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Oct 31, 2025
The money would come from recent air pollution violation payments, like an $82 million settlement with Valero....
Oct 01, 2025
Valero, often known for its environmental mishaps, also donated millions to charity....
Mar 06, 2025
The Benicia City Council unanimously adopted an Industrial Health and Safety Ordinance to regulate companies like Valero....
Dec 19, 2024
The Benicia City Council is seeking a developer to build affordable housing on two city-owned parcels....
Oct 30, 2024
The council also preserved a key oversight power held by the Open Government Commission....
May 10, 2024
The City Council is proceeding with a plan for a new property transfer tax and a group of citizens have proposed a new sales tax....
Dec 20, 2023
Residents felt that state and regional regulatory agencies had not followed through on enforcement....
Nov 11, 2022
Councilmember Lionel Largaespada wrote on Facebook that he called retired executive Terry Scott and planning commissioner Kari Birdseye to congratulate them....
Nov 08, 2022
Incumbents Lionel Largaespada and Christina Strawbridge gained in Election Day results and Largaespada surged into second place late Tuesday....
Nov 04, 2022
This election will decide three Vallejo City Council seats, two Benicia City Council seats, a Vallejo school board seat and tax measures in Vallejo, Benicia and countywide....
Nov 03, 2022
Texas-based oil manufacturer Valero is making a last-minute push to re-elect incumbent councilmembers Christina Strawbridge and Lionel Largaespada....
Oct 13, 2022
The five candidates seethed over revelations of undisclosed emissions and fretted about the oil giant’s influence in the city’s politics....
