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Supervisors pull plug on Solano Senior Coalition
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Solano could move into red tier even with higher case numbers
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FAIRFIELD — Dr. Bela Matyas told the Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the county could shift into the less restrictive red tier even if its case numbers do not meet the threshold. Matyas said the county’s health equity data is at 3.7%, well below the 5% standard for the orange tier, one level better than the red. Moreover, the seven-day positivity testing rate has consistently been below the red tier threshold of 8%. It was reported at 5.8% Tuesday, slightly up from 5.6% Monday.
So even if the county’s daily case rate does not get below 31 cases needed for its 14-day average, the state could still shift the county into red. “We are within a week of qualifying to move into red. It is not impossible,” Matyas, the county public health officer, told the board. He emphasized that county residents must continue to avoid social gatherings and continue other safety protocols such as social distancing. California’s color-based monitoring system designates the purple tier for counties where See Tier, Page A9
Solano County by the numbers Cases: 30,163 (+48 over Monday) Deaths: 164 (+0) Hospitalizations: 35 (+0) Active cases: 276 (+130) 7-day positivity testing rate: 5.8% (up from 5.6%) ICU capacity: 30% (up from 29%) Individuals tested: 181,758 (+286) All tests: 272,852 (+399) Vallejo: 8,956 (+15) Fairfield: 8,204 (+13) Vacaville: 7,925 (+8) Suisun City: 2,042 (+5) Dixon: 1,762 (+4) Benicia: 855 (+0) Rio Vista: 330 (+3) County: 89 (+0) Source: Solano County Public Health
FBI director says Capitol riot was ‘domestic terrorism’ Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher A. Wray called the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol an act of “domestic terrorism” and defended the bureau’s handling of intelligence in the days before a proTrump mob stormed past police and threatened the lives of lawmakers.
“I was appalled that you, our country’s elected leaders, were victimized right here in these very halls,” he said. “That attack, that siege, was criminal behavior. It is wray behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism.” Wray faced questions
from the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing that delved into the bureau’s handling of threats posed by domestic terrorists and right-wing extremists before the Capitol siege. The hearing was part of a series of congressional inquiries examining
security failures in the Jan. 6 attack and the broader threat posed by domestic extremists. Senators are scheduled to hear Wednesday from federal and military officials about their response to the siege, which left five people, including a police officer, dead. The FBI has come See Capitol, Page A9
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors agreed Tuesday that the Senior Coalition of Solano County, as Chairman John Vasquez suggested, has “outlived its usefulness.” In a unanimous vote, the board declassified the Senior Coalition as an advisory board and discontinued any funding after June 30. The decision will save the county general fund $56,800 annually. “This is a very difficult decision being made,” Supervisor Jim Spering said. However, there are more than a few members or former members of the coalition who contacted the Daily Republic and believe this is what the county administration has wanted for several years. They noted how difficult it was for the coalition to get the board
to even appoint members at one point, even after a year of coming to board meetings to plead with the supervisors. The coalition will still have $30,221 to use through the end of the current fiscal year as it sees fit, which includes the possibility of establishing itself as a nonprofit, a possibility the coalition members have discussed. If that happens, several supervisors suggested the county would be in a position to support it in some fashion or another, and as a nonprofit, it could be a vendor the county could use for some of its programs. The county paid $6,000 to Applied Survey Research to do an assessment of the Senior Coalition, and whether it is meeting its goals and overall mission. The report states that the coalition activities are more in line with a nonprofit than it is an
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