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OtherUnder reviewValero Benicia Refinery property, eastern Benicia (approximately 900 acres)

Valero Benicia Redevelopment (VBR)

Benicia

Description

No application was heard tonight, but the council funded the consultant team that will review the coming redevelopment of the 900-acre refinery site, and the standstill agreement obligates Valero to keep pursuing it in good faith.

Impact summary

This is the groundwork for the biggest land-use decision Benicia has faced in decades — what happens to the refinery site.

Applicant

Name
Valero Refining Company - California / Signature Development
Address
Valero Benicia Refinery property, eastern Benicia (approximately 900 acres)

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 20, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Oct 20, 2026

City Council - Oct 20, 2026

No application was heard tonight, but the council funded the consultant team that will review the coming redevelopment of the 900-acre refinery site, and the standstill agreement obligates Valero to keep pursuing it in good faith.

Related issues (1)

Valero site redevelopment review funding

A resident warned that redeveloping the closed Valero refinery site heavily with housing — without matching job creation — could repeat Vallejo's 1990s mistakes. The concern surfaced both in general public comment and during the transfer tax hearing.

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