Housing

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  Jun 23, 2025

Vallejo opens 125-bed navigation center after years of delays

City officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the new shelter for unhoused people....

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  Jun 05, 2025

Vallejo City Council approves operator contracts for long-delayed navigation center, Broadway project

Councilmembers said they preferred to allow religious organizations and non-profits to explore their own “safe camping” sites....

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  May 29, 2025

Vallejo begins removing encampments from downtown as residents seek relief

The city held off on removing many residents who filed requests for accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act....

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  May 21, 2025

Housing organizers call for renter protections in Vallejo

Advocates with the Vallejo Housing Justice Coalition said they’re hopeful that newly elected officials will push for stronger policies for renters....

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  May 21, 2025

Vallejo City Council passes on applying for state housing funds in shadow of ‘failed projects’

The city received proposals from three development groups interested in appying for Project Homekey funds....

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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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  Apr 02, 2025

Vallejo crafts ‘humane’ plan to resume encampment sweeps

The Vallejo City Council voted 5-2 to resume removing encampments within two weeks....

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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 26, 2025

Homeless man crushed to death during Vallejo encampment clean-up was star athlete with troubled past

James Oakley was a high school star but later struggled with drug addiction and served time in prison for manslaughter....

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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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  Feb 07, 2025

Homeless residents decry Vallejo encampment sweeps during storms

Several unhoused people said their vehicles were towed and belongings removed while the Bay Area experienced several major rainstorms....

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  Jan 01, 2025

Year in review: Fresh faces will lead Vallejo in 2025

The new leadership still faces difficult issues that the city has grappled with for years....

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