Feb 16, 2024

Vallejo to reopen Section 8 wait list: What that means for people who need housing

The Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance program will open next week for the first time since 2015....

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  Mar 30, 2023

Rhonda Renfro of Club Stride is shaping the future by empowering Vallejo’s youth

Renfro is the CEO and founder of Club Stride Inc., which has a mission to reduce structural, racial and health inequities by cultivating youth-led civic action....

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  Nov 02, 2022

Vallejo City Council approves $950K land purchase for navigation center

The council unanimously approved the $950,000 purchase of 1937 Broadway St. from local businessman Scott Foster, who owns and operates US Bloom, a cannabis business on Springs Road....

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  Jun 02, 2022

Vallejo considering sales tax hike for city infrastructure

If approved by city voters, the new tax rate is expected to generate approximately $18 million....

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  Jan 20, 2022

Vallejo City Council seeking $20M in state funds for homeless housing

The funds would go to build a 48-unit permanent supportive housing project in North Vallejo....

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  Jan 13, 2022

Vallejo City Council approves housing vouchers for people in Project RoomKey, addresses deaths in program

All three people had been dead for days before being found....

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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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  Jan 06, 2022

Third person confirmed dead in Vallejo’s Project RoomKey

Like two others who died in May and June of last year, the woman’s family said she was not found for days....

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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 18, 2021

Vallejo City Council mulls temporary tent city for about 60 unsheltered people

The plan is being backed by several nonprofit groups, including 4th Second, Vallejo Together, Fighting Back Partnership, and One Love Center for Health....

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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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