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Vallejo leaders seek new gun violence solutions after 4-year-old …
Jan 16, 2025 · VALLEJO — Vallejo police and Solano County elected officials said that they will be rolling out new plans to strengthen community safety after a shooting in Vallejo which critically injured a 4-year-old girl on Sunday night. “Every Vallejo resident deserves the need to feel safe in their home and neighborhood,” Solano County Supervisor Cassandra James, who lives in the Country Club Crest ...
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Jan 14, 2025 · Vallejo leaders seek new gun violence solutions after 4-year-old girl critically injured in shooting “Every Vallejo resident deserves the need to feel safe in their home and neighborhood,” Solano County Supervisor Cassandra James said....
Year in review: Fresh faces will lead Vallejo in 2025
Jan 1, 2025 · VALLEJO — Vallejo broke with established leaders and moved to make a change in 2024, selecting a new crop of elected officials who will try and navigate the city’s complex challenges in the new year.. No incumbents were reelected to Vallejo City Council in 2024 as the city’s voters proved hungry for change, and a new city manager was appointed in May, opening the city to a new approach ...
Vallejo City Council passes new regulations for street food vendors
Dec 12, 2024 · Leer en español. VALLEJO — The Vallejo City Council passed an ordinance to regulate unpermitted street food vendors on Tuesday, after a months-long campaign from restaurant owners who said that Vallejo’s growing street food scene was hurting their businesses.. The council passed the new ordinance unanimously. It was proposed by Vice Mayor Mina Loera-Diaz after restaurant owners complained ...
Vallejo casino project approved by U. S. Department of the Interior
Jan 13, 2025 · VALLEJO – The U. S. Department of the Interior approved a controversial casino and tribal housing project in North Vallejo last week that was proposed by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians nearly a decade ago. The Interior Department approved the project in a letter on Friday. Bureau of Indian Affairs Environmental Protection Specialist Chad Broussard told the Vallejo Sun that an ...
Vallejo police seek Measure P sales tax revenue to fund reforms
Apr 1, 2024 · VALLEJO – The Vallejo Police Department is asking for $500,000 in revenue from Measure P, a sales tax hike passed by Vallejo voters in 2022, to fund reform work required by the California Department of Justice. The Measure P Oversight Committee voted not to recommend the police department’s request at a special meeting on Wednesday because they felt that it did not fall under the “crime ...
State, local agencies remove long running Vallejo homeless …
Nov 19, 2024 · VALLEJO – Caltrans, the city of Vallejo and other agencies are coordinating to remove as many as 50 people from one of the city’s largest and longest running encampments in the White Slough area in what is expected to be a week-long clean up effort. Homeless residents of Vallejo have used the strip of land between Austin Creek and Sacramento Street alongside Highway 37 as a place to camp ...
Vallejo inks profit sharing deal for Blue Rock Springs golf course ...
Dec 18, 2024 · VALLEJO – The Vallejo City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to finalize a profit sharing agreement for the sale and redevelopment of the Blue Rock Springs golf courses. The development project has been controversial in part due to an initial $400,000 payment for the purchase of approximately 75 acres of land that is currently occupied by two 18-hole golf courses on either side of ...
Vallejo police military equipment policy still falls short of state ...
Oct 22, 2024 · VALLEJO – The Vallejo City Council approved a military equipment use policy for its police department earlier this month after years of failure to follow state law requiring the city to adopt a policy governing the purchase and use of the equipment, but a policy expert says that the city’s law still falls short of full compliance.. The City Council unanimously adopted the policy at …