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Fallout from the county’s fiscal management problems just keeps spreading.

On Tuesday, following another contentious hearing with Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez, the Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to authorize a letter referring one of those problems to the state — specifically, to the Fair Political Practices Commission and the Department of Justice.

The problem, according to the county’s Workforce Development Board, is that the state’s Employment Development Department (EDD) has issued a cash hold, freezing some of the county’s most important workforce program funding, because the county has yet to submit its long-overdue single audit for fiscal year 2019-20.

Scott Adair, the county’s economic development director, said at today’s meeting that when the Workforce Development Board first learned that those funds were at risk, back in November, they invited Paz Dominguez to a meeting in hopes of getting “additional detail and an explanation” for the report’s delinquency. 

“The auditor-controller at that time made a commitment to have the single audit report completed by March of this year,” Adair said, adding, “That did not occur.”

Shortly thereafter, he noted, the Workforce Development Board adopted a resolution of “no confidence” in the Auditor-Controller’s Office. 

The cash hold has since been put into effect, Adair said, and since the Workforce Development Board is merely an advisory body, it needs the supervisors’ approval to communicate with state authorities in hopes of resolving the matter. Ideally, the state will release the hold with an assurance that the single audit is all but complete, he explained.

In the meantime, with the state funds now frozen, the county’s economic development division has been forced to dip into the county’s general fund to keep operating its workforce development program, with the hope that those expenditures will be eligible for reimbursement down the line, according to Adair. “We have been told by the state that we have until the end of this fiscal year [on June 30] to remedy the single audit issue, after which expenditures may not be available for reimbursement,” he said.

Appearing via Zoom, Paz Dominguez disputed Adair’s take on the situation, saying his characterization of matters was “not correct.” She said the funding in question has not, in fact, been placed on a cash hold because no requests have actually been submitted and rejected by the state.

Paz Dominguez also said that the single audit report has now been completed by outside accounting firm MGO, though she added that the firm is still waiting on a couple of items related to payroll and cash reconciliations. 

Paz Dominguez | Screenshot

“I don’t want the impression to be that this is something the Office of the Auditor-Controller is holding up purposefully or that it’s something within our control to do at this point,” Paz Dominguez said.

Given a chance to respond, Adair pushed back. He read from a March 15 email from the regional EDD representative informing the county that the cash hold went into effect on March 4 and will remain in place until the agency receives proof that the county’s 2019-20 single audit is complete.

This argument over the basic facts of the situation continued. County Administrative Officer Elishia Hayes disputed Paz Dominguez’s claim that the single audit is complete, saying that won’t technically be the case until the county’s financial statements are completed. There is $28 million in transactions from the 2019-20 fiscal year that have yet to be reconciled, Hayes said. Those transactions — upwards of 700 or 800 of them, altogether — appear on the county’s bank statements but not in its financial system. Hayes said she’d be asking the board later in the meeting for permission to have her office’s staff step in to help identify those transactions.

“We would like to put all resources possible [toward] completing the audit,” Hayes said. “It is of the utmost concern at this point in time, and it’s our hope to have it done by June 30, if not sooner.”

The board’s discussion on the Workforce Development Board matter was complicated by the fact that, in the corresponding staff report, it was lumped together with a couple of documents that weren’t directly related to the questions at hand.

One was a recent memo in which 13 of the county’s 19 department heads say Paz Dominguez “has failed to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of her position.” The other was a “fact sheet” prepared by the CAO’s Office that lists upwards of 40 “deficiencies” with which Paz Dominguez’s tenure as auditor-controller’s has allegedly been “marred.”

Paz Dominguez argued that the “fact sheet” is “not actually factual,” and she suggested that any letters submitted to the state about the workforce program funding situation should be written jointly, with her own involvement.

“I would be more than happy to have them come in and investigate the operations of this county so that they can see the challenges that we face as a county together,” she said.

Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson said he was disappointed with the “fact sheet” and would not want it forwarded to the state. Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell, who serves on the Workforce Development Board, clarified that the “fact sheet” would not be sent.

Hayes discouraged the board from accepting Paz Dominguez’s request for a joint letter, saying that while the auditor-controller should feel free to submit her own correspondence, the Workforce Development Board’s request was simply to forward their concerns to state agencies.

A clearly annoyed First District Supervisor Rex Bohn said Paz Dominguez could write “as many letters as she wants … or she could do the single audit, or we could get this stuff done timely.”

