The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Sept. 15 to prepare a letter opposing AB 1383, a state bill that county officials said would change public-safety retirement rules. Chair Chris Kelstrom voted against the motion, according to the board meeting transcript.\n\nCounty Executive Officer Dave Rickert described the bill as lowering the normal public-safety retirement age from 57 to 55, increasing the limit on pensionable earnings and allowing bargaining over enhanced retirement formulas. The meeting presentation put the projected long-term cost to state and local governments at $4 billion to $4.8 billion. The board’s action was to prepare the opposition letter; the final text and transmission status were not established in the meeting materials.\n\nIn a separate action, all five supervisors voted to bring the county’s Flock camera contract and continued use of the surveillance system back for discussion. The vote reopened the issue for future review but did not terminate the contract or change the system’s operation. The board did not set a date or define the scope of that discussion in the available meeting record.\n\nThe AB 1383 letter was to be prepared before the state’s Sept. 30 signing deadline. The board’s next steps are to finalize and, if approved, transmit the letter and schedule the future Flock-camera review.