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Fort Bragg City website/The Council decided the financial outlook is poor for a 3/8 cent sales tax for workforce housing to succeed in the next election, especially with two other taxes on the November ballot. -
CEO Darcie Antle reflects on the county's finances, from high debt rising interest rates, and missing reimbursements from FEMA, to the economic effects of COVID and the worldwide economic downturn.
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Local NewsThe Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ask the State Controller to help reconcile three sets of books with different information about the county's budget.
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Local NewsA recent Grand Jury report found a lack of process and understaffing has led to lengthy delays in administering grants to people in the cannabis industry harmed by the war on the drugs. New edits to a policy manual could lead to another rounds of edits, as applications are under legal review and the deadline looms.
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Local NewsThe Mendocino Coast Healthcare District Board of Directors spent the better part of an hour and a half talking about how the draft minutes from last year's meetings got posted to the new website without full board approval. Then they discussed a proposed letter to Anthem about its negotiations with Adventist Health.
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This week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved PG&E's request to reduce flows into the East Branch of the Russian River to 5 cfs from 75 cfs.
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Local NewsSEIU Local 1021 complained to the state about the county's failure to divulge information. MCA questions the use of grant funds to pay for satellite imagery; says they have raised similar concerns that came out in a Grand Jury report.
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Local NewsLike David Spaur before her, Peggy Ducey is a retired public servant who will only be allowed to work 960 hours in a fiscal year. The City continues to search for a full-time manager.
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Local NewsAdventist Health says Anthem Blue Cross doesn't pay enough. But studies show that hospital consolidation leads to higher costs that depress workers' wages. Nearly all the public employees in the county are covered by Anthem under taxpayer-funded plans.
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Local NewsThe Board of Supervisors is still looking for money to fund a water agency and drought preparedness programs. A proposed ordinance to regulate extracting water from private wells and selling it off the property is on its way to the Planning Commission.
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Local NewsCounty workers are outraged over the county's offer of a 0% COLA. Meanwhile, the Board heard from labor experts encouraging a living wage ordinance.
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Local NewsPG&E expects to have a detailed license surrender and decommissioning plan in two and a half years. The utility argues that the National Marine Fisheries Service does not have sufficient evidence to demand amendments to the license to update 20-year-old Biological Opinion.
