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Vacaville mayoral candidates offer thoughts on city priorities Todd R. Hansen
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VACAVILLE — Public safety, housing, issues surrounding homelessness – including mental health – are weaved into what the three candidates for mayor view as the city’s top priorities. Each was asked by the Daily Republic to respond to this question: While mayors only have one vote in City Council decisions, it is a position of leadership. Name three critical issues facing the city and indicate how you would influence public policy on those issues. Joseph Green wrote, “There are many important issues we are facing in Vacaville and three that I would like to highlight are housing, public safety and mental health.” CARLI His general theme was to look forward and not to the past, but clearly disagrees with city decisions on housing, specifically, but also believes Vacaville needs to refocus how it approaches other issues. “As mayor I would revisit how we are truly investing in our public servants such as police GREEN and fire. We are struggling in these recruitment and retention areas and we need true leadership to stop the slow bleed that’s growing in these departments,” Green stated. “Our housing issues are growing and we have the power and ability to fix this. We cannot continue with business as usual. We need to focus back on the ROBERTS people of our community as a priority. I would not criticize past decisions but I would create a relationship with each council member and district to reinforce our commitment to providing affordable housing for our residents in need,” and on the topic of mental health, “we need to ensure our students, employees and all residents have the support needed in this area. When influencing policy that impacts our community wellness, I would highly advocate for active wellness programs, music- and art-based organizations and others that would promote a healthy community,” Green said. The other two candidates, Vice Mayor Jason Roberts and former police Chief John Carli, offered many issues layered into broader categories. In fact, Carli offered his full candidate
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District 2, District 6 candidates voice views on Vacaville priorities Todd R. Hansen
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VACAVILLE — There was a bit of a gap in the responses from the City Council candidates for District 2 and District 6. District 2 incumbent Gregory Ritchie and two hopefuls for the
District 6 seat – Jennifer House and Raymond Beaty – opted not to respond to the Daily Republic’s request for comment on this question: Name two issues critical to your district, and one for the city, what you think needs to be done about each, and how you would
effect those desired outcomes. Joseph Desmarais, the only other candidate for District 2, stated “my No. 1 issue is to deliver on qualityof-life projects and programs for the community.” “Over the last few decades the See Views, Page A8
District 4 hopefuls speak on top issues Todd R. Hansen
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VACAVILLE — A trio of candidates for the District 4 seat on the City Council have myriad issues they believe the district and the city face headed into the next four years.
The list includes crime, homelessness, stability in the Police and Fire departments, the budget, Alamo Creek flooding, and improvements to roads and sidewalks. Each candidate was asked by the Daily Republic to answer this
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