California Forever is a proposed large-scale housing development in Solano County that has drawn intense criticism and debate over its potential environmental and economic impacts, highlighting the tension between local governance and the state’s housing shortage.
Two property owners are suing Solano County for more than $229 million, alleging the county illegally sold their private land at auction far below its stated market value and violated their constitutional rights.
A federal civil rights lawsuit between Solano County and Nakia Porter, her father J.B. Powell, and her three children has concluded with a $17 million settlement, representing one of the largest excessive force settlements in California history.
Nakia Porter and her father, J.B. Powell, have finalized a $17 million settlement with Solano County in an excessive force lawsuit stemming from an incident in August 2020 in which Porter was beaten unconscious by deputies while her children looked on.
SB 5, legislation to prevent developers from exploiting the special tax status of protected California farmland to finance urban improvements, passed the Legislature with bipartisan support and now goes to the governor.
California Forever announced on Monday that they were pulling the project from the November ballot. The move…
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By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Solano County – When a group of investors purchased a large…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Supporters of Nakia Porter—the 33-year-old woman beaten and…
By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 27th – August 3rd) Solano County Jail has one active case in…