Bushnell made a motion to have staff forward the Workforce Development Board’s concerns to the state. She later amended it to “recognize and accept” the memo from department heads expressing dissatisfaction with the Auditor-Controller’s Office.

Paz Dominguez again voiced objections, saying that the Workforce Development Board’s stated concerns aren’t based in fact. 

“There’s one person who is named and accused” in the board’s communications, she said, referring to herself. “And I think it’s important that we all recognize that is not appropriate or correct, because this is a county-wide issue. It’s a systemic flaw in this county.”

During the public comment period, regular commenter Kent Sawatzky suggested that the “fact sheet” constitutes slander, and that Paz Dominguez has every right to sue the county over it. He also suggested that the county should commission a forensic audit from the state to truly understand the source of its fiscal issues.

Connie Stewart, the executive director of initiatives at Cal Poly Humboldt and regional organizer of the Humboldt Workforce Coalition, called in to tell the board that the cash hold is indeed affecting workforce program funding. “And I’m not sending invoices in right now because I don’t want them to go to collections,” she said.

Stewart added that there are “millions and millions of dollars” in grant funding that will be up for grabs in the next couple of months. “And [with] some of those grants, it requires the Workforce Development Board to be the sponsor,” she said. “And unfortunately, because we do not have the single audit, it is very unlikely that we will get those grants.”

After the public comment period, there was yet more argument about the underlying facts of the situation, with Hayes and Paz Dominguez offering conflicting characterizations of the $28 million in unreconciled transactions, with Hayes saying county departments have submitted all necessary documentation while Paz Dominguez insisted that other departments — notably, the Department of Health and Human Services — have yet to reconcile their own transactions.

At the end of this convoluted and quarrelsome discussion, the board voted unanimously to authorize staff to send along the Workforce Development Board’s concerns to the state.

There was a lot more discussed at Tuesday’s meeting, including a deliberation over which department should be managing county payroll and the board’s decision on how to distribute Measure Z revenues for the upcoming fiscal year. Check back Wednesday for more coverage.

As previously gushed about here on LoCO, with the start of construction on a fancy new building at the corner of E and Second streets imminent, Eureka is on the verge of achieving coveted “Has a Rooftop Bar” status. We are very, very special (or will be soon, at least). 

But as you’ve walked past the bare concrete slab that currently occupies the future building’s space, maybe you’ve found yourself bored enough to wonder: What will it be like up there? Who will be throwing the nightly party high atop these posh new Old Town digs? Who has demonstrated that they deserve the honor of serving drinks to the patriotic locals who’ll be climbing over each other each Fourth of July for unrivaled views of our famous Humboldt Bay colored fog, AKA fireworks?

Well, it’s time to figure this out, friends! 

Earlier today LoCO noticed this listing online stating that the building’s owners are “[n]ow accepting inquiries from established operators” who might be interested in setting up elevated shop in the space. Curious, we reached out to David Wells of Wells Commercial Real Estate — the company tasked with handling potential applicants — to ask how the hunt is going.

A video “flythru” of the new space 

Wells said they are looking for “someone who knows what they’re doing” and noted he’s already received a few calls from locals inquisitive about the spot. We asked about the space’s planned amenities, to which he said that it will feature a smaller commercial kitchen and potential for outdoor heating. That and awesome sunsets, of course. 

“It’s an exciting concept to have a rooftop bar in Humboldt County,” said Wells. “It’s definitely going to be a prime meeting spot.” 

Does this seem like the kind of dream you’d like to wrap your future up in? Wells said the builder — Adams Commercial General Contracting, Inc. — is hopeful that they can have this project done before the end of 2022. So if you’re feeling ambitious, you can contact Wells Commercial Real Estate at 707-444-3624 or visit their website here. As for the rest of you, if you have a preference on who you might like to see in that space, we invite you to duke it out in the comments below.

PREVIOUSLY: Who Says Eureka’s Not Hip Enough for a Rooftop Bar? A New Multi-Story Building is Slated for Old Town.

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Over the last two years, especially in the earlier days of the pandemic, we all had to find ways to stay positive and not go insane – whether it was going on hikes, learning to bake bread (that got really popular for some reason) or holding virtual social gatherings. For a group of motorcycle riding women, the cure for the COVID blues was riding their bikes together.

