Humboldt County
What your local boards and councils decided, from their own agendas and minutes.
The plan will cover sand, sandbags and other emergency resources for flood-prone and low-lying areas, with locations and purchases still to be determined.
The unanimous Oct. 7 vote authorizes Redwood Coast Energy Authority to host the Regional Climate Committee and Climate Program Manager tied to the Regional Climate Action Plan.
Commissioners voted 4-1 to send the updated Humboldt Bay Area Plan and related zoning changes to the Board of Supervisors, using the lower of two 2100 sea-level-rise scenarios and adding a five-year review.
The 4-1 vote limits the exemption to facilities generating all their renewable power on site and using a closed-loop system; a separate redwood-tree moratorium was removed before consideration.
HTA reported more than 700,000 rides in its latest fiscal year while seeking another temporary fueling option for hydrogen buses, but did not quantify the effect on service.
The State Personnel Board submitted the dispute over CCHCS registry staffing and personal-services contracts for a later decision after a Sept. 14 hearing.
The agreement would create a regional committee and climate program manager, but it takes effect only after agencies representing 85% of the county’s population adopt it.
The money will support the We Are Up mixed senior and autistic-adult housing project and a county program that helps lower-income homeowners rehabilitate their properties.
The longer-term future of 7–10 p.m. service is expected to come before the Humboldt Transit Authority in November; no service cut has been announced.
Caltrans told HCAOG that a temporary trestle and Pier 7 foundation work are expected to finish this month, while a separate replacement project targets a November approval and environmental-document milestone.
A proposed fiscal 2027-28 model would provide $20,000 to $30,000 annually to historically funded gateway chambers and visitors bureaus, plus two arts and tourism organizations.
City staff told the council the transaction-and-use tax has generated about $39 million since 2009 for streets, transportation projects and public-safety staffing.
The agency’s meeting page and archive show a 4:30 p.m. Eureka meeting, but no agenda, staff reports or cancellation notice is posted in the official repository.
Four residents used non-agenda public comment Oct. 15 to seek commission action, but no revocation item or vote was taken and county staff said the permit remains suspended.
The City Council’s special-meeting agenda does not identify a candidate or indicate what action, if any, the council will take.
The California Department of Water Resources says the resources are normally offline and would be activated only when needed; the agency expects to provide its next quarterly update in early 2027.
The proposed EPIC-funded project would test whether stored electricity can provide process heat at Pacific Coast Producers’ tomato-processing facility, with results subject to independent measurement.
The proposed Highland Electric Fleets agreement would fund at least 119 fast-charging ports across four named school districts and an unidentified site, but the packet does not show a final vote.
The project will add 32 60-kilowatt fast-charging ports at the Newman Nutrition Center, including 16 capable of sending power back to the grid.
State officials reported $271 million in EV incentive funding, nearly 12,000 My First EV incentives and a revised 2030 need for 614,000 public and multifamily charging points.
The presentation says seven utilities had procurement-target deficits, but it does not identify the utilities or document a final commission vote.
At a legislative hearing, a CARB official said the agency is examining indirect-source rules and other strategies while defending oversight of its heavy-duty incentive program.
The proposed EPIC grant to DER Security Corp. would test utility-connected residential and commercial energy resources, cybersecurity and community-informed grid services.
The CPUC approved three no-copay wireless plans with up to 20 gigabytes of data while reducing activation reimbursement to $15 per participant per year.
