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Alma Hernandez raises her hand while taking the oath as mayor of Suisun City at City Hall, Tuesday.
Suisun celebrates new mayor, council reps HONORS THOSE LEAVING Todd R. Hansen THANSEN@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET
SUISUN CITY — Alma Hernandez was seated Tuesday night as the first Latina mayor in the city’s history. She took her oath of office from Assemblywoman Lori Wilson, who was the first Black woman to hold the office, and followed the oath to Larry Brumfield, who became Larry Brumfield raises his hand while taking the oath the first Black man to be as short-term mayor of Suisun City at City Hall, Tuesday. the city’s mayor, albeit
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a tenure that lasted just 12 minutes. “I finally got . . . a front seat,” quipped Brumfield when he took the gavel. He turned 76 Monday. Still, the significance was not lost on Wilson.
NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury delivered a guilty verdict Tuesday in the wide-ranging tax fraud case against Donald Trump’s family real estate business, the Trump Organization. The jury started deliberating in Manhattan Supreme Court just before 1 p.m. Monday. More than 24 hours later it found the Trump Corp. guilty of all nine counts against it, including scheme to defraud, conspiracy to commit grand larceny, criminal tax fraud, falsifying business records and other related charges. The panel found the Trump Payroll Corp. guilty of all eight counts
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FAIRFIELD — Marc Tonnesen in September 2021 settled a huge 11-year property tax dispute with Genentech. “Genentech went on forever,” Tonnesen said of the property tax dispute that started with the 2010 tax year and continued through 2020. That assessment appeal
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Marc Tonnessen sits in his office at the Government Center in Fairfield, Monday. followed other disputes with the company from 1997 to 2001, from 2002 to 2003 and 2004 to 2009. The giant biotech firm
has already appealed the county’s assessment for 2021 and 2022 as well. Tonnesen was already thinking about retiring
and did not want to leave the 11-year Genentech matter for his successor, who turned out to be his hand-picked choice, Assistant Assessor Glenn Zook, who was uncontested in June. He will start his first term Jan. 3. “We worked very hard and I am happy with the resolution,” Tonnesen said. The county had assessed the property value at $9.815 billion and settled for $7.675 billion. It freed millions to be dispersed to cities, schools and special districts. Tonnesen accepts that large firms like Genentech and Valero are likely to appeal See Best, Page A8
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Tonnesen: Assessor’s job he never wanted is best job he’s ever had Editor’s note: Marc Tonnesen is one of several elected officials with many years of service who are leaving their posts. Over the coming weeks, the Daily Republic will profile many of those officials.
it faced, including falsifying business records, conspiracy to defraud, criminal tax fraud and related counts. The consequence of the guilty verdict against both entities is a fine of $1.62 million. The conviction could significantly hinder Trump’s New York business prospects. Donald Trump did not face any charges in this case. “The former president’s companies now stand convicted of crimes. That is consequential. It underscores in Manhattan we have one standard of justice for all,” said District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “This was a case about
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Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks at the site of the John Lewis mural, in Atlanta, Nov. 10.
ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock fended off a challenge from Republican Herschel Walker to win a full six-year term that broadens the Democratic majority in the chamber after a turbulent runoff campaign that sharpened partisan divides in one of the nation’s most politically competitive states. Warnock’s victory Tuesday was a rare bright spot for Democrats in Georgia after a midterm that ended in triumph See Senate, Page A8
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