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FAIRFIELD — Dixon councilman and former mayor Thom Bogue has announced he will seek the state 3rd Senate District seat. “As a resident of Solano County for over 40 years, and former mayor, vice mayor and current sitting City Council member for the BOGUE city of Dixon, I can say I understand first hand the concerns of my constituents and the people who elected me to serve in their best interests,” Bogue said in a statement announcing his campaign. The Republican also noted his service experi-

ence with such agencies as the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Solano County Water Agency, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District and the Solano County Transportation Agency. “I want to be clear with you, a voter, that while I am running as a Republican, I do not make decisions based on party affiliations; rather, I make decisions based on what I believe serves the common interest of those people who elected me to serve them,” Bogue said in a statement. He identified the ongoing homelessness epidemic, protecting See Bogue, Page A9

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A Fairfield firefighter investigates a fire at an apartment complex that burned a fence and a wall of an apartment

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Grand jury critical of Measure P oversight, committee-city relationship

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Cars drive along Interstate 680 along a storm-damaged Lopes Road in Fairfield, Wednesday, May 17.

A step forward in restoring Lopes Road Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — A portion of Lopes Road may remain closed through the end of the year. In mid-March 2023, the hillside west of Lopes Road was soaked from a series of winter rainstorms causing a landslide that breached the city of Benicia’s water supply line and other underground utilities. That portion of the road has been closed since the city and state

both wrote emergency declarations. Lopes Road parallels Interstate 680. It’s closed between the southern intersection of Gold Hill Road and Marshview Road. An update this week noted work could potentially start later in the summer, but the road would not likely reopen in 2023. On June 9, the county was added to the list of counties eligible for See Lopes, Page A9

FAIRfiELD — The 2022-23 Solano County civil grand jury reported that Fairfield continues not to “track the use of Measure P revenues,” a commitment it made in its response to the 2019-20 grand jury report. “The city should immediately begin tracking all funds received pursuant to Measure P and begin reporting on the expenditure of those funds. The city should also immediately begin making information available to the Oversight Committee as to how the Measure P funds are being spent,” the grand jury report states. However, the report does

The report states that for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the city collected nearly $25.9 million in Measure P revenue, comprising 21.21% of Fairfield’s general fund. indicates which city agencies received funds. The report states that for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the city collected nearly $25.9 million in Measure P revenue, comprising 21.21% of Fairfield’s general fund. That report shows $8.85 million went to the Police Department and

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High court strikes down race-based affirmative action in college admissions Tribune Content Agency

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WASHINGTON — In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted. In a pair of decisions, the six conservative justices ruled that Harvard, the nation’s oldest private college, and the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill, the oldest state university, were illegally discriminating based on race and violating the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said the Constitution forbids treating people differently based on their race. “The entire point of the Equal Protection Clause is that treating someone differently because of their skin color is not See College, Page A9

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another $6.47 million to the Fire Department, a combined increase of $117,726 more than in the previous fiscal year. The same report states the funding supported 35 police officers and six dispatchers, along with $1.98 million to the Crime Prevention Unit. The tax money also supported 26 firefighter and engineer positions. The city allocated $4.51 million in Measure P funding to Public Works for streets and roads, and $950,000 to Public Works for what the oversight committee designates as “quality of life” expenditures such as parks maintenance and the Homeless Engagement

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