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Eureka council advances 45-day data center moratorium while drafting rules

Eureka council advances 45-day data center moratorium while drafting rules

The city is pausing new data center proposals for 45 days as staff and the city attorney draft more specific local standards for the use.

The Sidekick20 days ago
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Fortuna council advances massage-establishment ordinance on 4-1 vote

Fortuna council advances massage-establishment ordinance on 4-1 vote

The first-reading vote would add Chapter 5.30 to the Fortuna Municipal Code, with Councilmember Stevens opposing.

The Sidekick20 days ago
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Humboldt County board appoints Dena McCullough to Maple Creek interim seat

Humboldt County board appoints Dena McCullough to Maple Creek interim seat

The county board voted Aug. 12 to name its president as an interim board member for Maple Creek Union School District under Education Code 5094.

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Rio Dell council agenda puts animal kennel project on Sept. 15 vote

Rio Dell council agenda puts animal kennel project on Sept. 15 vote

A proposed resolution would authorize staff to finish the city kennel project and assign coordination to the police chief and streets superintendent.

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Humboldt supervisors to weigh $17.4 million behavioral health fund transfer agreements

Humboldt supervisors to weigh $17.4 million behavioral health fund transfer agreements

The agenda item pairs intergovernmental agreements with the state health department and supplemental budgets for behavioral health and substance-use programs.

The Sidekick21 days ago
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Humboldt supervisors to weigh $892,577 sheriff’s station remodel bid and two supplemental budgets

Humboldt supervisors to weigh $892,577 sheriff’s station remodel bid and two supplemental budgets

The Sept. 15 agenda would award the Sheriff’s Main Station Office Remodel Project to Adams Commercial General Contracting, Inc. and add two related budget transfers totaling $812,445.

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Ferndale lines up regional climate governance, with first payment pushed to 2027/28

Ferndale lines up regional climate governance, with first payment pushed to 2027/28

Council reviewed a draft agreement that would create a regional climate committee and shared program manager, while deferring the city’s first payment until FY 2027/28.

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Humboldt supervisors direct countywide old-growth tree ordinance work, with moratorium proposal to follow

Humboldt supervisors direct countywide old-growth tree ordinance work, with moratorium proposal to follow

The Aug. 11 board meeting broadened a Lower Redway tree-protection fight into a countywide ordinance push, with staff also asked to return with a temporary moratorium proposal.

The Sidekick26 days ago
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Eureka agenda puts data-center moratorium before council

Eureka agenda puts data-center moratorium before council

The City Council’s Sept. 1 agenda includes Bill No. 1061-C.S., an urgency ordinance moratorium on data centers, but the agenda does not show what happened at the meeting.

The Sidekick26 days ago
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RCEA adopts 6% generation-rate increase to protect reserve target

RCEA adopts 6% generation-rate increase to protect reserve target

The board tied the Sept. 1 rate change to a $26 million cash-reserve minimum as it warned of PCIA pressure and market volatility.

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Humboldt planners continue AT&T tower hearing, seek better alternate-site comparison

Humboldt planners continue AT&T tower hearing, seek better alternate-site comparison

The Planning Commission did not decide the McKinleyville tower proposal, instead asking for stronger side-by-side material on the Lily Road site and the Letts Avenue alternative.

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Humboldt supervisors approve 750-acre timber rezone in Ferndale area

Humboldt supervisors approve 750-acre timber rezone in Ferndale area

The board unanimously approved a zone reclassification for about 750 acres in the Rio del Ferndale/Ferndale area, shifting the land to Timberland Production Zone and citing a modest drop in annual property-tax revenue.

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Humboldt supervisors adopt coastal density bonus changes after Coastal Commission review

Humboldt supervisors adopt coastal density bonus changes after Coastal Commission review

The board unanimously approved amendments to coastal zoning rules and repealed a prior ordinance to align county regulations with Coastal Commission requirements.

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Humboldt supervisors adopt revised ethics code after debate over complaint screening

Humboldt supervisors adopt revised ethics code after debate over complaint screening

The board approved changes to its code of conduct and ethics rules and repealed Resolution No. 22-44 after debating whether complaints should go first to county staff or outside counsel.

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Northern Humboldt board upholds superintendent in student-records appeal

Northern Humboldt board upholds superintendent in student-records appeal

The board unanimously sustained the superintendent’s decision after a closed-session appeal tied to a challenge to student records.

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RCEA opens formal public power study as board weighs municipalization and co-op models

RCEA opens formal public power study as board weighs municipalization and co-op models

The Aug. 27 meeting moved Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s public-power discussion into a formal board study session, with staff and commenters pressing questions about PCIA, load growth, resiliency and what a future local service structure could look like.

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Humboldt supervisors vote 4-0 to defend county in Melissa Sterling lawsuit

Humboldt supervisors vote 4-0 to defend county in Melissa Sterling lawsuit

County Counsel reported the board’s closed-session action after the Sept. 1 meeting, while the agenda showed the litigation was formally before supervisors.

The Sidekick26 days ago
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Fortuna council held closed-door River Lodge talks, then reported no action

Fortuna council held closed-door River Lodge talks, then reported no action

A special meeting agenda and minutes show the council negotiated with three counterparties over the River Lodge Conference Center before returning to open session with no reportable action.

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Harbor District puts $810,000 tribal engagement contract on Sept. 10 agenda for offshore wind terminal work

Harbor District puts $810,000 tribal engagement contract on Sept. 10 agenda for offshore wind terminal work

The Humboldt Bay Harbor District is set to consider a contract with the Northern California Indian Development Council for tribal engagement tied to planning for the offshore wind heavy lift marine terminal.

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Humboldt County trustees to weigh textbook sufficiency, superintendent pay on Sept. 9 agenda

Humboldt County trustees to weigh textbook sufficiency, superintendent pay on Sept. 9 agenda

The board’s Sept. 9 meeting agenda includes a public hearing on instructional materials, a related resolution and an action item to set the superintendent’s 2026-27 salary.

The Sidekick28 days ago
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Fortuna council to take first reading on massage establishment ordinance

Fortuna council to take first reading on massage establishment ordinance

The Sept. 8 agenda includes Ordinance 2026-788, which would add a new chapter to the city code regulating massage establishments.

The Sidekick29 days ago
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Big Lagoon Union agenda sets curriculum adoptions, handbook review and pay-scale change

Big Lagoon Union agenda sets curriculum adoptions, handbook review and pay-scale change

The Sept. 8 draft agenda includes proposed new reading and math curricula, handbook updates, an LCAP revision and an ELOP-linked classified pay schedule change.

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Arcata council poised to award $2.56 million pavement maintenance contract

Arcata council poised to award $2.56 million pavement maintenance contract

A staff report asks council to approve a contract with R.A.O. Construction Co. for Arcata’s 2026 annual paving project, which includes work on several city streets.

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Arcata council signals interest in temporary data-center controls as it weighs zoning changes

Arcata council signals interest in temporary data-center controls as it weighs zoning changes

Council members discussed a possible short-term moratorium while staff studies how the city should regulate data centers.

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