Mission statement

The Neighborhood Law Program (NLP), in collaboration with other City departments, outside governmental agencies, and the citizens of Vallejo, coordinates the efficient use of City resources to address blight and nuisance conditions throughout the City of Vallejo. The Neighborhood Law Program advances the interests of the City by seeking voluntary compliance, and where voluntary compliance is not achieved, the NLP initiates legal proceedings with an aim towards improving the quality of life for the citizens of Vallejo.

THE PROGRAM

The Neighborhood Law Program is a specialty unit of the City Attorney’s Office dedicated to tackling blight and public nuisance conditions in Vallejo. In addition to meeting with residents and community organizations, the NLP lawyers work with the Vallejo Police Department, Code Enforcement Division, and other departments to abate the City’s most unfavorable nuisances and improve the quality of life in Vallejo.

The Neighborhood Law Program utilizes several state laws and city ordinances to abate nuisance properties. These include:

• Public nuisance lawsuits (Civil Code section 3479 et seq.);
• Inspection warrants and abatement warrants (Code of Civil Procedure section 1822.50 et seq.);
• Cease and desist letters to address violations of the City’s public health and safety, building, and zoning ordinances; and
• Court-appointed receiverships (Health & Safety Code section 17980.7).

These tools not only allow the City to effectively combat ongoing nuisance conditions, they also generally allow the City to lien or recover fees and administrative costs associated with the abatement.

If you would like to report an issue in your neighborhood for our NLP lawyers to investigate, please click HERE for our NLP Citizen Reporter Intake Form.

Please note, however, that NLP lawyers do not represent or provide legal advice/services to individuals or private entities. For information about retaining an attorney or for referral to an attorney, please contact the Solano County Bar Association at (707) 422-5087, the Legal Services of Northern California at (707) 643-0054, or visit the Self-Help Guide to the California Courts website.

Recently filed cases by nlp

Recently resolved cases by nlp

Some examples of the succeses the program has had

FIRST REPORTING OF COMMON ISSUES

Most cases that come to NLP start with one of the following types of reports:

ILLEGAL DUMPING

Illegal Dumping means to dump, or to cause to be dumped, waste material in or upon public or private land without the knowledge or consent of the owner. This includes any highway, road, right-of-way, or park.

To report illegal dumping, submit a ticket on SeeClickFix.

VACANT AND/OR ABANDONED PROPERTIES

Vacant and/or abandoned properties create neighborhood issues in several ways, including overgrown weeds, increased risk of fire, trespassing, criminal activity, and an increase in trash and debris on and around the property.

To report a vacant or abandoned property, contact Code Enforcement. Vacant properties are required to be registered with Code Enforcement under the Vacant Property Registration Program. Learn more here.

If the property is occupied by trespassers, you may also report it to the Vallejo Police Department.

ABANDONED VEHICLES

The City’s Vehicle Abatement Program is designed to abate public nuisance and blight by removing abandoned, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles from public properties and from the public right-of-way.  Abatement is conducted under the provisions set forth by the California Vehicle Code, § 22660 et seq., and by the Vallejo Municipal Code, § 7.64 et seq.    

To report abandoned vehicles to the Vallejo Police Department Traffic Division, submit a ticket on SeeClickFix.

NOISE COMPLAINTS

Noise complaints are investigated by the City’s Code Enforcement with assistance from the Vallejo Police Department. To find out more information about the City’s Noise Ordinance, click here. To report a noise complaint to Code Enforcement, send an email to [email protected] or submit a ticket on SeeClickFix.

HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS

The Neighborhood Law Program assists the City Manager’s Office and other City departments with addressing homeless encampments. To find information about homeless resources and upcoming encampment removals, visit https://www.myvallejo.com/homelessresources.

RED LIGHT ABATEMENT

The Neighborhood Law Program alongside the Vallejo Police Department is working to implement City Council’s recent direction to address red-light abatement and sex trafficking.