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Board formally approves sales tax ballot measure for wildfire needs Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday took the final vote to place a measure for a one-eighth cent general sales tax increase on the Nov. 8 ballot. The item was part of the consent calendar, but was pulled and voted on separately. Supervisor Erin Hannigan dissented. Proponents of the tax argue that the $9 million the tax will generate each year will help to fund wildfire prevention and protection needs. Hannigan, who originally wanted some of the funds to go toward greater public access to parks and open spaces as a way for Vallejo residents to benefit from the tax, has also argued that for what the county is looking to do, the proposal is not big enough. There were no additional comHANNIGAN ments from the board members. George Guynn Jr., of Suisun City, a self-described taxpayer advocate, reiterated his position that while fire protection is needed, coming out of a pandemic is the wrong time for a tax increase. He said he also believes the measure should be a specific tax that would require 67% of the voters to back it rather than the simple majority GUYUNN needed for this general tax.
In brief Wylie announces re-election bid for Vaca council VACAVILLE — Jeannette Wylie on Wednesday is kicking off her reelection bid for the District 6 seat on the City Council. The event will begin at 3:15 p.m. in the back parking lot of City Hall near the entrance to the City Council chamber. City Hall is located at WYLIE 650 Merchant St.
Biden admin to halt ‘Remain in Mexico’ program Tribune Content Agency The Biden administration will halt the use of a Trump-era policy that forced migrants seeking asylum to remain in Mexico, after a Supreme Court ruling said the government could unwind the program, according to two U.S. officials. The administration’s action follows a federal judge’s ruling to vacate his previous decision to restart the policy. “Remain in Mexico,” formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols Policy, or MPP, forced back more than 60,000 asylum-seekers during the Trump administration, as part of an effort to deter migration at the southern border. Many immigrants faced rape, kidnapping and murder while they languished in Mexico, according to advocacy groups. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security confirmed the move Monday evening. “Individuals are no longer being newly enrolled into MPP, and individuals currently in MPP in Mexico will be disenrolled when they return for their next scheduled court date,” said Marsha Espinosa, a spokesperson for DHS. “Individuals disenrolled from MPP will continue their removal proceedings in the United States.” In early 2021, the Biden administration began to undo MPP by allowing thousands of people caught up in the program in Mexico to come to the U.S. In June of that year, DHS Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a memo officially ending the policy. But in August 2021, U.S. District Judge Matthew See Biden, Page A8
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Les Perez makes repairs to a wheelchair ramp at the Sullivan Interagency Youth Services Center in Fairfield, Monday. Voters in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School
District will be asked on Nov. 8 to decide on a $249.6 million bond measure for school facility needs. It takes 55% of the vote to pass.
Solano County ‘fire tax’ will share ballots with other tax measures Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — A countywide sales tax increase to fund wildfire prevention and protection needs will share the Nov. 8 ballot with other tax or bond initiatives in three cities and within two school districts. The Solano County Board of Supervisors has approved for the ballot the one-eighth cent general sales tax increase, which the county states will generate $9 million annually for wildfire causes. Five other funding measures have been placed on the ballot as well. Voters within the FairfieldSuisun School District will decide on a $249.6 million Measure S bond. “Specifically, the bond proceeds shall be used for the purpose of financing the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation
or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing, and more particularly equipping the school facilities, or the acquisition or lease of real property for school facilities . . .,” the text of the bond resolution states. The bond will need 55% of the vote to be approved. The Vacaville School District is putting forth a similar bond measure asking voters within its boundaries to back a $229.5 million bond also for school facilities. Measure Q also requires 55% voter support to pass. Vallejo is asking voters to increase the local sales tax by 0.875%. Like the fire tax, it is a general use tax and requires a simple majority to pass. The purpose of Measure P is “to maintain critical city services, such as keeping public spaces healthy/ safe/clean; maintaining fire protec-
tion/emergency medical response/ crime prevention; addressing homelessness/blight/dumping; repairing deteriorating neighborhood streets/ roads/sidewalks; and for general government use,” the Vallejo tax resolution states. If approved, the tax would generate an estimated $18 million a year. It does not have a sunset clause. Dixon’s Measure D calls for a 1 cent sales tax increase, which would generate an estimated $3.1 million annually to maintain services such as “fire prevention, rapid 911 emergency response/ neighborhood police patrols, disaster preparedness, crime/gangs/ drugs prevention (and) street/ pothole repair,” the text for the tax measure states. The text also notes the attraction and retention of businesses and See Tax, Page A8
Trump under intense legal scrutiny after FBI searches Mar-a-Lago Tribune Content Agency Donald Trump faces intensifying legal and political pressure after FBI agents searched his Florida home in a probe of whether he took classified documents from the White House when he left office, casting a shadow on his possible run for the presidency in 2024. The search is a stunning development in the ongoing legal battles involving the former president as he teases another White House bid in 2024 and plays kingmaker in Republican primaries for November’s midterm elections. It also comes as the Jan. 6 committee, and federalinvestigators,probe the actions of Trump’s inner circle related to the fatal riot at the Capitol. Trump was in New York City at the time of the search and accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of raiding his property. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege,
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raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” he said in a statement Monday. He did not indicate what they were seeking. “They even broke into my safe!” The Justice Department declined to comment on Trump’s statement, but a person familiar with the search said it began in the morning, lasted until after 6 p.m. and was related to the potential mishandling of the records. Monday’s search is related to a request from the National Archives and Records Administration to the Justice Department to look into the transfer of presidential documents to Mar-a-Lago, including classified materials. The Archives in January retrieved 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago. Trump turned those
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A member of the Secret Service is seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday.
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