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Supervisors sign off on $2.6M in ARPA funding for public health Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — The Family Health and Community Medical centers are going to get a new electronic records system, and the mobile food pharmacy program will get $88,000 to cover operational costs through the end of 2022. The Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved $2.57 million for the new records system, and the tie-over funding for the mobile food pharmacy, though Dr. Bela Matyas, the public health office, said the pharmacy budget of $150,000 a year, provided by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, will have to be reviewed moving forward. Funds come from the American Rescue Plan Act, and takes the allocated total by the board to more than $51 million of the $86.9 million available. The board also directed staff to meet with NorthBay Health officials to discuss the health group’s request for $14.19 million, much of that the result of additional costs absorbed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “This is a one-time ask, not a save NorthBay ask,” said B. Konard Jones, president and chief executive officer for NorthBay Health, which he See Public, Page A8
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Solano County Supervisor Erin Hannigan and Anthony Roberts, chairman of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation tribal council, talk about the county’s Food is Medicine campaign at an event in Vallejo, Sept. 13, 2018.
Stocks sink after report shows unexpected price climb in August The Washington Post Wall Street recoiled Tuesday – with the Dow Jones industrial average nosediving more than 1,200 points – after a new government report showed that consumer prices continued rising in August despite efforts to slow their momentum. The inflation data instantly dashed Wall Street’s hopes that the Federal Reserve might ease up on its campaign of aggressively raising interest rates. The Dow tumbled 1,276 points, or 3.9%. following the release of the report, which showed prices unexpectedly climbed 0.1% from July to August. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell more sharply, shedding nearly 5.2%. while the S&P 500 slumped 4.3%. It was the stock market’s biggest one-day decline in more than two years. A number of economists had been hopeful that the precipitous, two-month decline in gas prices would finally help cool inflation, but the data released Tuesday showed how large price See Stocks, Page A8 Monthly change in inflation 1.0%
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FAIRFIELD — The FAST bus service will shift to an ondemand service model in zones defined as Cordelia/Green Valley and Southeast Fairfield/Travis Air Force Base. Fare increases are scheduled for July 1. The City Council last week adopted a resolution approving the recommendations in the first Comprehensive Operational Analysis of the Fairfield and Suisun Transit. The FAST Forward report lays out a 10-year plan for the system. Service will continue to operate Monday through Saturday. A few of the major recommendations include: n Continue fixed route in areas with proven high ridership (current Routes 1, 3, 6). n Implement a new service mode called “microtransit” to increase
existing citywide transportation coverage. n Replace paratransit services (DART) with citywide microtransit. “Microtransit offers flexible routing (and) scheduling of vehicles and is typically booked through a smartphone application. It allows riders to request on-demand rides within a zone, or deliver them to a transfer station to complete their journey to their destination,” the report states. “Microtransit technology providers build routes to match supply (driven vehicle) and demand (trip) to extend the efficiency and accessibility of the fixed-route transit service. This will increase rider access to mobility by offering highquality service where fixed-route buses cannot operate efficiently, upgrading dial-a-ride and paratransit services, and providing critical connections to fixed-route transit.” The system change will be implemented in two phases.
Phase I: February 2023: n Replace current FAST Routes 2, 4 and 8 with microtransit services in Cordelia/Green Valley and Southeast Fairfield/Travis Air Force Base. n MV Transportation drivers would be trained and screened to operate 12-passenger accessible vehicles owned by the city. n Riders would request ondemand rides within a zone; if traveling outside a zone, riders would be taken to FAST local fixed-route transfer locations at designated stops such as the Fairfield-Cordelia Library, Solano Town Center mall and the Fairfield Walmart. n Identify a microtransit technology partner to assist FAST with determining stop locations for this on-demand service. n Run services from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays. See FAST, Page A8
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Trustee challenges state graduation requirements as ‘discriminatory’ Susan Hiland
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FAIRFIELD — A school board member is challenging various state requirements for students as unfair and possibly discriminatory. Trustee Helen Tilley made her comments Thursday as the Fairfield-Suisun School District board was given TILLEY an update about the state’s graduation requirements. “Seems to me state standards are discriminatory against students (for whom) English is not their first language,” Tilley said after the presentation. “It also seems unfair to students. It is unattractive to students and families and teachers to have to WEATHER 77 | 56 Sunny. Five-day forecast on B10.
teach to the tests. But if we want to achieve success measured by compliance by state standards, which doesn’t fit our district measurements, then the choices are to focus our energy on the 10th and ninth grades in bringing up the Smarter Balance Assessment Prep, which is time away from teaching the subjects in the classroom.” Tilley said she felt this concern should be brought up to the State Department of Education for consideration. She found support among her fellow board members. “I encourage people to write a letter to the delegates in Region 3C with that concern,” Trustee Davis Isom said. “We can take that to the
California School Board Association (for) them (to consider) this and see what they say.” The presentation by Kristen Witt, senior director of Secondary Education, included a detailed explanation of the requirements for being a graduating senior considered by the state to be ready for college or a
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career out of high school. The California Department of Education’s definition of readiness says on its website: “The College/Career Indicators show how well local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools are preparing high school students for success after graduation, See Trustee, Page A8
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