Reportedly, salaries and benefits for public safety workers account for at least 80 percent of Vallejo's general fund budget. Stockton filed for bankruptcy in June On November 1, , a federal judge released Vallejo from bankruptcy after nearly three years.
They have vetted and reduced more than project ideas to 36 projects that will be on the ballot. Vallejo residents 14 years of age and older will vote and choose six out of 36 projects to vote on from May 11 through May 18, A public vote open to all residents of Vallejo age 16 and over took place in October Vallejo is the most diverse city of any size in the United States.
According to the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, [39] the top employers in the city are:. West Vallejo is the oldest and most historic section of the city, and stretches from Interstate 80 and Sonoma Blvd.
In old town Vallejo, East-West streets are named after states, [45] North-South streets are named after counties, and alleys between East-West streets are named after old, defunct car companies. Names are sometimes truncated. The downtown and waterfront areas, located in West Vallejo near Mare Island were undergoing extensive transformation and development as many people from San Francisco move to the Victorian homes downtown.
Due to the city declaring bankruptcy, many projects stalled. However, a large parking structure to accommodate the ferry and bus system was recently completed and is expected to redraw attention to Vallejo's old town on the west side. This subdivision, originally named the "Georgetown" was renamed the "Bay Terrace" in It is a district composed of individual buildings, designed by architect George W.
This project was one of only two such projects on the Pacific Coast. The district has a remarkably high degree of integrity. Most of the original residential buildings remain; almost two-thirds of them have survived in their original condition. The residential buildings are detached single-family houses, semi-detached two-family houses and semi-detached two-flat houses, distributed fairly evenly along the street. A sense of individuality among the houses was achieved by using fifteen variations on six basic plans, while visually harmonious streetscapes were created through the use of the Colonial Revival style.
This distinctive architectural style of the housing visually distinguished the boundaries of the Bay Terrace district from the surrounding neighborhood. Although the subdivision is not currently on the National Register of Historic Places , it does meet the "significant" requirements under criteria A and C for evaluation. East Vallejo is the largest and most populated, containing newer neighborhoods of the city, which has undergone considerable growth since the late s.
In the northeast corner of Vallejo is the Hiddenbrooke community, centered around Hiddenbrooke Golf Club. East Vallejo is generally considered to be the safest section of the city. North Vallejo, located near Highway 37 , has a number of housing subdivisions including the tracts of Lofas-Lakeside, College Park, College Hills, and Country Club Crest the latter of which gained recognition as "Crest Side" due to mentions by the neighborhood's rap artists.
One of the city's largest government subsidized housing projects — Chabot Terrace — was located here during the war years of the s. The Lofas-Lakeside housing tract, built in the early s, was the first African American housing subdivision in Vallejo. It was built by building contractor B. Williams at the request of a group of African American couples seeking home ownership.
The southeast area of Vallejo includes Glen Cove, a neighborhood located where Interstates 80 and meet, near Benicia. It boasts views of the Carquinez Strait , including the newly built westbound Carquinez Bridge. Most of the home construction in this area was completed in the s but includes some of the most expensive housing in the city. South Vallejo also has another historic area "Sandy Beach", the first area in Vallejo to be settled.
The houses here, located on the shore at the mouth of the Napa River, were formerly fishing shacks originally built in the s. It is rumored that Jack London used to play poker at the age of 16 in the shack on the pier directly across the water. The oldest known house in Vallejo, the Winslow House, built in by a merchant marine, George Greenwood, of Maine, and in was purchased by Isaac Winslow, remains in its existing historic condition on Winslow Avenue.
It is also the home of the oldest Pepper Tree in California non-native. South Vallejo has other historic buildings, including a rare historic mansion, the only one of its kind left in Vallejo. The Starr Mansion, [49] named after its builder, Abraham Dubois Starr, sits on top of a hill and offers panoramic views of the city of Vallejo, the waterways of the Napa River , Mare Island and the picturesque hills to the east.
The beautiful, unique architecture is Second Empire Italianate and thought of as Vallejo's diamond. Now a bed and breakfast that lodges and caters to tourists and business visitors, the mansion is filled with furniture and accessories of the period. The two adjoining parlors have matching Italian marble fireplaces and breath-taking unique gold leaf light fixtures original to the structure.
The Cal Maritime campus is located in South Vallejo and is putting in considerable effort to revitalize the area. Mare Island , former home to the oldest Naval Base west of the Mississippi and decommissioned in , has the newest homes in the city as well as some of the oldest. As one of the nation's oldest decommissioned shipyard and naval bases, Mare Island has a rich history and contains many National Historic Landmark buildings, including a 19th-century industrial brick warehouse, the Coal Shed Artists Studios, Officers Mansions, designated historic landscapes Alden Park and Chapel Park, the oldest golf course west of the Mississippi, and Saint Peters Chapel, a nondenominational church built in that boasts the largest collection of actual Louis Comfort Tiffany stain-glass windows on the west coast.
