The city of Eureka has been approved for $400,000 in Measure Z funding to address homelessness, as part of a project titled “Operation Restore Hope.” The majority of the money, $242,000, will go toward funding positions for two police officers to work with the county’s Mobile Intervention and Services Team. MIST is a collaboration between […]
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Humboldt County Releases a Draft Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance
Just weeks after the board of supervisors agreed to take on the creation of an outdoor medical marijuana cultivation ordinance, county staff has released a detailed draft ordinance that would create a strict permitting plan for the county’s cannabis cultivators. It’s a remarkably fast turnaround for a staff that shared concerns that it would be […]
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Conflict of Interest Lawsuit Filed Against Harbor District; Commissioner Dismisses Suit as ‘Political Ploy’
Long-time local taxpayers’ advocate Leo Sears filed a conflict of interest lawsuit today, alleging that the Humboldt County Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District violated state law when it accepted a loan from Coast Seafoods and then gave the company a lease extension to cultivate oysters on hundreds of acres of tidelands in Humboldt Bay. Specifically, […]
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Impact of Shaded Parcels Settlement Remains Shaded
After three years of litigation over the county’s practice of “shading parcels,” the property rights group HumCPR and the county of Humboldt recently announced they’ve reached a settlement. What that means, however, is far from clear. “We’re grateful to settle, but we’re concerned,” said County Planning and Building Director Kevin Hamblin, adding that he and […]
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Hoopa PD No More
The days of Hoopa having its own police department may be over. Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey announced Thursday that he was revoking the power of tribal police officers to enforce state law and suspending a memorandum of understanding that had been in place between the tribe and the county for almost two decades. The […]
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Marsh Campers Condensed in Wake of Stabbings
The Eureka Police Department and homeless advocacy group Friends of the Marsh are encouraging campers in the PalCo Marsh area to move their camps from directly behind the Bayshore Mall to the northern part of the marsh, away from the abandoned structures and closer to Vigo Street. The push comes in response to two recent […]
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Yurok Tribe no Longer Supports Klamath River Agreement
NOTE: This post was updated with comment from Huffman. The Yurok Tribe has announced it will withdraw its support of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, the massive, multi-agency restoration plan originally signed in 2010 that’s sat untouched by Congress for the last five years. The Karuk Tribe and Oregon Klamath Tribes will also withdraw at […]
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UPDATE: Medical Marijuana Bills Pass
The state Assembly and Senate approved a trio of medical marijuana regulations just before deadline Friday. The bills were the subject of some last minute tweaking, and reports of stubbornness regarding authorship began to leak out of the capitol in the days before consensus was reached (read more about that below). The bills will go […]
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Three Harbor District Hopefuls DQed for Lack of Signatures
It looks like there won’t be a 1st Division Harbor District race after all. Last month, we reported that a trio of candidates stepped forward announcing their intent to run for the seat being vacated by Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District Commissioner Aaron Newman. Well, it appears two of them weren’t very serious. […]
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Medical Pot Bills Near Legislator Vote
The first substantial regulation in 20 years of medical marijuana in California is headed to a vote in the next couple weeks. As reported in the Week in Weed, staff members for state Sen. Mike McGuire and assemblymen Jim Wood and Rob Bonta were scrambling early this week to get final amendments into their legislation […]
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Supreme Court Denies School Contract Case
The California Supreme Court has denied a Fresno school district’s request to review an appellate court ruling that was strongly critical of its use of no-bid contracts — a ruling that school contractors across the state fear may set a legal precedent that leaves them on the hook to repay millions of dollars in past […]
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Uri Driscoll Announces a bid for the 3rd
A second rider has emerged in the race for Mark Lovelace’s 3rd District supervisor seat, which he will vacate at the end of 2016. Uri Driscoll, a horseman, farrier and longtime Journal letter writer, announced via press release this afternoon that he will challenge Harbor Commissioner Mike Wilson, who announced his candidacy for the seat […]