“It was our outlet to be able to hang out with one another and be OK with it,” Erin Taylor, co-founder of local motorcycle collective The Litas Humboldt told the Outpost in a recent interview at the Humboldt Bay Social Club. “It was safe because when we’re all riding we’re individually in our own bubble.”

Originally started as a group in Salt Lake City, The Litas is a global motorcycle collective that aims to bring women, trans and non-binary riders together to share their passion for revving engines. Since its inception, the collective has grown to more than 20,000 riders, with branches in 281 cities in 31 countries across the world.

“It’s an international collective of women riders,” Taylor said. “It’s not a club or anything, because there’s no commitment, there’s no annual dues or membership fees. It’s just literally a form of communication and connectivity that we have.”

Taylor on her 2000 Harley Davidson Sportster

Taylor, who has been riding motorcycles since she was 16, co-founded the Humboldt Litas in October 2019 to provide a place for local moto-enthusiasts to connect and ride together in an inclusive and non-judgmental environment. In the male-dominated motorcycle community it can be difficult to find other women riders and some women, especially newer riders, can be a little too intimidated to ask questions or show their inexperience. The Litas strives to embrace riders of all levels, Taylor said, even the “moto-curious” – folks who don’t yet ride a motorcycle, but are interested in starting.

“We’re just trying to bridge the gap,” Taylor said. “We’re trying to say ‘it’s not impossible. If you want to do it, freakin’ do it.’”

Since Taylor and two other gals formed the Litas Humboldt, the branch has grown to more than 50 members from different ages (the youngest member is 17 and several members are in their 60s), cultural backgrounds, professions, sexual orientations and gender identities. The only requirement to join the Litas is that you identify as either female or non-binary and that you be interested in motorcycles.

Depending on the time of year, the Litas hold at least monthly rides. These rides range in length and skill level – beginner, intermediate or advanced – which, Taylor said, the group plans based largely on the experience of the current active members. If the Litas have a lot of rookies, the group will plan more beginner level rides to help the newer members feel more comfortable. If there are more experienced active riders, then they’ll hold more intermediate or experienced level rides.

Sproul on her Can-Am Ryker

The rides center around beautiful scenery, and obviously there is no shortage of beautiful places to ride in and around Humboldt – from the beaches to the redwoods to the mountains – and the Litas members explore as much of the area by way of motorcycle as they can. In addition to planning for skill level, the group also has to take weather into consideration. If it is an extremely windy day, the group will plan a ride inland instead of on the coast. Or the group will ride on the coast if it is too hot inland.

With the beauty of our area, there also comes some unique challenges for riders, such as the winding roads, the sometimes rapidly changing weather and the deer. Danielle Sproul — one of the earliest joining members of The Litas Humboldt — said some of her scariest moments riding here have been turning the corner on a winding road and running right into a herd of deer crossing the road. Sproul has also been caught in torrential downpours of rain, hail and sleet. “It’s super, awesomely fun,” she told the Outpost jokingly. 

But despite the inherent risks of riding a motorcycle, Sproul feels the experience is well worth it. “The view you get on the back of a bike is completely different than the same thing in the car,” Sproul said. “You’re more aware of what’s going on around you. You can see the most beautiful views and just really enjoy being out and about.”

Even with perfect weather and road conditions, there are many things motorcyclists have to consider when planning a longer ride – routes have to be planned around fueling stops. And because the rider is exposed to the elements, riding a motorcycle is much more tiring than driving a car. Riders have to be sure to hydrate frequently and take rest stops. Riders also have to be prepared for the possibility of their bike breaking down. 

“If you’re willing to ride a bike, you’ve got to be willing to fix it,” Litas Humboldt member Ashley Ruccio told the Outpost. “I mean, you’re gonna break down.”

Ruccio on her Honda Shadow

That is another area where being a member of the Litas can be really helpful – the group shares mechanical tips and resources, helping other members to find parts they need or sharing information on local motorcycle mechanical classes and workshops. The group has a monthly meetup, where members can discuss tips and trades, or they can also communicate over the group’s social media platforms. Taylor added that the Litas will help get beginner or aspiring riders signed up for the local motorcycle safety course. The group will often sign multiple new Litas members up for the same course, so that they can help support each other.

The Litas also strives to support the community by holding charity fundraisers. Through either selling merchandise on the group’s website, or holding fundraising events, the Litas Humboldt has helped raise money for fire support efforts, the local women’s shelter and even to help cover medical bills for a member who was diagnosed with cancer, Taylor said.

