Local Government

January 2021

State Suspends County’s Purchasing Account for Overdue Payment; Auditor-Controller Takes Responsibility

Arcata City Council To Consider Placing Cap, Stricter Regulations on Vacation Rentals

Eureka City Council to Consider HACHR Mobile Syringe Exchange Proposal, Vote Again on Camping Ordinance

TODAY in SUPES: Auditor-Controller Gets Staff She Requested; Bohn Abandons Controversial COVID Resolution

Coalition of Local Tribes Announce Support of State AG’s Move to Require More Oversight of County Child Welfare Services

Eureka City Council Unanimously Approves Mobile Syringe Exchanges During the Pandemic

TODAY in SUPES: Board Agrees to Appoint Outside Attorney for Auditor-Controller, But Not the One She Picked

December 2020

Eureka Just Settled Its Decade-Old Court Case Against Floyd and Betty Squires, But Its Battle With the Notorious Slumlords Continues

Eureka City Council to Consider Allowing Mobile Syringe Exchange During the Pandemic, Discuss Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Project, Vote Again on Anti-Camping Ordinance

Supervisor-Elect Michelle Bushnell Set to be Sworn in Alongside Re-elected Supes Bohn, Wilson

DHHS Calls Attorney General’s Pursuit of More Child Welfare Services Oversight a ‘Waste of Taxpayer Money’

Better Know the New Members of Arcata’s First Female-Majority City Council

FEAST YOUR EYES on the Expansive Network of Multi-Use Trails in the County’s Final McKay Community Forest Trail Plan

TODAY in SUPES: In Fennell’s Final Meeting, Board Narrowly Agrees to Support Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Project

Traffic Safety, Budget Update, New Department Head and Implementing the Voters’ Will on the Agenda at Tuesday’s Eureka City Council Meeting

Eureka City Council Temporarily Bans Syringe Exchange Operated by HACHR

IN WITH THE NEW! Arcata City Councilmembers Sworn in During Special Meeting Today

TODAY in SUPES: COVID Spreading ‘Rapidly,’ Health Officer Warns; Accounting Firm Hired to Help ‘Press the Reset Button’ on Recent Upheaval

Eureka City Council to Consider Temporary Ban on Syringe Exhange Programs, After Rejecting Proposed HACHR Agreement

‘Nobody is Outsourcing the Auditor’: County Administrative Office Responds to Claims By and About Paz Dominguez

In Ongoing Conflict With Its Own Auditor-Controller, County Opens Investigation, Looks to Outsource Some of Her Key Fiscal Oversight Duties; A-C Asks to Retain Outside Counsel

Eureka City Council Votes Down Proposed HACHR Agreement, But Will Reconsider Vote Tonight

EUREKA’S NEW CITY MANAGER: Miles Slattery Officially Sworn In During Tuesday’s City Council Meeting

Eureka Council Set to Give Interim City Manager Miles Slattery the Full-Fledged Gig

Eureka City Council Set to Finalize Agreement With Needle-Exchange Program, Clear Remaining Red Tape on Betty Chinn Trailer Village off South Broadway

November 2020

County Department Heads and Local Agency Leaders Voice Frustration, Concern With Auditor-Controller

Supes Call Special Meeting, Say County at ‘Serious Risk of Losing Millions’; Auditor-Controller Says She’s Being Asked to Cut Corners

Eureka City Council Advances Ordinance Banning Camping In Parks, Near Trails and In Several Business Districts

Arcata City Council May Allow Restaurants to Use Disposable Food Containers a Little While Longer, Due to the Pandemic

TODAY in SUPES: Board Discusses How to Confront Anti-Mask Patrons and How to Market Humboldt County Cannabis

TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves Live Concerts, Motorcycle Races at County Fairgrounds Despite Neighbors’ Objections

ARCATA CITY COUNCIL: Police Reform Update, Public Transit Hearing on Tonight’s Agenda

EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Even On Election Day, You Need to Know What Your Local Government Is Discussing

October 2020

Eureka May Propose New Roads Through Wetlands to Improve Broadway Corridor; Opponents Say Plans Aren’t Feasible

TODAY in SUPES: Reopening County Offices Mid-COVID and Permit-Stacking Cannabis Grows

Why Did the Arcata School District Change How it Elects Board Members? A Concern for Equity, and a Legal Threat From an Out-of-Town Organization

Arcata City Council to Consider Cap on Third Party Delivery Service Fees Charged to Restaurants During COVID-19

With the State’s Recycling Redemption Program in Shambles, Local Agencies Look to Develop a More Sustainable System

EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Wiyot Land Acknowledgement, Affordable Housing on City-Owned Parking Lots, Police Chief Citizen Advisory Board All on Tonight’s Agenda

Fortuna Candidates Agree That the City Should Just Reopen Already, and One Has Some, Uh, Interesting Comments on Race

State Reauthorizes HACHR’s Syringe Exchange Program, But Gives Eureka More Control

Arcata City Council Opts Against Sending Letter to HSU Over Hosting SJSU Football Team, Discusses Ways to Improve Communication with University

Arcata City Council to Discuss Sending Letter of Concern to HSU Regarding Hosting of San Jose Football Team

EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Syringe Exchange Program Update, Recycling Buyback, Window Poetry and More!

[UPDATED] Candidates Cry Foul Over Pre-Election Appointment to the Board of Humboldt Community Services District

September 2020

Defiant Auditor-Controller Gives Board of Supes List of Conditions for Her Help With County Payroll Project

The Auditor-Controller’s Ongoing Beef With Other County Departments is Getting Ugly

Arcata City Council Wants ‘Maximum Control’ Over 5G Technology, Directs Staff to Pursue Aesthetic Regulations

Eureka City Council Approves Letter Opposing the Reauthorization of HACHR’S Syringe Exchange Program

Humboldt County is Changing the Way it Interacts With Mentally Ill People in the Criminal Justice System

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