The Vallejo City Council approved funding for a proposed design on a new police headquarters building, despite calling the long-awaited plan presented Tuesday a “disaster.” www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-coun...

“The thrust of the court of appeal’s opinion is clear: the badge-bending investigation and information about Vallejo officers’ involvement in badge-bending must be released to the public,” said Emi Young of the @aclu-norcal.bsky.social www.vallejosun.com/state-suprem...

Vallejo city leaders are considering adjusting or adding new fees for services from several heavily impacted city departments, including the fire, water and planning and development departments. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-cons...

Thousands of Solano County residents could lose health insurance and face higher thresholds for programs like food stamps under the federal “Big Beautiful Bill” passed last month, according to a report to the Solano County Board of Supervisors. www.vallejosun.com/solano-count...

Vallejo’s Surveillance Advisory Board recommended last week that the City Council approve continuing use of a controversial gunshot detection technology, despite limited evidence of how effective the technology is for crime management and solving cases. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-surv...

The Solano County Board of Supervisors delayed a vote for the third time Tuesday on a contentious contract intended for the Solano County Sheriff’s Office to provide temporary law enforcement support for the city of Vallejo. www.vallejosun.com/sheriffs-dep...

Well, PACER was hacked again, probably by a nation state: www.politico.com/news/2025/08... Luckily, our blog post from 2021 still holds up. If only we could have known this might happen. free.law/2021/10/05/p...

New by me: A deeper look into the potential crisis facing Vallejo and other California cities’ Housing Authority departments under Trump administration cuts.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development agreed this week to cover a $1 million shortfall to rental assistance programs in Vallejo. But it also instructed the city not to issue any new housing vouchers and cuts could be on. the horizon. www.vallejosun.com/feds-give-va...

Vallejo passed a police oversight ordinance with a catch -- the police union had to sign off before the commission could do any work. Nearly three years later, it hasn't done anything. One attorney called it a "poison pill." bsky.app/profile/nhan...

NEW @thevallejosun.bsky.social : Vallejo has had a police oversight commission for 3 years. Yet somehow it’s never held a public meeting. Former & current commissioners blame the city’s ordinance which lets a meeting process with the police union prevent business. www.vallejosun.com/how-vallejo-...

The Vallejo City Council voted to use an outside law firm to consider whether it must respond to and conduct an investigation into “recent allegations” after the ACLU sent a letter last week accusing the city attorney of misconduct. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-cont...

After a slew of new revelations about the Vallejo police handling of evidence and complaints (including hiring an ineligible officer) the ACLU has called for an investigation into the conduct of the city attorney's office. Story by @nhansonreports.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/vall...

The @aclu-norcal.bsky.social is calling for an independent investigation into the Vallejo City Attorney’s Office over what it calls “credible allegations of serious, sustained misconduct” in its handling of policing issues. www.vallejosun.com/aclu-calls-f...

The Vallejo City Council approved $2 million for incentives to recruit and retain police officers on Tuesday amid renewed frustration with internal misconduct and concern over hiring officers rejected from other cities. www.vallejosun.com/vallejos-pla...

Jeffrey Epstein had over 10x as many victims as previously alleged by the Justice Department, memo reveals: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

A California appeals court handed a victory to the ACLU on Friday, finding that the city must release an investigator’s report into officers bending the tips of their badges to mark shootings at the Vallejo Police Department. www.vallejosun.com/appeals-cour...

An office manager at Vallejo’s Glen Cove Elementary school was arrested last week on suspicion of embezzling school district funds, police and school records show. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-elem...

Vallejo city staff are looking for new ways to infuse the Vallejo Police Department’s gun violence reduction efforts with more money as the city faces pressure to do more in neighborhoods afflicted by violence, despite a budget crunch. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-to-e...

The Vallejo City Council approved a budget for the coming year which freezes 12 city positions from the city manager’s office, the economic development and finance departments and human resources. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-appr...

I had a wonderful time reporting something community-centered - the well-attended #juneteenthday in Vallejo! @vallejosun.bsky.social

Benicia approved a citywide budget for the next two years on Tuesday, despite the mayor and vice mayor’s concerns that multiple departments will soon face deficits in the face of its largest employer Valero potentially closing its refinery. www.vallejosun.com/benicia-pass...

Vallejo city staff must bring back a more conservative budget for the coming year with at least $1 million in new cuts after the Vallejo City Council balked at passing a $314.6 million budget on Tuesday. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-budg...

Vallejo city officials began removing encampments downtown this week, but reportedly delayed removing people living there after several people sought accommodations for disabilities. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-begi...

BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...

