KTVU TV News: Benicia breaks with Solano County, adopts mask mandate

Benicia only city in Solano County with mask mandate KTVU News, By Debora Villalon, August 25, 2021 BENICIA, Calif. – Benicia has decided to become the only city in Solano County with a mask mandate. The unanimous vote came Tuesday evening, after four hours of council discussion and public comment. “It represents community consensus on … Continue reading KTVU TV News: Benicia breaks with Solano County, adopts mask mandate

BREAKING NEWS: Benicia Council passes citywide indoor mask mandate, effective immediately

By Roger Straw, August 24, 2021, 10:15pm On 5-0 vote, Benicia joins Bay Area Counties other than Solano in ordering masks in public indoors places Details: City of Benicia releases information on new Face Covering Mandate: Press Release, Resolution and Flyer TV news reports: ABC7 TV News: Benicia Council passes mask mandate KTVU TV News: … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Benicia Council passes citywide indoor mask mandate, effective immediately

ALERT! Please attend City Council meeting tonight, Tues. Aug. 24, 6PM – Indoors Masking

Attend tonight’s 6PM meeting if you can! By Roger Straw, August 24, 2021 Your comments and support for reinstating an indoors mask mandate for Benicia is desperately needed as we protect ourselves and others from the surging and highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. Our County health department is failing to protect public health and … Continue reading ALERT! Please attend City Council meeting tonight, Tues. Aug. 24, 6PM – Indoors Masking

Christina Strawbridge on masks: ‘I’m hoping we can rise above politics here’

Benicia City Council to decide on city-wide mask mandate at Aug. 24 special meeting Benicia Herald, by Galen Kusic, August 20, 2021 [Reprinted with permission, not available online.  Subscribe] Nearly 81 percent of Benicia’s residents are fully vaccinated, making it the second most vaccinated city in the county, next to Rio Vista. However, as the … Continue reading Christina Strawbridge on masks: ‘I’m hoping we can rise above politics here’