One of the great things about being part of a global collective, Taylor added, is that the different branches connect and help each other out too. If a Lita travels to a different city, state or country, they can hook up with the local branch and go on a ride, probably be lent a bike if they don’t have one, and possibly even be offered a place to stay. The Litas are always willing to help out a Lita in need, Taylor said.

If you ride a bike or are “moto-curious” and interested in learning more about The Litas Humboldt, there are several ways to get involved. You can join the group or email questions through The Litas Humboldt website. You can also attend the groups meetup on the first Wednesday of every month at about 5:30 p.m. at the Humboldt Bay Social Club.

The Litas’ next scheduled ride is on International Female Ride Day – Saturday, May 7. The group will meet at 11 a.m. at Redwood Harley-Davidson (2500 6th St, Eureka) and ride to the Trees of Mystery. Female and non-binary riders of all levels are welcome. If you are just “moto-curious,” you are welcome to come meet The Litas and hang out before they take off, and can follow the ride as a “support vehicle,” Taylor told the Outpost.

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• MEASURE F: Arcata Fire District Again Proposes a Special Tax Increase to Help Fund Operations, But Some Say It’s Asking Too Much

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Open letter from Arcata Fire Chief Justin McDonald:

McDonald

As the Fire Chief for the Arcata Fire District, I am excited to provide the community with an update regarding the Special Tax (Measure F) that was approved in November of 2020. Even though Measure F was passed in November of 2020 it was not until January 2022 that the tax revenue was available to the District. It has taken time and money to change our trajectory, but here are a few highlights.

First, we are thrilled to have hired a total of seven full-time firefighters during the past year; five last May and two more in January. These recruits are filling vacancies caused by employee retirements and departures which occurred prior to the passage of Measure F and left unfilled for cost savings. Now that we have begun to receive the funding, and following successful labor contract negotiations, the District is advertising and interviewing to fill the Measure F positions discussed during the election process. We anticipate these vacancies to be filled mid to late summer. Once employee training is completed, we will be able to restaff the third station on a permanent basis.

The District has also been busy with repairing our aging fleet of fire engines. Of the four fire engines the District owns, at least one, sometimes two, have been out of service during the past year. We recently even had one break down while responding to an incident. Earlier this month, the Board had an opportunity to take advantage of low interest rates and beat a pricing increase, to purchase one new fire engine. This vehicle is set to be delivered by the end of this year.

I would also like to provide some follow-up information regarding a couple of the issues presented to us by community members over the past several years. The District owned property on Old Arcata Road that had been listed for sale for over a year, with few interested buyers, has been taken off the market. It is now in the process of being rezoned, with the hopes of drawing more options for a purchaser. Another frequently mentioned matter the District has taken steps to mitigate are pension costs. Late last year the District completed a refinance of the pension liabilities, resulting in a District Cash Flow Savings of $2.5 million over the next 15 years. A few other more minor funding mitigation steps that staff has undertaken are the continued processing of mitigation and prevention fee collection as well as sales of antiquated District owned surplus property items.

In closing, it is important to let community know that the District continues to work hard to keep our residents safe and proactively seek input. To that end, we are still seeking three interested community members to be a part of the Measure F Citizens Advisory Committee. The Committee’s objective is to monitor and provide oversight of the voter-approved Special Tax Funds. If you are interested, please contact the District Office or check out the information page on our website.

Sincerely,

Justin G. McDonald
Fire Chief

Eureka Police Department press release:

On April 25, 2022, at about 7:05 p.m., an officer with the Eureka Police Department observed a recently reported stolen vehicle parked at a gas station on the 3500 block of Broadway. The officer parked behind the vehicle and initiated a high-risk traffic stop. The driver, later identified as 22-year-old Thomas Arriaga III of Eureka, fled in the stolen vehicle, traveling east on Highland Avenue at high speeds.

The officer began to pursue the stolen vehicle from a safe distance and observed Arriaga start to lose control due to excessive speeds. Arriaga was unable to navigate a turn where Highland Avenue dead ends at Utah Street and collided with a steep grassy embankment, causing major damage to the vehicle. Humboldt Bay Fire and City Ambulance was immediately requested to respond.

Arriaga was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless evading, and numerous traffic violations. Arriaga was transported to the hospital with major injuries. A dog inside the vehicle suffered moderate injuries and was released to its owner. CHP is handling the collision investigation. The case will be forwarded to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office upon completion.

