The motion, proposed by Peter Bregenzer, received majority votes by him, Vice Mayor Loera-Diaz, and Councilmembers Diosdado Matulac and Rozzana Verder-Aliga. The vote was made just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Prospective students in the audience shouted in disbelief.
Vallejo City Council members Thursday unanimously voted to publish a notice of intent to set aside $300,000 from the city’s general fund to pay for an evaluator.
It's clear that the DOJ has no confidence in the abilities of City Attorney Veronica Nebb, City Manager Mike Malone nor Interim VPD Chief Jason Ta to stop the unconstitutional and unlawful actions by VPD officers and implement the necessary reforms which is why the DOJ has escalated from a collaborative agreement to this court ordered and monitored Consent Decree.
Stacking additional accountability and transparency policies on top of a partially completed list of 45 reforms, Attorney General Rob Bonta promised Monday to spend the next five years “correcting injustices, building trust and enhancing public safety for the people of Vallejo.”
The Solano County sheriff is open to further talks about sending deputies to help patrol Vallejo’s streets – with some conditions. The Vallejo Police Department’s interminable negotiations with its police union – along with a staffing crisis that could last for years – are among Sheriff Tom Ferrara’s top concerns with deploying deputies to help […]