Government

March 2016

City of Arcata Announces New Community Development Director

Anti-Abortion Organizations Try to Strong-Arm Local Officials Into Ignoring State Law

California Assembly Approves Bill to Raise Legal Smoking Age to 21

Karuk Tribe and Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Over Logging Plan in Klamath National Forest

Huffman Introduces Bipartisan Bill That Would Keep Eureka Postal Facility Open

February 2016

Three Big Takeaways From This Year’s Measure Z Funding Requests

Let’s Check Out These Architectural Designs for Eureka’s Future Waterfront

Humboldt League of Women Voters to Hold First Ever ‘Community Participation Fair’

Assemblymember Jim Wood Calls for More Oversight in Wake of Politically Charged Firing of Coastal Commission Director

Medical Marijuana Would Be Subject to 15 Percent Sales Tax Under Law Proposed by McGuire in State Senate

Humboldt Environmental Advocates in Morro Bay for Historic Coastal Commission Hearing

County and Eureka Looking to Implement Traffic Impact Fee for Builders and Developers

March 1 Deadline for Local Weed Rules Officially Repealed

New Klamath Dam Removal Plan Announced, Bypassing Congress

Connie Beck Named New Director of County’s Health and Human Services Department

January 2016

Legislature Repeals March 1 Deadline for Local Weed Regs, Two Days After County Passed Local Weed Regs

A Focused Strategy Collides With Diverse Passions at Joint Eureka-County Meeting on Homelessness

Supervisors Pass Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance Unanimously

Supervisors Set to Pass Commercial Marijuana Ordinance Tuesday

Eureka City Council and County Supervisors to Meet Jointly Tuesday to Discuss Homelessness Strategies

Supervisors Opt to Ban New Grows on Timberland in Final Draft of Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance

Supervisors Rush to Craft Marijuana Ordinance That Covers the Basics

Eureka Dives into Major Decisions on Homeless Issues

Supervisors Look to Advance Limited Marijuana Ordinance to Beat Looming (if Questionable) State Deadline

Eureka Looks to Youth for Ideas on City’s Future

December 2015

Eureka Set to Ban Commercial Medical Marijuana Growing Temporarily

Local Anti-Abortion Clinic Must Post Reproductive Health Info Under New State Law

Supervisors Committed to Forging Ahead on Weed Ordinance, Even if Deadline Disappears

County Courts Borrow $110,000 to Handle Surge in Homicide Cases

Feds Approve Truce in War on Medical Marijuana

Ignore That March 1 Deadline for Local Weed Regs, Says Assemblyman; Date Appeared Due to a ‘Drafting Error’

Supervisors Look to Strike Balance With Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance

Supervisors Get an Earful on Latest Draft of Marijuana Land Use Ordinance

Eureka Looks to Welcome More Food Trucks

Arcata Looks to use Library, Transit Center as Collateral in Obtaining Bank Loan

County’s Newly Appointed Director of Health and Human Services Backs Out

November 2015

How Bad is Humboldt County’s Mental Health Branch? It Depends On Whom You Ask.

Technically It’s Not Illegal to Enter an Animal Exhibit at Sequoia Park Zoo, But it Likely Will Be Soon

Local Medical Society Calls for Grand Jury Investigation into Continuing ‘Crisis’ at County Mental Health

Robert Wall Named County’s Interim Director of Planning and Building

Eureka to Consider Buying Body Cameras for Police Officers

Environmental Group Questions Caltrans’ Commitment to Safety

Private Affordable-Housing Developer Applies to Build New Off-Campus Housing for 800 HSU Students at Craftsman’s Mall Property

October 2015

Arcata Community Weighs in on New Medical Marijuana Innovation Zoning

Arcata City Council Adopts Creamery District Commercial Zoning Ordinance; Bars, Restaurants, Dental Office Among Possibilities

Medical Weed Will Be Regulated, But Industry Still Can’t Access Banks

Landowners Fight for Inclusion in Arcata’s New Medical Marijuana Innovation Zone

Supervisors Ask Staff to Loosen Regulations in Draft Marijuana Ordinance

Governor Signs County-Sponsored Bill on Williamson Act

Governor Brown Signs Weed Bills


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