Local Government

August 2024

How Will the Collapse of the Jacobs Campus Deal Impact Measure F? It Won’t, Backers Insist.

Anonymous AMG Communities Confirms Death of Jacobs Campus Deal, Vows to Try Again After Election Results

Eureka City Schools’ Deal With a Mystery Developer for the Jacobs Campus is Dead

Eureka City Council Reviews New Rules for Vacant Buildings, Tables Vote

July 2024

Murl Harpham, Grand Old Man of the Eureka Police Department, Has Died at Age 91; City Flags to be Flown at Half Mast This Week

County Supes Have Differing Views on the Merits of Civilian Oversight of Sheriff’s Office But Postpone Decision on Grand Jury Recommendations

Humboldt County Supervisors Vote to Put a One Percent Sales Tax Measure on November Ballots

Humboldt Planning Commission Approves Tiny House and Emergency Housing Village Ordinances

HELLO, GATEWAY: Arcata City Council Passes Gateway Area Plan and Welcomes New City Manager Merritt Perry

The Tribe Formerly Known as the Resighini Rancheria Has a New Name

Rob Arkley Pursued Purchase of Jacobs Middle School Property Before Eureka City Schools Entered Land-Swap Deal With Secretive Corporation

June 2024

Humboldt Bay Fire Says a Sad Koebaai to Outgoing Chief Sean Robertson; Issues a Hearty Howzit? to Incoming Chief Tim Citro

In Its Final Report of the Year, Grand Jury Concludes That the Child Welfare Services Ombudsperson is Falling Short of the Role Defined For it When the County Settled a Big State Lawsuit

Eureka Planning Commission Approves Contentious Five-Plex Development on Buhne Despite Neighbor’s Concerns

Grand Jury Analysis Shows That County Government Has a Hell of a Time Trying to Hire Qualified Employees and Offers Some Simple Suggestions

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Board OKs Another $3.5 Million for New Garberville Vets Hall Despite Ongoing Financial Woes; HCSO Settles Contract Dispute with Blue Lake

Grand Jury Takes Deep Dive on Humboldt County’s Mental Health Crisis Street Teams

TODAY IN SUPES: Board Approves Contract with Reality TV Show ‘On Patrol: Live,’ on the Theory That It Could Boost Recruitment for Local Law Enforcement

Eureka City Council Approves Ballot Language for ‘Housing for All’ Initiative, After a Couple of More Edits From Ballot Proponents

GRAND JURY SAYS: With Limited Funds and Skyrocketing Buildings, the Arcata Fire District is in Serious Trouble

The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury is in Desperate Need of More Jurors! Investigate Your Government on Behalf of the Citizenry!

Eureka Council Rebels Against City Attorney’s Summary of the ‘Housing for All’ Initiative, Special Meeting Called Monday to Resolve the Question

Looking Toward Budget Deficits in Coming Years, Arcata City Council Opts to Place Sales Tax Measure on November’s Ballot

Coming Soon: A New Crisis Residential Treatment Facility in Eureka Offering Mental Health Services, Case Management and More

YESTERDAY IN EUREKA COUNCIL: Staff Credit Measure H Sales Tax Reveues for Ongoing Financial Stability, Despite $1.1 Million Budget Shortfall

Arcata’s New City Manager Is … Fortuna’s Soon-To-Be EX-City Manager! Merritt Perry to Step in For Karen Diemer

Grand Jury Slams Eureka City Schools For ‘Secretive’ Jacobs Campus Deal

TODAY IN SUPES: Code Enforcement Unit Touts Successful Year of Nuisance Property, Illegal Cannabis Abatements

Citing Budget Woes, County Supes Vote to Sever Ties with Visitors Bureau in Six Months and Move Some Tourism Marketing In-House

Citing Critical Need for Housing in Eureka, City Council Choose Danco to Develop the EaRTH Center, a Long-Awaited Housing and Transit Hub in Downtown Eureka

Construction on Eureka’s Da’ Yas Park Improvement Project Has Begun; Expect it to Be Closed for Five Months

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Board Approves Preliminary Budget for Upcoming Fiscal Year, Changes Expected in Coming Weeks

Facing ‘Doomsday’ Budget Shortfall, Supes Move to Close Some County Offices to the Public on Fridays and Explore Reorganization Options

May 2024

Civil Grand Jury: Humboldt County’s Jail and Other Facilities Suffer From Under-Staffing. And They’re Old.

Arcata City Council Discusses Final Updates to the Gateway Area Plan and General Plan

Civil Grand Jury: Humboldt County Pays Too Much in Rent and Should Probably Consolidate Services Whenever It Can Afford to Do So

[UPDATED] County Administrative Officer Thought Deputy DA’s Israeli Flag Might Inspire Angry Protesters to Storm the Courthouse

TODAY in SUPES: Board Tweaks Rules on Tobacco Sales, and Amid Disagreement, a Majority Approves Letters of Support for New State Water Regs

County Supervisors Pass Resolution for Peace in the Middle East, With Wording Taken From the City of Arcata

Having Finally Gotten Its Act Together on Short-Term Rentals, the County is Now Accepting Permit Applications from Existing Operators in Unincorporated Humboldt

‘This is a Major Milestone’: Arcata Planning Commission Passes Final Draft of Gateway Area Plan

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Board Punts Decision on TOT Funding for the Arts, Approves $4 Million for Measure Z-Funded Projects, and More

The County’s General Fund is On Track to Run Out of Money in Less Than Two Years

Are You a Public Policy Wonk Into Jurisdiction and Land Use Issues? Humboldt LAFCo Seeks a Public Member

April 2024

Meet the City of Eureka’s New Giant Metal Crab Sculpture, Which You Should Help Name

In First Report of the Year, Grand Jury Recommends Civilian Oversight Board for the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office

Supervisors Receive Report on the Declining Cannabis Industry and its Watershed Impacts, Then Vote to Shut Down a Nuisance Farm

Humboldt Supervisors Scrap Long-Planned Jail Expansion, Rehabilitation Center Project Due to Funding Constraints

GET DOWN, EARTH FLAG: City of Arcata Issues Extensive Press Release Explaining Why it Will Comply With a Judge’s Ruling to Fly the Earth Flag Lower Down the Flag Pole, Rather Than At the Top

UPLIFT Eureka Staff Say ‘Progress is Being Made Every Day’ to House the City’s Homeless; Old Town Bike Lanes Approved

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