Humboldt County
What your local boards and councils decided, from their own agendas and minutes.
The active cost-of-capital proceeding has set an evidentiary hearing and briefing deadlines, while an archived hearing summary contains an unverified $25,000 figure that conflicts with official customer materials.
The CPUC is reviewing Bear Valley Electric Service’s request for staged increases through 2030 after customers questioned wildfire spending, outages, fees and affordability at an Oct. 13 hearing.
The organizing committee says it plans an early-2027 application portal, a public cultural calendar and map, ticket-cost assistance and 16 Olympic and Paralympic posters, while lawmakers seek clearer commitments for local and underserved communities.
The Oct. 21 hearing could advance a finding that no unmet transit needs are reasonable to meet, allowing the city to continue pursuing Local Transportation Fund dollars for eligible street and road work.
The consumer office says its lower recommendation could save Great Oaks customers about $61,000 a year, but the commission has not voted on the utility’s 2027-30 cost-of-capital case.
A financial statement in the district’s Oct. 13 board packet lists $33.56 million in revenue, $35.64 million in expenditures and an $8.38 million ending balance.
The new funding is routed through Kern County to expand a statewide professional-learning partnership, rather than distributed through an identified district formula.
An Assembly Education Committee hearing highlighted persistent racial and income gaps in math performance and questions about how a state investment in math coaches will be distributed and measured.
Trustees are scheduled to hold a public hearing and consider approving Freshwater Charter Middle School’s renewal for the July 2027-June 2032 term.
Trustees approved a one-year employment agreement amendment for Roger Macdonald after reporting a positive evaluation.
The Oct. 15 hearing would move the long-running plan update from a workshop into a formal recommendation process, but no commission vote has been recorded.
The 4-0 action authorizes final design, bid-phase services and SCADA construction for the city’s NPDES compliance project.
The Oct. 6 agenda calls for a public hearing and adoption vote on the data-center measure, plus a vote to create a foreclosed and vacant property registration program.
The reconstituted group will develop a countywide surveillance policy and draft ordinance covering Flock cameras, drones and other technologies by the end of 2027.
The Planning Commission heard a staff presentation on the 2027-2035 Housing Element, including 40 low-income and 55 moderate- and above-moderate-income housing opportunities, but took no action.
The Planning Commission voted 3-1 on each CAL FIRE-related coastal permit, retaining some safeguards for one project while removing a tree-retention condition for the other.
The agreement with the Northern California Indian Development Council would support tribal participation in planning and design for the proposed Heavy Lift Marine Terminal.
The board’s agenda lists a public determination hearing and possible consideration of Resolution 2627-4, but does not describe the requested changes or report an outcome.
The Zoning Administrator approved renewals for the Hauck Bar and Leland Rock instream mining operations in the Alton area after finding no further environmental review was required under CEQA.
The Oct. 14 agenda includes the county office’s unaudited financial statement, Education Protection Account expenditures, proposed PERS and STRS resolutions and an intent to apply for a STOP grant.
The agency’s Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to recommend whether the board should sign an agreement tied to the Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan.
The Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to recommend Board approval, but no vote or implementation details have been reported.
The council added Chapter 5.30 to the Fortuna Municipal Code after the same split on the ordinance’s first reading earlier this month.
The Oct. 12 agenda calls for a public hearing and action on school facilities fees, a developer fee study contract and applications to a State Allocation Board program.
