Local Government

June 2026

Eureka Planning Commission OKs Land Acquisition for Emergency Homeless Shelter in Old Town; Plus: J Street Airbnb Receives Partial Approval

Arcata Wood-Heated Sauna Proposal Not Quite Shot Down in Flames by Planning Commission

Humboldt Supervisors OK $5.75 Million to Buy the Old Kmart on Broadway for a New ‘One-Stop Permitting Center’

County Government Says It’s All Caught Up on Its Annual Audits For the First Time Since 2020

Humboldt Supervisors Hash Out Privacy Concerns Over Flock’s Automated License Plate-Reading Cameras, Direct Sheriff’s Office to Improve Transparency

May 2026

‘A Climate of Fear and Mistrust’: Petition Urges Humboldt Sheriff, Board of Supervisors to Cancel Flock Safety Contract Amid Privacy Concerns

Eureka City Council Advances Proposed Pay Hike for Elected Officials, Takes First Look at Next Year’s Budget During Special Study Session

Wood-Burning Stoves, Inclusionary Housing, and Neighborhood Conservation Areas Could be Axed in Arcata’s Near-ish Future

Have Thoughts on the Old-Growth Redwood Slated for Removal in Lower Redway? You’ll Want to Attend the Humboldt Planning Commission’s June 18 Meeting

Arcata City Council Decides to Have Mercy on Guy with Messed-Up Backflow Prevention Device, Checks Out Cool New Website That Will Tell You How to Have the Perfect Humboldt Day

LAST NIGHT in EUREKA COUNCIL: Fewer Homeless People are Sleeping in Shelters, According to the Most Recent Eureka Police Department Survey, and It’s Not Exactly Clear Why

Big Changes for Arcata’s Land Use Code Are Incoming (Albeit from Far Away)

TODAY in SUPES: Proposal for Civilian Oversight of Sheriff’s Office Advanced Again; Humboldt Commons Appeal Denied; and a Man is Mourned

Eureka City Council Moves Forward with Anti-Drilling Resolution After Learning an Outright Ban is Much More Complicated

SINKHOLES: Arcata City Council Approves Emergency Spending to Fix Two of ‘Em, Also Adopts RCAP

Lower Redway Old-Growth Redwood Cannot Be Removed Until the Property Owner Secures a Special Permit, County Says

The City of Eureka Will Soon Erect a Gate at Marina Way to Prevent Overnight Vehicle Access (But Don’t Worry, You Can Still Park There for Lunch)

Fortuna, Ferndale and Rio Dell Pause Animal Services Contracts With Miranda’s Rescue as Sheriff’s Office Investigation Continues

Fortuna to Consider Converting its Depot Museum Into a Standalone Nonprofit

The Board of Supervisors Will Redo That Whole Sheriff’s Oversight Committee Hearing Due to a Likely Brown Act Violation

April 2026

The Humboldt County Grand Jury Has Released its First Report of the 2025-2026 Session, and It’s a Love Letter to the Eel River Conservation Camp

Humboldt Supervisors Advance Proposal to Increase Civilian Oversight Over HCSO, Despite Pushback From Sheriff Honsal

TODAY IN SUPES: Board Appoints Two Residents – Mike Wilson and Carol Vander Meer – to Represent Humboldt on the Great Redwood Trail Agency’s Board

Faced with Painful Budget Cuts, Fortuna Debates Selling the River Lodge and Closing the Depot Museum

Why is Shelter Cove Asking its Residents to Approve a Tax Increase? Just Look at Our Books, Says General Manager

LAST NIGHT IN COUNCIL: Eureka Adopts New Rules for AI Use Among Staff; Proposed Pay Hike for Elected Officials Headed to November Ballot

TODAY IN SUPES: Board Approves $1.85 Million for Measure Z Projects and Services; Old-Growth Protections for Lower Redway Punted to a Future Agenda

Fortuna Awards $846,000 Contract to Consulting Firm for General Plan Update

TODAY IN SUPES: Board Hears About Declining Enrollment at Local Schools, Postpones Decision on Setting Up Legal Fund for Immigrants

Arcata Likely to Pass New, Higher Water Rates this Wednesday

DANK NEWS: Arcata City Council To Consider Legalizing Indoor Weed-Smoking Lounges

Fortuna’s $1.8 Million Funding Gap is Already Bad for the City, and it May Get Worse. Could a Sales Tax Hike Staunch the Bleeding?

Should Eureka City Council Members Get Their First Pay Raise in 40 Years? Voters Will be Asked to Decide in November

Eureka City Council Revisits the Idea of a City-Sanctioned Homeless Encampment

More Sales Taxes on the Way? Fortuna City Council Adds Measure to November Ballot

After Many Revisions, Fortuna City Council Passes Rent Guidelines for Mobile Homes

Do You Like to LAF? (… Meaning ‘Local Agency-Form’? Get It???) If So, Then Please Join LAFCo as an Alternate Public Member

Arcata City Council Ends Public Safety Committee, Waits on Improving Tourism Website

March 2026

‘Outdated in Terms of Design, Functionality, Accessibility, and User Experience’: Arcata to Consider Giving its Tourism Website a Facelift

Arcata City Council May Axe Public Safety Committee

City of Eureka is Trying Very Hard to Evict the Owner of Humboldt Bay Social Club, Saying She Hasn’t Paid Rent in a Year and a Half

Maybe You Would Like to Serve on the Board of Directors of the Great Redwood Trail Agency?

TODAY in SUPES: 100 or More Locals Could Return to Homelessness With End of HUD Voucher Program; Public Calls for Sheriff’s Office Oversight Committee

The Eureka Police Department’s Annual Report Is, Once Again, Full of Fascinating Facts and Figures

Fortuna Might Score Funding to Reopen Its Theater from…the State of California?

Blue Lake’s Former Finance Manager Dani Burkhart Submits Claim for Damages Alleging Labor Violations and Wrongful Termination

Humboldt Hill Property Owner Caught Dumping Mass Quantities of Dirt on a Hillside With a Creek Flowing Onto Wiyot-Owned Wetlands

IT’S TIME: This is the Year You Will Serve on the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury

‘It Is a Local Issue’: Arcata City Council Passes Resolution Calling for Iran War’s End

[UPDATED] Was Eureka Assigned Too Much Low-Income Housing? Humboldt Association of Governments Will Consider the City’s Appeal During a Public Hearing on Thursday

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