Robert McConnell

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Robert McConnell was elected mayor in November 2020 after serving two terms on the Vallejo City Council in 2011 and 2016. Prior to be elected to the council, McConnell served eight years on the city's planning commission. Due to the city's term limits, McConnell will leave the council when his term ends in January 2025.

  Nov 29, 2023

Vallejo to take up Palestine ceasefire resolution after protesters disrupt meeting

Vallejo will likely consider its resolution on Dec. 12....

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  Nov 17, 2023

Vallejo City Council approves police union contract at empty meeting

The three-year contract will provide police officers with a 16% raise over the next three years and a one-time bonus....

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  Nov 15, 2023

Vallejo to install sideshow deterrents at 16 intersections

The project includes the installation of curbs, lane delineators, roundabouts and street narrowing across the city....

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  Oct 25, 2023

Vallejo dispatchers to move to new portable buildings outside police HQ

The City Council proceeded with a plan to install portable buildings instead of moving the dispatchers to the waterfront police building....

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  Oct 21, 2023

Vallejo honors E-40 with street renaming, key to city

The city added signs underneath existing signage for nearly a mile of Magazine Street, designating it E-40 Way....

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  Oct 16, 2023

State DOJ announces new reform agreement with Vallejo police under court supervision

When the prior three-year reform agreement expired the department was in substantial compliance with 20 of 45 reforms....

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  Oct 11, 2023

Vallejo City Council bombarded with racist, anti-Semitic public comments

The apparently organized campaign included several speakers who used racial slurs and one who espoused Holocaust denial....

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  Oct 11, 2023

Sheriff, CHP withhold staffing support pending Vallejo police union contract

VPOA’s current contract expired in March 2022, and staffing has plummeted by more than 20 officers since then....

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  Sep 28, 2023

Council addresses outcry over proposed $18M sale of Vallejo golf course

The property was listed only eight months after the city sold it to a developer for $400,000 with an incomplete profit sharing agreement....

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  Sep 21, 2023

Vallejo ‘disqualified’ for multi-million dollar state law enforcement grant

The grant provided funding to establish or expand programs focusing on organized retail theft....

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  Sep 13, 2023

Community members demand action on Vallejo police violence as council copes with officer shortage

The family of Sean Monterrosa called for supporters to “pack the room.”...

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  Jul 26, 2023

Vallejo declares police staffing emergency against union objection

Interim police Chief Jason Ta said he has already taken drastic steps to address the staffing shortage....

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