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Willows Fire Department Launches Non-Transport Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services
Tri-County News, December 31, 2025
Willows: $2 Million Sewage Lift Station Project Completed
The Appeal Democrat, December 4, 2025
Rural US town outraged as only hospital forced to shut: ‘I would have died without it’
The Guardian, October 7, 2025
Willows $4M Caltrans grant to fund upgrades, improvements at Sycamore Park
Glenn Grows, October 16, 2023
Action News Now, June 4, 2024
Willows sales tax increase goes into effect in April
Tricounty News, November 20, 2024
City of Willows Latest Press Releases

Measure C Report shows financial progress
Appeal-Democrat, January 20, 2020
Marysville Police Officers, Firefighters receive salary increase
Appeal-Democrat, January 13, 2020
Marysville making financial progress
Appeal-Democrat, December 29, 2019
Recreational Cannabis comes to Marysville
Appeal-Democrat, November 8, 2019
Olivehurst, Linda, Marysville and Wheatland look for ways to partner for fire service delivery
Territorial Dispatch, October 16, 2019
Marysville Council votes to increase sewage rates for households and commercial businesses
[and to balance the Enterprise Fund operating at a deficit]
Appeal-Democrat, September 20, 2019
City-issued bonds to save Marysville $9.8 million
Appeal-Democrat, September 27, 2019
Marysville adds ‘Video Tours’ feature to website
Appeal-Democrat, August 7, 2019
Marysville Budget: Rising revenue offset by one-time costs, capital projects
Appeal-Democrat, July 11, 2019
Ribbon cutting marks wastewater achievement for Marysville
Appeal-Democrat, March 20, 2019

