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Cannabis retail permits come back to council $16.46M in federal pandemic aid, homeless plan also on agenda Todd R. Hansen
to homelessness on a regional basis. The council meets at 6 p.m. after a closed session at 5:30 p.m., during which the council will be updated on labor negotiations. The virtual meeting can be accessed by going to https://fairfieldca. zoom.us/j/93525677913 ?pwd=R 3FaU V BERm Y0Sm91WjR1c0Yrakdx Zz09. The passcode is 7074287400. Access is also available by calling 1-669-900-6833, 1-213338-8477, 1-408-6380968 or 1-669-219-2599. The Webinar ID is 935 2567 7913. The passcode is 7074287400. Also on the agenda is a discussion about the $16.46 million the city is expected to receive through the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A fee plan for Building Safety Division services is also on the agenda.
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Firefighters respond to a fire near Cordelia Road and Interstate 680 in Fairfield, June 20, 2014.
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August, the most devastating fire in county history. However, part of that blaze in Solano – as asserted by the county Sheriff’s and District Attorney’s offices – was the result of arson, a fire intentionally set to cover up a suspected murder, and is blamed in the deaths of two others. To meet that protection goal, it is generally agreed, a new funding mechanism will have to be created. “My drive is to look at a countywide revenue stream,” Vasquez said in a phone interview Friday. “District by district, they cannot do it on their own. These districts are the frontline (wildfire) protection.” One of the potential outcomes of
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FAIRFIELD — A reorganization proposal, if approved, would integrate the Vacaville and Cordelia rural fire districts and cleave a large chunk of the Suisun rural district into the mix. The proposal was presented to the Suisun and Vacaville fire protection district boards of directors this past week. The Vacaville board approved a contract by which it largely assumes command and operational duties for the Cordelia district. The contract formalizes what has functionally been taking place for some time. Ultimately, the goal of Supervisors John Vasquez and Jim Spering,
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who make up the fire ad hoc committee under the Local Agency Formation Commission, is to provide greater wildfire protection to the wildlands and urban interface areas that have been torched or threatened by wildfires frequently in the past decade and beyond. That includes the LNU Lightning Complex Fire from last
FAIRFIELD — The City Council will again take up the issue of cannabis retail and manufacturing permits when it meets Tuesday. The council approved preliminary permits to two firms at its last meeting, but also conditionally moved forward three other companies from which two permits additional could be awarded. The decision on a manufacturing permit was postponed at the last meeting due to the time limitations created with dozens of callers wanting to speak on the pot shop decision. The council postponed a number of other items and will take up those issues as well. Included in those is a proposal for the formation of a Multi-Jurisdictional Homeless Two-by-Two Subcommittee to respond
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A Palestinian man inspects damage to a house in al-Shati Refugee Camp west of Gaza City, Saturday.
Major milestone: More than 50% of California residents now vaccinated
Gaza rockets, Israeli airstrikes put region on edge
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LOS ANGELES — California has achieved a milestone in its 5-month-long vaccination campaign: More than 50% of residents have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis. Today, rough ly 19.6 million Californians have received at least
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one injection. Overall, about 38% of California residents are fully vaccinated, meaning they have received either both shots of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or See Major, Page A9
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Tanya Mitchell, a certified medical assistant administers a vaccine to Richard Ayala, 18, in Los Angeles, Wednesday.
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