Government
January 2016
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
Supervisors Rush to Craft Marijuana Ordinance That Covers the Basics
Eureka Dives into Major Decisions on Homeless Issues
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
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.
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
October 2015
Arcata Community Weighs in on New Medical Marijuana Innovation Zoning
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
Huffman Announces Nearly $90k in USDA Grants to Promote Local Food
Here’s the County’s Draft Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance
‘Sign Our Weed Bills, Governor’; Assemblymembers to Hold Rally on Courthouse Steps
County Says ‘Nothing Changed’ As a Result of HumCPR Lawsuit; HumCPR Begs to Differ
The Arcata Fire District Pushes for Measure A; Tax Would Fund 11 More Firefighters
September 2015
Huffman Bill Would Prohibit Oil Drilling in Arctic Ocean
Huffman Announces Justice Department Grants, Including $2.6M for Local Tribes
Arcata Has a New Apartment Complex Serving Homeless, Low-Income and Mentally Ill
County Settles HumCPR Lawsuit Over ‘Shaded Parcels’
(UPDATED) Fake Union Letter Threatens Supervisors: ‘We Are Coming For Your Jobs’; Author Unknown
Salt Marsh Restoration Project Set to Begin Where That Big Water Bag by CR Is
County Takes the Reins on Marijuana Regs as CCVH Steps Back
Public Agencies Ask Caltrans to Revoke Permits for Five More Billboards in Arcata-Eureka Corridor
A Trio of Marijuana Regulation Bills Passed by State Lawmakers, Await Gov. Brown’s Signature
Cops, Unions, Cities Urge Action as Deadline Looms for Medical Weed Bill