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November 2024 live election results for Vallejo and Benicia. We're tracking the mayor and City Council races in Vallejo and Benicia, three Benicia ballot measures, Solano County's two state legislature seats, and the Solano College governing board seat for Vallejo and Benicia....
Meet the four candidates running for Vallejo mayor
Oct 7, 2024 · Leer en español. VALLEJO – Four candidates are running for mayor of Vallejo in November: former Councilmember Pippin Dew, local business owner Dwight Monroe Jr., community advocate Ravi Shankar and economics professor Andrea Sorce.. The mayor’s responsibilities are not as extensive as in other cities with strong mayor systems. The mayor runs the City Council meetings and is a voting ...
Sorce, Matias and Gordon appear to win Vallejo council seats in …
Nov 8, 2024 · VALLEJO – Andrea Sorce, Alex Matias and Helen-Marie “Cookie” Gordon appear to have won their races for Vallejo City Council after the latest vote tally was released by the Solano County Registrar of Voters Thursday evening. In the mayor’s race, Sorce, the chair of the city’s Surveillance Advisory Board, had a 301 vote lead over former Councilmember Pippin Dew.
State, local agencies remove long running Vallejo homeless …
4 days ago · 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 council punts police commission revisions over …
Nov 13, 2024 · VALLEJO – The Vallejo City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to postpone amendments to the city’s police commission ordinance until new councilmembers are seated in January after councilmembers received letters from community members and civil rights organizations expressing concerns that changes proposed by a settlement with the police union would reduce the commission’s power.
Vallejo mayor’s race is neck and neck
Nov 6, 2024 · VALLEJO – The two top candidates in the Vallejo mayor’s race were locked in a nail-bitingly close bid for election that remained razor thin after Election Day ballots were counted Tuesday, according to preliminary election results released by the Solano County Registrar of Voters.. Former Councilmember Pippin Dew opened up a narrow lead over Surveillance Advisory Board Chair Andrea Sorce ...
Meet the three candidates for Vallejo City Council, District 1
Oct 7, 2024 · Leer en español. VALLEJO – Three candidates are running to represent District 1 on the Vallejo City Council: Alameda County District Attorney’s investigator Carl Bonner, nonprofit executive Alex Matias, and retired human resources director Brenda Plechaty.. Incumbent Councilmember Rozzana Verder-Aliga has served two terms and is ineligible to run again.
Thomas Bogue and Christopher Cabaldon vie to represent Solano …
Oct 11, 2024 · Leer en español. VALLEJO – Former Dixon Mayor Thomas Bogue and former West Sacramento Mayor, Christopher Cabaldon are both running for state Senate District 3.The winner on Nov. 5 will replace state Sen. Bill Dodd, who is not eligible for another term. The district includes all of Solano County, significant portions of Sonoma, Napa and Yolo counties, as well as a sliver of Sacramento County.
Scotts Valley Native tribe seeks to move forward with Vallejo …
Aug 6, 2024 · VALLEJO – A proposal by a Native American tribe to build a new casino in Vallejo is poised to move forward after a years long court battle and despite objections from local officials and a local Native tribe.. The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has proposed a 160-acre site at the northeast intersection of Highway 80 and Route 37 which would include an eight-story casino, to be open 24 ...