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A Democrat lawmaker from the central San Joaquin Valley wants to put cash in the hands of eligible farmworkers to help them deal with the devastation of California’s drought.

Proposed by State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Democrat from Sanger, Senate Bill 1066 would allocate $20 million to create the California Farmworkers Drought Resilience Pilot Project, a state-funded project that would provide unconditional monthly cash payments of $1,000 for three years to eligible farmworkers, with the goal of lifting them out of poverty.

“When we talk about climate change, we forget about those that are most impacted and are already hurting,” Hurtado said in a phone interview on Tuesday. “And that is the workers and the farmers.”

Part of the reason for the bill is that the agriculture industry lost over 8,000 jobs in 2021 alone due to the drought, Hurtado said.

“This is climate change; we know this (the drought) is ongoing,” Hurtado said. “I don’t anticipate it getting better.”

The proposed legislation comes nearly a year after Hurtado wrote a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, urging him to prioritize farmworkers with the $35 million the state earmarked for guaranteed basic income pilot programs. The funding, agreed to by the Governor and the legislature as part of the fiscal year 2021-22 budget, will prioritize projects that serve former foster youth as well as pregnant individuals.

Hurtado said the state needs to create more policies that support the agricultural workforce.

“Farmworkers have been long neglected and continue to be neglected,” she said. They need “the right policies for them to be successful.”

Fallowed land means lost jobs for California farmworkers

Advocates say they’re already seeing the impact of the drought on farm work in the Valley.

Carlos Morales has worked in Fresno County’s fields for over 15 years. Earlier this month, he said that farmworkers in the county are already noticing that work is increasingly scarce due to the lack of water.

“There are many fields where the farmers have stopped growing,” Morales said in Spanish in an interview. “There’s no water; there are no jobs.”

In 2021, California farmers were forced to fallow 390,000 acres of land due to the drought and water allocation cutbacks – most of which were located in the Central Valley.

Hernan Hernandez, executive director of the California Farmworker Foundation, said that farmworkers are already seeing their work hours decreasing every year.

“Farmworkers now have to choose between putting food on their tables and paying rent, as there is less work in agriculture because of the lack of water in the Central Valley,” he said in a news release from Hurtado’s office, adding that the proposed legislation would bring “much-needed relief” to farmworkers and their families.

Some growers also support the legislation. Representatives of agriculture groups such as the California Fresh Fruit Association spoke in support of SB 1066 during a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday.

In a phone interview with The Bee on Thursday, Ian LeMay, president of the California Fresh Fruit Association, said the bill was an “interesting proposal” that acknowledges the many impacts of the drought on Central Valley communities.

“When we are in drought situations, or when we have low water allocations, not only are the businesses that we represent impacted, but ultimately our employees,” said LeMay.

He said he hopes the pilot program can help sustain the livelihoods of California’s farmworkers during the drought so they can remain in the community and be available for employment when the drought dissipates or when “an increased allocation of water is made to the growers in the central San Joaquin Valley.”

Who would qualify for the drought relief payments?

If SB 1066 becomes law, qualifying farmworkers would be eligible for $1,000 unconditional monthly payments for three years — or up to $36,000.

To be eligible for the program, a household must meet the following criteria:

• At least one member of the household is a California resident
• At least one member of the household has worked as a farmworker for the entire period between March 11, 2020 to January 1, 2022
• At least one member of the household is a farmworker at the time of consideration for, and throughout the duration of, the pilot project
• The household received benefits under CalFresh, California Food Assistance Program, or would have been eligible to receive benefits “but for the immigration status of one or more members of the household”

Undocumented individuals that would have qualified for CalFresh or FCAP, except for their immigration status, could be eligible for the supplemental payments if they meet the other criteria.

The legislation does allow for short lapses of unemployment during the duration of the pilot project if the unemployment is “due to reasons out of their control.”

If approved, the pilot project would run from Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2026.

Some farmworkers still left out of safety net

Many farmworkers, especially those that are undocumented, are unable to access unemployment benefits.

Legislators and labor advocates are increasingly calling on the state to expand the safety net to the state’s most vulnerable workers, including undocumented workers.

Last month, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, a Democrat from Coachella, introduced legislation that would create a pilot program to provide unemployment benefits to undocumented workers. The bill — a high-priority legislation for the Latino Legislative Caucus — would provide undocumented workers with $300 per week for up to 20 weeks of unemployment between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023.

