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Vallejo council approves $310,000 notice to fund iHeart; $341,000 navigation-center allocation narrowly advanced for later approval
Summary
The Vallejo City Council voted Monday to amend the current fiscal‑year budget to provide $310,000 in opioid‑settlement funds to keep the iHeart mobile crisis program operating and separately advanced a $340,958 notice of intent to fund operations for the Vallejo Homeless Navigation Center; the navigation‑center allocation will return for formal appropriation after staff present additional budget detail.
The Vallejo City Council on Monday unanimously approved a notice of intent to amend the current fiscal-year budget to provide $310,000 in opioid-settlement funds to continue the iHeart mobile crisis response program, and later approved a second, separate notice of intent — 4 to 3 — to allocate $340,958 toward operations for the Vallejo Homeless Navigation Center.
The iHeart action was presented by Jason Ackley, assistant to the city manager, who described the funds as part of a state-distributed opioid settlement that the city has been holding in a restricted account. Ackley told council the city has received roughly $1.3 million in opioid settlement payments to date and outlined state restrictions on uses, including a requirement that half…
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