North Franklin Business District Crafts Plan for it’s Redevelopment,
Sacramento Business Journal, May 2013
On the rise and fall (and rise and fall, again) of Franklin Boulevard,
Sacramento News and Review, July 2013
New Effort to Revive North Franklin,
Comstock’s, Jan. 2014
Editorial: Franklin Boulevard area can thrive again,
Sacramento Bee, February 11, 2014
Huge Plans for Huge Problems, Franklin Boulevard neighborhood leaders get innovative,
Sacramento News & Review, April 2014
North Franklin commercial district looks for reinvestment, with CVS on the way,
Sacramento Business Journal, May 2014
Gearing up for the 21st Century,
Sacramento Business Journal, August 2014
Pharmacy building plan will hurt business district,
Sacramento Bee [editorial], April 15, 2015
Franklin gets $400 K Grant for Franklin Boulevard Facelift,
CBS Sacramento, Channel 13 News, January 31, 2016
Franklin Boulevard has $693,000 Reasons to Celebrate,
Sacramento Business Journal, February 1, 2016
The Once 'Ugliest Street in Sacramento' Needs Another Facelift,
Sacramento Bee, February 12, 2016
Centuries-Old History Inspires North Franklin Business District’s New Name
CBS 13, April 4, 2016
Vallejo Council Set to Approve Voters' Passage of Measure A,
Vallejo Times Herald, June 2010
Vallejo Council, public, wrestles with new budget in post-bankruptcy era,
Vallejo Times Herald, May 24, 2012
Vallejo balances 2012-2013 budget; hires 5 new cops, 2 code enforcers,
Vallejo Times Herald, June 27, 2012
Vallejo leaders find no clear path in setting new spending priorities,
Vallejo Times Herald, March 28, 2013
Lessons of hard times in Vallejo,The Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2010
Bankrupt Vallejo, California, Approves Restructuring,
Bloomberg Business, December 1 2010
After 3 years, Vallejo emerging from bankruptcy,
San Jose Mercury News, August 21, 2011
California Bankruptcies Show Jefferson County Cost of Failures,
Bloomberg Business, November 14, 2011
Some claim high pensions could depelet Berkeley’s funds,
The Daily Californian, February 2, 2012
Vallejo, CA, once bankrupt, is now a model for cities in an age of austerity,
The Washington Post, May 23, 2012
Vallejo Claws Back from Bankruptcy,
Fox News, May 25 2012 [VIDEO]
California Debt: What options are available?BBC News, June 5, 2012
Vallejo’s bankruptcy tied up in binding arbitration,
Calpensions, June 10, 2012
Councilwoman Brown to host forum Thursday on ‘Participatory Budgeting’ for city,
Vallejo Times Herald, April 26, 2011
Vallejo approves public budgeting process for portion of new sales tax,
Vallejo Times Herald, April 19, 2012
Vallejo Approves First City-Wide Participatory Budgeting Process in US,
Planetizen, April 20, 2012
When Citizens Make a Budget, Can They Look Beyond Their Own Neighborhoods?,
The Atlantic (City Lab), April 25, 2012
Vallejo's innovation push: A city reinvents itself
The Washington Post, May 24, 2012
New first for Vallejo: From bankruptcy to citizen budgeting,
California Forward, November 30, 2012
Participatory Budgeting: Could it work citywide?,
Gapers Block (Chicago), December 17, 2012
Participatory Budgeting: What's is its role?,
Nonprofit Quarterly, April 18, 2013
Vallejo embraces participatory budgeting, lets citizens vote on how to spend money,
California Forward, May 23, 2013
Council accepts PB results,
Vallejo Times Herald, May 30, 2013
Vallejo is Participatory Budgeting Pioneer,
San Francisco Chronicle, June 10 2013 [FRONT PAGE]
Participatory Budgeting: Real Power, Real Decisions, Real Money,
Community Matters (Conference Call Format)
Participatory Budgeting goes to 'Washington',
Sacramento News and Review, May 8, 2014
VIB News Attack, Special Update - Participatory Budgeting with past Vallejo Councilmember Marti Brown, May 29, 2014 [VIDEO]
Touro University, area food banks want poor to have healthier options,
Vallejo Times Herald, May 11, 2011
Vallejo weighs joining growing effort by cities to fight obesity,
Vallejo Times Herald, July 26, 2011
Community gardens planting seeds for a healthier Vallejo,
Vallejo Times Herald, October 2, 2011
Vallejoans plant seeds for downtown area food cooperatives,
Vallejo Times Herald, April 22, 2012
Vallejo event focuses on host of food-related issues,
Vallejo Times Herald, October 19, 2012
Room for everyone at this food table,
Vallejo Times Herald, October 19, 2012
‘Just Food’ a big hit,
Vallejo Times Herald, November 7, 2012
Editorial: Value your food,
Vallejo Times Herald, November 8, 2012
Editorial: Vote ‘yes’ on Measure C,
Vallejo Times Herald, October 21, 2011
Vallejo pot moratorium ‘ok’d’ until rules drawn,
Vallejo Times Herald, April 25, 2013
Supreme court ruling may offer Vallejo new regulation freedoms,
Vallejo Times Herald, May 7, 2013
Vallejo considers public safety review, Vallejo Times Herald, Decemer 13, 2011
Vallejo’s proposed public safety review panel sparks protest, debate,
Vallejo Times Herald, December 14, 2011
Editorial: Why a public safety committee makes sense,
Vallejo Times Herald, January 29, 2012
Unique approach to homelessness subject of Vallejo event on Thursday,
Vallejo Times Herald, April 17, 2012
Vallejo housed and unhoused gather Thursday to think outside the homeless shelter,
Vallejo Times Herald, April 20, 2012
Vallejo Bus transfer station opens today,
Vallejo Times Herald, June 6, 2011
DA Must Complete Investigation Before State AG Review of Vallejo Shooting,
Vallejo Times Herald, September 19, 2012
Fairgrounds project impacts on Vallejo’s finances raises concerns,
Vallejo Times Herald, January 9, 2013
Developer bond plea for South Vallejo apartment complex denied,
Vallejo Times Herald, April 11, 2013
Solano 360 project passes Vallejo City Council, Vallejo Times Herald, May 16, 2013
New eyes to study possible quality of life improvements in Vallejo,
Vallejo Times Herald, August 29, 2018

Waterfront Coalition wins international award!
Cal Planner, January-February 2006
Delayed Waterfront Deal Struck,
Vallejo Times Herald, November 23, 2006
A Tale of Two Waterfronts,
Solano Magazine, June/July 2007
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