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I called KMUD to confirm. Apparently a main burst and the system is down. There is still water, but use it sparingly or you will run out.
The server’s too busy. If you want to try, here’s the link. It will be archived and available through the same link.
Maybe someone can report. I’m mostly interested in what the supervisors have to say. If they don’t say anything, I’d like to know that as well.
Update 10:27: I just got on, and they’re just about to address the Code Enforcement agenda. Now is a good time to tune in.
Update 11:20: Robie and Bonnie started with a summary of Friday’s meeting and a list of unanswered questions. Jim Baker introduced himself as “the one person in Southern Humboldt with nothing to hide” and repeated his argument that there’s no excuses for law enforcement to wander onto properties claiming to be “lost.” Then the presentation moved to the Elk Ridge events of late February. Liz just finished, and Charlie is up now.
Update 11:24: Charlie was brief. Marcia Murphy is speaking about the Woodland Ranch incident.
Update 11:27: Now the speakers are on the Trinidad incident of last July. The speaker says that the officer who held the gun on the young woman and her baby is the same officer who killed a Mexian national in an marijuana eradication action last year.
Update 11:47: Ed Smith just spoke. He suggested that if the county does not ease up on it’s codes the supervisors will become Humboldt County’s own Mugabe.
Update 11:50: The meeting is in a 10 minute recess. CLMP has finished its presentation. Unfortunately, I don’t think the presentations were as strong as they were on Friday, but it’s kind of hard to keep telling the same stories over and over. I’m also listening as background noise when I work, so maybe it’s because of a difference in my attention. Still, I think the essential issues are coming through.
Roger has proposed that a CLMP representative be placed on the oversight task force. Bonnie responded positively, but suggests that there should be more community representation.
Update 12:52: Sorry, I was drawn away. I’ve heard a few of the speakers, echoing mostly the same sentiments. If I hear anything important from a council member I’ll let you know. I keep getting bumped off. Don’t know if it’s a problem on my end or theirs.
Update 1:13: A woman just attempted to address county counsel directly. Ms. Geist interrupted her and asked her to address the Board, stating that Ms. Chaitin has only been employed for a short time. Implication being that the Code Enforcement Unit is not under her supervision either. Basically, the “oversight” consists of the amorphous “task force.” No direct supervision.
The NCJ blogthing has the details.
Does this make Mark the frontrunner?
I know it isn’t Reggae on the River, but one of our “most favored nation” trade partners has occupied a country brutally for decades. The irony is that on the face this country used to be regarded as a red menace, but now conservatives will defend it tooth and nail because despite it’s ostensible status as a “people’s republic,” it’s just about the most laissez faire society we’ve seen since the industrial revolution. Companies like to go there because the government clamps down brutally on any bona fide union activity, and there are no environmental or worker safety standards to be concerned with.
And then there is the fear that China may switch currency to the Euro.
More protests are planned as the torch nears. I’d like to know more about the coalition protesting.
The photo comes from the SF Chronicle.
I’m probably setting a record for posts today. It’s what happens when you’re sick and play hookie and there’s plenty of news. Kim sent me some more photos of the event, and I just think these photos tell much of the story.
I just received this from CLMP this evening. These minutes reference an action of March 23, 2004 action to be modified. It looks like the supervisors to be questioned are Smith and Geist, though you’d think with a cross-department action of this scale there would be some direct reporting to the B.O.S. as a whole. I’m also a little confused in that the Planning Department is absent from the task force. I’m bolding a couple of key portions. Note that the funding mechanism is fine based, creating a direct incentive for fines.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Humboldt County
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
REGULAR SESSION
Humboldt County Courthouse
Supervisors’ Chamber, First Floor
825 Fifth Street, Eureka
9:04 AM
County Administrative Office
3. Code Enforcement Program Task Force
ACTION: Appoint a Code Enforcement Program Task Force with a representative from each of the following County departments listed, i.e. Sheriff, District Attorney, County Counsel, Health and Human Services–Environmental Division of Public Health Branch, Community Development Services, and Public Works. In addition, appoint Gerald Kindsfather, Manager of Humboldt Waste Management Authority to the Code Enforcement Task Force. Further, Supervisor Smith’s appointment is reaffirmed and Supervisor Geist’s seas (sic) is to be replaced with Supervisor Woolley as the BOS representatives.
Motion: Move to approve
Motion: Motion: Jimmy Smith; Second: Second: John Woolley; Yeas: Yeas: Jimmy Smith, John Woolley, Bonnie Neely, Roger Rodoni, Jill Geist; Nays: None; Abstentions: None.
Vote Summary: 5 Yeas; 0 Nays; 0 Abstentions.
