American Rescue Plan Act

Citizens First!

VPD has the majority of general funds, maintenance the majority of HUD funds, and this one-time funding should go to individual Vallejoans. Exterior paint, roof repair/replacement, sidewalk repairs, stair repair, and projects that can keep a needy homeowner in their home. CITIZENS FIRST!

REGIONAL WATER SECURITY

My suggestion here is to get COV Water, Flood and Waste Water, both GVRD and the School District (both who consume extremely large amounts of water for irrigation,) and the SCWA to form wither a Joint Powers Authority or a 2 x 2 Commission to meet and move forward on supplying funding, developing policy and enacting improvements to: • Provide clean recycled water for irrigation of our parks and public lands. • Considering well water for irrigating public lands. (Here in Vallejo we are so close to the bay that our water table usually stays pretty high. And since we do not have major farming here in town, using this water would not produce the same effects as the Central Valley.) • Consider permaculture practices on public lands that promote groundwater recharge instead of forcing water into our overtaxed storm water system. • Promote rain water retention practices in our residential neighborhoods to also lessen the storm water runoff.

Schools and more

Now that our kids are back at in person learning it is obvious they need more resources. I love helping out our classrooms and teachers but not everyone has the ability to do so. We aren't even a quarter through the year and our child's first grade teacher asked for masks. Anything that goes to helping the people in our city at a basic level I feel like can make a huge impact. The money should go to things we know will have a major impact in Vallejo's future and moving us forward as a community.

ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY

Create cadet programs that will help VPD and VFD succeed at recruiting and retaining the next generation of VPD officers & VFD officers from our own community, if possible. Work with local Unified School Districts in order to launch service career pathways here locally. Allow high school students the opportunity to intern with the VPD & VFD while earning credits toward graduation. They can partner with organizations to help improve public safety at our parks and open spaces, as well around the city & on Mare Island. Also, they can help coordinate volunteer efforts to help clean up areas around the city. Test and fund sorely needed Gunfire Detection tech equipment for the Flock Surveillance Cameras and bring a public health & preventative approach to community policing". Fund proposals from credentialed and valuable community partner organizations to provide services and programming to support at-risk and underserved youth. Fund community violence intervention! Fund the repair of surveillance cameras, fund the purchase of tasers and virtual reality empathy training; don't forget to fund the addition of Gunshot Audio Detection to our Flock Cameras (ShotSpotter)! Take a look at the Marshall Project review whose latest data shows that billions of ARPA dollars flowed towards the criminal justice system by the first quarter of 2022, from covering payroll to purchasing new equipment. We need to fund PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES AND OUR SERVICES LIKE THE POLICE. Let this ARPA spending reflect Vallejo's priorities and values! THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALUABLE SERVICE!!! https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/09/07/how-federal-covid-relief-flows-to-the-criminal-justice-system

Fix our streets. Vallejo streets are in appalling condition. Many major streets have multiple potholes that can cause severe damage.

Implement a storefront Vacancy tax in Downtown Vallejo to encourage landlords to find tenants and create new businesses

Revitalize Downtown

Sanitation - Create a campground facility at the old yacht club off 37

Give our homeless a place to go that has bathrooms, showers, trash bins, laundry, kitchen, dispensary and provide a transportation link to existing services. Design it with a future as a viable campground with both RV and camping designated spots.

Add speed bumps & roundabouts in residential areas to discourage speeding and racing.

Reduce speeding

Murals on Moveable Walls in Downtown Vallejo

Place murals on moveable walls along the sides of Georgia St (between Mare Island Way and Sonoma Blvd) in order to draw and wayfind pedestrians toward local/small downtown businesses. Already in touch with a contractor and each wall costs about $600. Would also need to compensate artists.

Reform the VPD - Create public health teams to address mental health and drug addiction issues

Take these responses away from the police departments so they stop killing our citizens, who mostly just need treatment. There are surely many good cops but they are hidden behind the bad apples. Reform the police so there is a citizens oversight board to deal with bad cops.