The Vallejo City Council voted to fund the city’s mobile crisis response team IHART for two more months, preventing the program from shutting down in June one year after launching – although its long term future is not yet settled. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-to-f...

A fire at the Valero refinery on Monday morning prompted a shelter in place warning for Benicia residents and the surrounding areas as smoke billowed from the facility. www.vallejosun.com/residents-sh...

The Solano County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for the county sheriff’s office to take on half of the city of Vallejo’s policing beats on Tuesday. Vallejo council members expressed urgent need for support for the understaffed Vallejo PD. www.vallejosun.com/solano-supes...

Vallejo’s Surveillance Advisory Board recommended that the City Council explore the use of red light cameras to photograph people accused of violating traffic laws, finding “no privacy concerns” with the technology. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-expl...

A city of Vallejo oversight committee approved the use of millions of dollars from 2022’s Measure P sales tax measure to fund the Solano County Sheriff’s Office taking over policing duties for a large portion of Vallejo. www.vallejosun.com/committee-re...

Former Vallejo Deputy Police Chief Joseph Gomez sued the city Wednesday claiming he faced harassment from subordinate officers and the city fired him for his efforts to address deficiencies in the internal affairs department. www.vallejosun.com/former-valle...

A student who was dragged out of class by a Vallejo substitute teacher last year is suing Solano County, the school and an education staffing agency for alleged negligent hiring and supervision because of the teacher’s alleged history of misconduct. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-stud...

Valero announced this week that it will close its refinery in Benicia by mid-2026 just after the city adopted an ordinance regulating businesses like the refinery. www.vallejosun.com/valero-to-sh...

A new lawsuit alleges former Vallejo police Chief Shawny Williams received verbal and written threats that pushed him to resign from his post in 2022. Attorney Melissa Nold included the allegations as evidence of a pattern of issues in the department. www.vallejosun.com/former-valle...

The Vallejo City Council placed a freeze on all encampment sweeps for two weeks on Tuesday as they mull a plan to craft a comprehensive strategy for managing homelessness more effectively. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-halt...

Under a new proposal to supplement Vallejo's depleted police force, the Solano County sheriff’s office would take over policing services in a large portion of Vallejo by operating an autonomous service of 17 full-time employees at a cost of $11 million. www.vallejosun.com/under-new-pr...

The Vallejo City Council approved a budget plan for the rest of the fiscal year on Tuesday with new spending for homelessness and improving public safety as pressure to address crime grows. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-city...

Vallejo will lose two Walgreens stores later this month as the pharmacy retail company shutters branches across California. www.vallejosun.com/both-walgree...

The Vallejo City Council approved a handful of budget adjustments this week, eyeing a plan to get ahead of a projected $6.61 million spending gap and balance the next year’s budget more carefully. www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-coun...

NEW: An unhoused woman can stay at her tent shelter after a federal judge agreed her case raised “serious questions” about whether Vallejo officials can remove her, based on the 14th Amendment. Read more on why her case matters to other unhoused folks in Vallejo. @thevallejosun.bsky.social

A federal judge upheld a Vallejo woman’s petition to stay in her tent shelter last week, blocking the city’s efforts to destroy her camp while she searches for permanent housing. www.vallejosun.com/federal-judg...

People living without shelter in Vallejo say that once again the city evicted people from public spaces without offering refuge this week, this time while multiple storms slammed the Bay Area. www.vallejosun.com/homeless-res...

The long-vacant site of Vallejo’s demolished Kmart store could soon become a new Hyundai dealership as a plan for the property was approved by the city’s Planning Commission last week. www.vallejosun.com/hyundai-deal...

Here in San Francisco, hundreds gather for the #mlkday2025 march. A music festival will follow at Yerba Buena Gardens!

BREAKING: With support from all Republicans voting and two Democrats, H.R. 28 — a bill to ban trans people from girls and women's school sports — passes, 218-206-1.

The feds say officials reached an agreement with Antioch PD following an investigation into racist texts - requiring that the department hire an expert to update policies, procedures, and training on things like non-discriminatory policing & use of force. www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr...

The Benicia City Council on Tuesday moved forward with plans to build affordable housing on two city-owned land parcels, including the Benicia Senior Center, which the city is seeking to rebuild with low-income senior housing. www.vallejosun.com/benicia-seek...

NEW: The Montana Supreme Court unanimously told everyone on Wednesday that their state’s ban on gender affirming-medical care for minors would stay blocked for now, thank you very much. It was not, however, an attitude we saw elsewhere today. On this moment, at Law Dork:

New @legaleagle.bsky.social video just dropped about our latest exciting litigation collaboration, and I think it's pretty cool. I hope you agree.