Researchers at the UC Merced Community and Labor Center released a report last month making a case for why California should provide unemployment benefits to undocumented workers. Undocumented workers risked their lives during the pandemic, the report found, and could be in significant jeopardy in the future due to climate change.

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Melissa Montalvo is a reporter with The Fresno Bee and a Report for America corps member. This article is part of The California Divide, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequity and economic survival in California. CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

We don’t do “debates” anymore here on the North Coast, if ever we did. There are no winners or losers in election season! At least not before the actual election, at which point, alas, someone must lose.

But one thing we do abound in is “candidate forums,” in which the competing gather in the same location – or perhaps virtual location – and take questions in parallel while keeping the mood at a low simmer.

And this year’s no different! As we move in the month of May – crunch time, especially now that most of us are voting by mail – the frequency of these forums are gonna increase dramatically.

Tonight the True North Organizing Forum will host a virtual Zoom forum with candidates for supervisor from both the Fourth and Fifth Districts. It’ll run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and you can tap in at this link right here. (Also, if you missed True North’s forum for candidates for Arcata City Council, you can find a video recording at this link.)

Below: An ever-expanding list of all the other upcoming candidate fora, which we’ll supplement as we learn of more. Know of one that’s not on here? Drop us a line: news@lostcoastoutpost.com. And don’t forget to check out LoCO Elections — lot of stuff going on over there!

DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR

Monday, May 9, 6-8 p.m.: Forum organized by a large coalition of progressive groups to take place on KMUD radio. Submit questions in advance to news@kmud.org.

Wednesday, May 11, 7 p.m.: League of Women Voters forum on KEET-TV. Submit questions in advance to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com.

Wednesday, May 18, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.: Humboldt Association of Realtors hosts a forum at the Eureka Women’s Club, 1531 J Street, Eureka. Submit questions in advance to kristenc@harealtors.com. More information here.

DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR

Monday, May 2, 6-8 p.m.: Forum organized by a large coalition of progressive groups to take place on KMUD radio. Submit questions in advance to news@kmud.org.

Friday, May 6, 5:30 p.m-7 p.m.: Humboldt Association of Realtors hosts a forum at Azalea Hall, 1620 Pickett Road, McKinleyville. Submit questions in advance to kristenc@harealtors.com. More information here.

Monday, May 16, 7 p.m.: League of Women Voters forum on KEET-TV. Submit questions in advance to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Monday, May 2, 5:30-7 p.m.: Forum at Cal Poly Humboldt, in association with the Criminology and Justice program. In the Native American Forum (BSS 162). [Billed as a “debate”!]

Wednesday, May 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Humboldt Association of Realtors hosts a forum at Eureka Veterans’ Hall, 1018 H St., Eureka. Submit questions in advance to kristenc@harealtors.com. More information here.

Thursday, May 12, time TBA: True North Organizing forum. Online.

Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m. League of Women Voters forum on KEET-TV. Submit questions in advance to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com.

AUDITOR-CONTROLLER

Monday, May 9, 7 p.m.: League of Women Voters forum on KEET-TV. Submit questions in advance to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com.

Friday, May 20, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Humboldt Association of Realtors hosts a forum at the Eureka Women’s Club, 1531 J Street, Eureka. Submit questions in advance to kristenc@harealtors.com. More information here.

CLERK-RECORDER/REGISTRAR OF VOTERS

Thursday, May 12: 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: Humboldt Association of Realtors hosts a forum at the Eureka Women’s Club, 1531 J Street, Eureka. Submit questions in advance to kristenc@harealtors.com. More information here.

Monday, May 23, 7 p.m.: League of Women Voters forum on KEET-TV. Submit questions in advance to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com.

SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE:

Wednesday, June 1, 7 p.m.: League of Women Voters forum on KEET-TV. Submit questions in advance to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com.

ARCATA CITY COUNCIL

[Ed. note: OK, here’s a conundrum — it seems that the Humboldt Association of Realtors and the League of Women Voters have scheduled their forums on the same day. Presumably this will change, and it will be kind of exciting to see who blinks. Stay tuned.]

Wednesday, May 25, 7 p.m.: League of Women Voters forum on KEET-TV. Submit questions in advance to leaguehumboldt@gmail.com.

Wednesday, May 25, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.: Humboldt Association of Realtors hosts a forum at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth Street, Arcata. Submit questions in advance to kristenc@harealtors.com. More information here.