Posts published by “Jim Shields”

While I’m pleased to report that I was successful in resolving the Brown Act mess relative to a confusing proposed administrative merger of Public Health and Behavioral Health (formally Mental Health) under a single Director,…

For the past two weeks, we’ve been discussing a series of events where Board Chair Maureen Mulheren attempted to justify violations of the Brown Act, California’s Open Meeting Law. I’ll provide the punch-line now: I…

Someone who evidently doesn’t appreciate and understand how important it is to conduct the public’s business in front of the public, is Supervisor Maureen Mulheren, who serves as the Board’s Chair this year. Twice during…

Last week, I only had time to write a short version of the ongoing saga of the closed Geiger’s grocery store. Here’s an updated report with more detail. Just a few days ago, I was…

(Jayma here on behalf of my dad. He had a positive visit with a pulmonologist this week- great news! Dad's column this week, ‘Everybody's Broke,’ particularly hits home in my line of work. I can…

As you are all aware, the Board of Supervisors back in early December held a full-scale hearing on proposed fee increases wished-for by 16 different departments. Historically, the County typically holds these fee adjustment hearings…