The Island is still home to industrial and creative work spaces, currently the renown art space known as the Coalshed Studios sits on the water front at building Coalshed Brewery is also on the same water front.
Vallejo has six sister cities : [56]. Vallejo Choral Society , a vibrant local arts non-profit founded in Elmira Green Valley. Familypedia Explore.
Create or edit article. Improve article; tree, bdm, etc Form:Person Semi-manual method Advanced form rarely used. Surnames People by decade Birth decade Death decade. Forums, blogs. Register Don't have an account? Vallejo, California. Edit source History Talk 0. Main article: Zodiac Killer. Though it's home to just a medium-size population, it's among the most diverse cities in the nation.
Vallejo is a popular commuter community, especially for people working in San Francisco just a short drive away. The city's well-developed public transit network makes it convenient to commute throughout the Bay Area. Before the s, the Karkin and Suisun natives inhabited the land now known as Vallejo, California.
In , Mexican military officer Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo traveled to the area to establish various land grants. After California became a state in , General Vallejo donated acres of his land to help create his dream of a new state capital. While General Vallejo wanted to call the new city Eureka, the citizens insisted on naming the city in his honor. In , Vallejo became the first seat of the California state government. However, the legislature made the decision to move the capital to Sacramento just a few weeks later, returning just briefly to Vallejo after a natural disaster.
Once the legislature left Vallejo for the final time, the city's development paused for a short period. This caused the population of Vallejo to grow from 26, to around , within a short time span. While the shipyard officially closed in , the city has continued to grow and evolve. Vallejo is home to a variety of things to do, whether your interests lie in the great outdoors, arts and culture, history, or community events. There's something for everyone within the city, making Vallejo a desirable place to live for both families and young people.
If you enjoy golfing, you'll be able to enjoy the sport at three different hole public courses in the city: Blue Rock Springs East and West, Hiddenbrooke and Mare Island.
The opportunities to enjoy the sunny California weather don't end there. There are also a few local marinas and a yacht club offering sailing and scenic views. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is one of the most popular places for entertainment in Vallejo, spanning over acres. The park features several roller coasters, water rides, animal attractions and family-friendly rides.
In addition to its traditional elementary, middle and high schools, the district also serves a charter continuation school, a community day school and a home study support program. There are several alternatives to public education in the area, including a handful of parochial campuses and charter schools. If you're considering higher education in Vallejo, there are a few different campuses conveniently located in the city.
Considering its convenient Bay Area location, Vallejo has a relatively affordable median home price. You can purchase a home here for far less than in other Bay Area cities, making it a popular place for commuters to call home. Vallejo Find Storage. Find Storage Near You. The restrooms are wheel chair accessible, although the doors are manually operated swinging doors.
All court activities are conducted on the ground floor of the building. Hours of Operation The courthouse is open and division windows are by appointment only. Courthouse Hours. The string starts with Vallejo once a gritty port and navy town , which has transformed as a result of Bay Area crowding and high home prices into a fairly desirable commuter community.
East across a narrow range of mountains, the land flattens again into the towns of Cordelia, Suisun City and the larger Fairfield and Vacaville. Read More about Vallejo. Fairfield was once primarily a military town supporting Travis Air Force Base, which is still an important part of the local economy. A number of commercial and industrial enterprises have spread into Fairfield and especially the Vacaville area to escape but still serve the Bay Area.
These firms, from chemical to biotech to small manufacturers, have sprung up in the open valleys mainly in Vacaville and east and have created a lot of employment. Taken together with those commuting into the Bay, incomes and employment for residents of the area are strong.
Proximity to the Bay and geographic barriers mountains and marshes have restricted building somewhat, driving home prices upward. Schools, health care, shopping and other facilities are new and modern. Entertainment and arts venues in the immediate area are modest, but the area has good access to San Francisco and to the college town of Davis to the east.
Vallejo, Fairfield and Vacaville are built on narrow strips of flat, dry land between dry coastal mountains and the marshlands surrounding San Pablo and Suisun Bays, eastern extensions of the San Francisco Bay. Further east, the land spreads into prime agricultural land used mainly for orchards and vegetable growing.
The climate is Mediterranean marine with a very strong influence from the San Francisco Bay just west. Summer days are pleasantly warm; evenings are cool and incursions of low, stratus clouds are common.
The area can be windy, particularly in Fairfield, when large temperature differences arise between the Bay and the inland Central Valley. Most precipitation falls in winter as light to moderate rain, and temperatures seldom drop below freezing.
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