Benicia City Council: Hughes & Schwartzman not running, Birdseye official

City Clerk posts only 3 candidates for City Council at deadline At close of business on Friday, August 10, City Clerk Lisa Wolfe listed only three candidates who filed to run for the two open seats on Benicia’s City Council in November’s election. Rumors had been circulating that both incumbents had decided against running again.  But … Continue reading Benicia City Council: Hughes & Schwartzman not running, Birdseye official

Planning Commissioner Kari Birdseye announces Benicia City Council bid

From a press release… Planning Commission Chair Kari Birdseye announces run for Benicia City Council BENICIA, CA, June 7, 2018 — Benicia Planning Commission Chair Kari Birdseye today announced that she is running for a seat on the Benicia City Council in the November 2018 election. A resident of Benicia for nearly two decades, Birdseye … Continue reading Planning Commissioner Kari Birdseye announces Benicia City Council bid

LETTER SERIES: Kari Birdseye – Monica Brown for Solano County Supervisor

[Editor: Benicians are expressing themselves in letters to the editor of our local print newspaper, the Benicia Herald. But the Herald doesn’t publish letters in its online editions – and many Benician’s don’t subscribe. We are posting certain letters here for wider distribution. – RS] Vote for Monica Brown By Kari Birdseye October 27, 2016 … Continue reading LETTER SERIES: Kari Birdseye – Monica Brown for Solano County Supervisor

Stephen Golub: Kudos to the Council on the Potential Transfer Tax

By Stephen Golub,  June 18, 2024 On June 11, the City Council took the first step in a multi-stage process to put on the November ballot a vote on whether Benicia should adopt a Real Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) for the sale of real estate, be it residential, commercial or industrial. Kudos to the Council … Continue reading Stephen Golub: Kudos to the Council on the Potential Transfer Tax