, November 20, 2024
Nov 05, 2024
Meanwhile, incumbent City Councilmember Trevor Macenski and former Councilmember Lionel Largaespada were leading two challengers for two open City Council seats....
Oct 30, 2024
The council also preserved a key oversight power held by the Open Government Commission....
Oct 07, 2024
Incumbent Trevor Macenski is challenged by Benicia LGBTQIA Network founder Christina Gilpin-Hayes, former Councilmember Lionel Largaespada and engineer Franz Rosenthal....
Mar 05, 2024
Measure B – which would raise Benicia's sales tax by three-quarters of a cent – was winning with 75% of the vote....
Dec 20, 2023
Residents felt that state and regional regulatory agencies had not followed through on enforcement....
Nov 22, 2023
City Manager Mario Giuliani said that if the measure does not pass, the city would need to lay off a third of its staff....
Nov 09, 2023
The city council sidestepped allegations made by former employees that SafeQuest’s shelters went largely unused for months....
Nov 06, 2023
SafeQuest has faced eroding support and calls for an investigation into its practices after a Vallejo Sun investigation....
Feb 14, 2023
Giuliani will replace City Manager Erik Upson who is leaving on March 1 to take a position with a global security firm....
Feb 02, 2023
The housing element is intended to insure that the city can meet future housing needs in an equitable manner....
Jan 23, 2023
Upson was originally hired as the city’s police chief in 2015 and was appointed city manager in 2020....
Oct 13, 2022
The five candidates seethed over revelations of undisclosed emissions and fretted about the oil giant’s influence in the city’s politics....