County Administrative Office
7. Modification of prior Board action regarding effective date of position disallocation (General Fund). This action will prevent the need to budget about $5,200 in salaries and benefit allowance (County General Fund) in the new fiscal year.
ACTION: That the Board modify its March 23 action to approve the disallocation of the two investigator positions assigned to the Code Enforcement Unit to be effective June 19, 2004.
Motion: Move to approve
Motion: Motion: Bonnie Neely; Second: Second: John Woolley; Yeas: Yeas: Bonnie Neely, John Woolley, Roger Rodoni, Jimmy Smith, Jill Geist; Nays: None; Abstentions: None.
Vote Summary: 5 Yeas; 0 Nays; 0 Abstentions.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Humboldt County SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS Tuesday, October 12, 2004 REGULAR SESSION Humboldt County Courthouse Supervisors’ Chamber, First Floor 825 Fifth Street, Eureka 9:10 AM
F. DEPARTMENT REPORTS County Counsel 1. Code Enforcement Trust Fund ACTION: Direct the Auditor-Controller to establish a trust a fund entitled “Code Enforcement Trust Fund” for the purposes of depositing administrative penalties received by the County as a result of the activities of the Code Enforcement Unit in enforcing violations of the County Code, for the continuation of the Code Enforcement Unit and other code enforcement activities, with the following provisions: a) The administrative penalties that are to be deposited into the newly-established Code Enforcement Trust Fund each fiscal year will be those administrative penalties which exceed the amount of administrative penalties which are budgeted each fiscal year in the County Counsel budget as anticipated revenue for the Code Enforcement Unit; and b) If there are funds in the Code Enforcement Trust Fund in excess of the amount necessary to cover revenues budgeted to offset the Code Enforcement Unit of the County Counsel Office, then with the Board of Supervisors’ approval, those excess funds can be used for the continuation of the Code Enforcement Unit, as well as other code enforcement activities.
Motion: Move to approve Motion: Motion: John Woolley; Second: Second: Bonnie Neely; Yeas: Yeas: John Woolley, Bonnie Neely, Roger Rodoni, Jill Geist; Nays: None; Abstentions: None. Vote Summary: 4 Yeas; 0 Nays; 0 Abstentions.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Humboldt County SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS Tuesday, October 19, 2004 REGULAR SESSION Humboldt County Courthouse Supervisors’ Chamber, First Floor 825 Fifth Street, Eureka 9:10 AM
Code Enforcement Unit 5. Ordinance Amending Section 112-5 of Chapter 2 of Division One of Title I of the Humboldt County Code, Regarding the General Penalties ACTION: Introduce ordinance by title, waive the first reading, and set for adoption on November 2, 2004. Motion:
Move to approve Motion: Motion: Jimmy Smith; Second: Second: Bonnie Neely; Yeas: Yeas: Jimmy Smith, Bonnie Neely, John Woolley, Roger Rodoni, Jill Geist; Nays: None; Abstentions: None. Vote Summary: 5 Yeas; 0 Nays; 0 Abstentions. 6. Ordinance Amending Chapter 2 of Division Five of Title III, Regarding the Disposition and Removal of Junk Vehicles ACTION: Introduce ordinance by title, waive the first reading, and set for adoption on November 2, 2004.
Motion: Move to approve Motion: Motion: Jimmy Smith; Second: Second: Bonnie Neely; Yeas: Yeas: Jimmy Smith, Bonnie Neely, John Woolley, Roger Rodoni, Jill Geist; Nays: None; Abstentions: None. Vote Summary: 5 Yeas; 0 Nays; 0 Abstentions. 7. Ordinance Amending Section 2131-4 of Chapter 1 of Division Thirteen of Title II of the Humboldt Code, Regarding the Amount of Administrative Penalties ACTION: Introduce ordinance by title, waive the first reading, and set for adoption on November 2, 2004.
Motion: Move to approve
Motion: Motion: Jimmy Smith; Second: Second: Bonnie Neely; Yeas: Yeas: Jimmy Smith, Bonnie Neely, John Woolley, Roger Rodoni, Jill Geist; Nays: None; Abstentions: None. Vote Summary: 5 Yeas; 0 Nays; 0 Abstentions. 8. Ordinance Amending Sections 521 of Chapter 1 of Division Two of Title V, Regarding the Disposition of Solid Waste ACTION: Introduce ordinance by title, waive the first reading, and set for adoption on November 2, 2004.
Motion: Move to approve Motion
Motion: Jimmy Smith; Second: Second: Bonnie Neely; Yeas: Yeas: Jimmy Smith, Bonnie Neely, John Woolley, Roger Rodoni, Jill Geist; Nays: None; Abstentions: None. Vote Summary: 5 Yeas; 0 Nays; 0 Abstentions.
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