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Recent government coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
City staff told council a vacancy report under Bill 2561 shows 93 open positions, a 223-day average recruitment time and a citywide hiring freeze that now requires departments to justify openings.
The Sept. 15 agenda calls for a Sun Ridge Systems buy that would combine computer-aided dispatch and records management for the police department.
The board approved the county’s 2026-27 spending plan after a public hearing, with Supervisors Vasquez and Fuhrer voting no.
A proposed resolution would authorize staff to finish the city kennel project and assign coordination to the police chief and streets superintendent.
Supervisors renewed the county’s local emergency tied to December 2025 winter-storm damage, keeping emergency authorities in place while cleanup and road repairs continue.
The Sept. 8 agenda includes Ordinance 2026-788, which would add a new chapter to the city code regulating massage establishments.
Council signed off on two more spending increases tied to the wastewater treatment facilities upgrade, one for construction and one for engineering.
A county resolution adopted Aug. 11 formally rebukes Curtis and says he violated personnel rules after earlier substantiated misconduct findings.
The Local Government Committee deadlocked 2-2 on the bill, leaving it stalled but still eligible for reconsideration.
AB 2624 cleared the Assembly 49-13 after a sharp floor debate over privacy, doxing and First Amendment concerns.
SCR 7 was adopted on the Assembly floor Aug. 13, with supporters citing medical and sleep organizations in favor of permanent standard time.
The Planning Commission is set to review staff's draft inland low-impact camping ordinance, which would allow small-scale camping on private rural land in unincorporated Humboldt County.
The Planning Commission packet shows a 130,219-square-foot warehouse project at 7234 Pacific Ave moving forward with reduced parking, right-of-way dedication and other conditions before supervisors take final action.
Supervisors approved a personnel-rule change and a related agreement aimed at filling the county’s Chief of Psychiatry post, which staff said has been difficult to recruit.
The city’s written response says police participation in county emergency-services meetings and disaster-response document updates will be completed by 2027.
The special meeting agenda calls for a Sept. 1 closure of Sam Brannan Park and up to $265,000 in budget transfers for remediation and improvements.
The bill, called the Family Friendly City Council’s Act, moved forward in the Assembly floor session Sunday.
The Aug. 4 council agenda asks members to authorize a GHD Inc. amendment that would raise the sewer evaluation study contract to $1.09 million and extend it to Dec. 1, 2027.
Supervisors accepted a state cannabis tax grant tied to DUI prevention and authorized the county executive officer to execute the agreement.
A June 30 policy package would update county rules for cybersecurity, cloud review, vendor access, digital content, signatures and records retention.
The council unanimously backed an AeroMod replacement for the wastewater plant’s cake conveyance system and adopted a budget amendment tied to the purchase.
The Assembly unanimously concurred in Senate amendments to AB 182, an elections-related bill, and sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The board advanced plans to buy 4325 Broadway Street in Eureka for future county office and permitting space, but one supervisor voted no after concerns about the site’s location, access and upkeep.
Council placed the city’s 3/4-cent sales tax renewal on the November ballot while also approving a smaller budget, a hiring freeze and a climate manager placeholder.