Pippin Dew

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Real estate agent Pippin Dew was first elected to the Vallejo City Council in 2013. During the same election, voters approved moving council elections to even-years and Dew was re-elected to the council in 2018 with 16,471 votes. Dew has represented Vallejo on the League of California Cities, an association of city officials working together to combine resources. Dew, who has pushed for an early learning center for South Vallejo, is termed out of office in 2022.

  Feb 22, 2022

Vallejo rescinds mask mandate

“It’s time that we start moving in a different direction,” said Mina Loera-Diaz, who represents District 3....

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  Feb 03, 2022

Vallejo City Council candidates raise combined $5K

This will be the second election in which candidates will vie to represent a district within Vallejo....

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  Jan 26, 2022

Vallejo City Council gets update on search for permanent city manager

Vallejo has been without a permanent city manager since Greg Nyhoff abruptly left in July....

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  Jan 13, 2022

Vallejo City Council returns to teleconference meetings amid omicron surge

At least 29 city of Vallejo employees have already tested positive for COVID-19 this year....

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  Jan 06, 2022

Vallejo might purchase land from school district for navigation center

The city is considering purchasing four unused Little League fields on Rollingwood Drive as well as former schools on Grant Street and Farragut Avenue....

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  Dec 29, 2021

Vallejo City Council ends meeting without plan for end of Project RoomKey

The council gave general direction to city staff, to work on providing hotel vouchers to about 50 remaining persons....

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  Dec 21, 2021

Vallejo City Council rejects tent city proposal

Neighbors along the proposed site voiced strong opposition to the tent city, claiming it would attract blight and destabilize the middle-class neighborhood....

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  Dec 15, 2021

Vallejo City Council approves over $7 million in salary increases for city employees

Several of the councilmembers said they supported the raises as a way to keep Vallejo competitive with other cities when it came to employee pay....

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  Nov 18, 2021

Hakeem Brown says he won’t seek reelection to council next year

Just two years into his first term on the council, Brown ran for mayor, losing to then fellow councilmember Robert McConnell after allegations of past domestic violence surfaced a month before election day....

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  Nov 03, 2021

ACLU sends second letter asking Vallejo council to revise public comment policy

"Some councilmembers may unnecessarily call points-of-order to silence or chill members of the public who comment on the performance of public officials or other city staff,” the letter states....

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  Sep 15, 2021

Vallejo City Council amends public comment policy amid criticism that it’s unconstitutional

The ACLU of Northern California sent a letter to Vallejo City Hall on Sept. 10 arguing that the original policy ran “afoul of First Amendment principles” and threatened “to suppress the voices of community members.”...

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  Feb 19, 2021

Vallejo City Council asked to approve $54,900 for citywide equity study

VALLEJO– In an attempt to understand racial disparities in the community, the Vallejo...

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