and Benicia....

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  Nov 01, 2024

Valero to pay record penalty for unreported refinery emissions in Benicia

The $82 million fine is the largest penalty ever assessed by the air district....

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  Oct 31, 2024

Vallejo Police Oversight Commission hasn’t started work months after appointments

The creation of an oversight body is one of 45 reforms required by the state Department of Justice in a 2020 agreement, but it has faced years of delays....

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  Oct 30, 2024

Benicia City Council saves Arts and Culture Commission in reorganization of advisory bodies

The council also preserved a key oversight power held by the Open Government Commission....

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