Local Government

June 2023

The Grand Jury Needs YOU! If You’re Interested in Local Government and Have Some Spare Time, You Belong on the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury, Which is in Desperate Need of People Like You

Humboldt Supervisors Shoot Down Billboard Ban (For Now), Approve Temporary Short-Term Rental Moratorium and Proposed Budget for Next Year

Eureka Can Look Forward to a $1.4 Million Budget Surplus Balanced Budget in the Upcoming Fiscal Year, Staff Says

May 2023

Eureka’s Draft Waterfront Plan is Now Online, and the City Wants Your Input

Humboldt Supervisors Choose Not to Censure Steve Madrone Over ‘Discriminatory’ Comments Made About the Trinidad Rancheria

CITY of MCKINLEYVILLE? It’s Time for Real Talk About Incorporation, Grand Jury Sez

MORE on the COMPOST MANDATE: Arcata City Council Moves Forward With Recology Franchise Agreement; Curbside Pickup of Organic Waste Expected to Roll Out in 2025

Anticipating Big Economic Growth, Board of Supervisors Explores the Idea of Impact Fees for New Development. Plus: Preserving Public Access, and More

Former Deputy County Counsel Calls Out ‘Hazing’ Culture, ‘Boyz Club’ in Humboldt Department of Public Works, Seeks $1.4 Million in Damages

CONVERSATIONS: Civil Grand Jury Foreman John Heckel on the County’s Sorry State of Child Protective Services, Election Integrity, Becoming a Grand Juror and More

What’s YOUR Vision for Eureka? Community Members Are Invited to Attend an Upcoming Strategic Visioning Workshop

As Humboldt County’s Roads ‘Rapidly Deteriorate,’ Board of Supervisors Approve $336K to Research Reliable Funding Opportunities — Including a Sales Tax — for Future Repairs

Humboldt Supervisors Stand Up For Communities ‘Living in Fear,’ Adopt Resolution Condemning Hate Speech

In its Second Report of the Year, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Tackles the ‘Dysfunctional’ State of Child Welfare Services in the County and the ‘Toxic’ Work Atmosphere Within the Department

April 2023

Costs Up, Revenues Down: Measure Z Revenues Are Tanking After a Year of Economic Downturn

‘IT’S OK TO VOTE’: Grand Jury Issues Its First Report of This Cycle, Focused on Humboldt County Election Integrity

Arcata City Council Approves $50K Bonus for Police Officers Transferring to APD

Arcata City Council to Consider $50K Bonus for Police Department Transfers to Address APD Staffing Shortage

Humboldt Supervisors Hear All About Nordic’s Onshore Fish Farm in Denmark, Approve a Zoning Change to Allow Indoor Cannabis Cultivation in Evergreen Business Park, and More!

CONVERSATIONS: Airport Director Cody Roggatz Talks About What the County is Trying to Do to Make ACV Less Painful

Arcata Planning Commission Keeps Proposal to Make K and L Into One-Way Streets on the Table, Looks at Other Short-Term Options to Improve K Street

CONVERSATIONS: Let’s Check in With Cheryl Dillingham, Humboldt County’s Auditor-Controller

Eureka City Council Approves Surplus Designation for Vacant Lots by the Boardwalk Despite Lawsuit Threats, Paving the Way for Affordable Housing and Mixed-Use Development Along the Waterfront

CONVERSATIONS: Commander Leonard La France on Working to Reduce the Eureka Police Department’s Role in Dealing With People in Mental Health Crises

Attention, Arcata: There Will Not Be a Gateway Area Plan Discussion During Tonight’s Council Meeting

New Group — ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ — Says It Will Sue Eureka Over Downtown Housing Development

CONVERSATIONS: City of Eureka Mental Health Clinician Jacob Rosen Talks About Providing His Services on the Streets

‘FOREST MOON FESTIVAL’ ANNOUNCED! Everyone in the Region Will Be Required to Go Nuts for Star Wars This June

March 2023

CONVERSATIONS: How’s That Barge Coming Along? Eureka City Manager Miles Slattery on Downtown Development, the Dismantling of the Lloyd Building and, Yes, the State of the Dorm Barge

CONVERSATIONS: Jeff Davis on Growing the City of Eureka’s Economy From the Ground Up

CONVERSATIONS: How is Eureka Trying to Put People to Work? Sierra Wood of the City’s ‘Pathway to Payday’ Program Tells Us All About It

Yurok Tribal Judge Abby Abinanti Named Sen. McGuire’s ‘North Coast Woman of the Year’

TODAY in SUPES: Board Postpones Decision on F Street Signal, Approves Trail to CR Study, Hears Report on Code Enforcement Activity

PLANNING SUMMER TRIPS? Know That ACV Is Going to Be Completely Shut Down for Two Weeks in August

GATEWAY AREA PLAN UPDATE: Saturday Morning Study Session Canceled; Planning Commission Will Be Hustling to Produce Draft Documents By July

HUMBOLDT CONVERSATIONS: Talking Over the Jury Crisis in the Humboldt County Courthouse With Scott Anderson, Assistant Court Operation Manager

Arcata City Council Adopts Revised Budget, Approves Agreement With HWMA for Composting Organic Waste

Eureka Planning Commission Declares ‘Surplus’ Designation for Big Gravel Lots by the Boardwalk to Further Mixed-Use Development Efforts

HUMBOLDT CONVERSATIONS: Catching Up With New County Clerk/Recorder/Registrar Juan Pablo Cervantes

Humboldt Supervisors Consider $500 Cap on Campaign Finance Contributions for Local Candidates

Clam Beach Just Became Wheelchair-Friendly Says County, Which Says it Believes That the County Park is Now the ‘Northermost Accessible Beach in California’

Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Blast ‘Misleading’ Ballot Initiative That Would Impose New Restrictions on Cultivators; Supervisors Form an Ad Hoc Committee to Work on Alternatives

Meet Sarah West, the Newest Member of the Humboldt County Planning Commission

Supervisors Approve Revised Agreement for North McKay Ranch Subdivision, a Major Mixed-Use Development in Cutten, Though Developer Says Project’s Future Remains Unclear

City of Eureka to Host ‘Mental Health 101’ Town Hall Discussion at City Hall on Saturday

GATEWAY AREA PLAN: Fearing that the Community is Growing Restless, Arcata City Council Discusses Ways to Boost Public Engagement

February 2023

TODAY IN SUPES: Board Puts $29M Jail Expansion Project Out for Bids

Eureka Announces Upcoming ‘Authorized Encampment and Tiny House Workshop’ to Explore Housing Options for Humboldt’s Homeless

Eureka City Council Seeks Affordable Housing Funds, Ends Local COVID Emergency Declaration, Reinstating Water Shutoffs for Delinquent Utility Bills, and More!

GATEWAY AREA PLAN: Arcata Will Host Online Public Workshop Thursday Evening to Gather Your Design Input

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