May 05, 2023

Solano County board dissolves agriculture and anti-violence advisory committees

The move is part of an annual evaluation the county conducts of advisory bodies and reports to voting members of the county board....

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  Mar 07, 2023

Solano Supervisors allocate funds for Vallejo homelessness, North Bay hospital

The Solano County Board of Supervisors ended a month-long impasse regarding the allocation of federal pandemic relief funds on Tuesday....

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  Feb 22, 2023

Vallejo estimates county’s homeless count inaccurate as key projects further delayed

The update about the state of homelessness in Vallejo also revealed that two highly anticipated supportive housing projects have been delayed for several more months past recent estimates....

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  Feb 16, 2023

Vallejo City Council to consider banning homeless encampments near schools

Councilmember Mina Loera-Diaz proposed the ban last December, two months after a shooting at an encampment located on a lot next to the Caliber ChangeMakers Academy on Valle Vista Avenue....

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  Feb 07, 2023

Solano supervisors short on votes for Vallejo homeless funds

Two supervisors opposed the allocations and they will require a vote by four of five at a future meeting....

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  May 16, 2022

June 7 election guide: Solano County DA, sheriff, supervisor seat on ballot

The elections for Solano County Sheriff and district attorney will select the two most powerful positions in the county’s criminal legal system for the next four years....

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  Jan 04, 2022

Two people died in Vallejo’s Project RoomKey program

The two women died in their rooms last spring and weren't found for days....

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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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  Aug 30, 2021

Solano supervisors to discuss possible new oversight of sheriff’s office

Such a board would be authorized under new state legislation passed last year that allows the supervisors to create an oversight board with subpoena power....

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