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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Vallejo Prepares to Approve Corrupted Mare Island Land Deal Despite Whistleblowers' Warnings - PR Newswire

OAKLAND, Calif., March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An unscrupulous public land deal set to turn over 157 acres of city-owned land on Vallejo's Mare Island to private developers is scheduled to be finalized at a Vallejo City Council meeting later this month, according to The Law Firm of Gwilliam Ivary Chiosso Cavalli & Brewer. Warnings shedding light on the nefarious land deal came from three whistleblowers who were wrongfully terminated in retaliation after exposing City officials who had worked to sabotage a negotiated deal in favor of private developers.

"Vallejo is proposing to sell 157 acres of publicly-owned land in a contract that is at odds with conventional public land deals," said J. Gary Gwilliam, Esq., with Gwilliam Ivary Chiosso Cavalli & Brewer, who represents Plaintiffs Slater Matzke, Joanna Altman, and Will Morat in their wrongful termination and whistleblower claims against the City of Vallejo. "The land deal has no performance guarantees, no public benefits – there isn't even a sales price that provides net revenue to the City when turning over this valuable land. This land deal goes against the best interests of Vallejo residents."

In early October 2019, Nyhoff directly asked Morat to insert ambiguous language to water down the private developer's obligations. "When I told him 'I can't do that,' Nyhoff retorted: 'Then I'll find someone who will' and it is apparent Nyhoff found the cronies to push forward his unscrupulous land deal to the detriment to...



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