It’s understandable that the Mendocino County Planning Commission had trouble coming up with even a draft of a regulatory framework for “Transient Habitation — Low Intensity Camping,” aka “Hip Camps” and the like. The complexity,…
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Item 4c on next Tuesdays Board of Supervisors Agenda: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Direction to Staff Regarding “Rule 18a: Public Expression” of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Supervisors (Sponsor: Supervisor Haschak).”…
In the early 1990s, AVA Cartoonist Dr. Doo (Fred Sternkopf) ran a series of cartoonish sketches depicting timber activist Judi Bari as a bodysuit-clad Wonder Woman, intrepid survivor of a murderous carbomb attack. Bari and…
In response to our report on the Board’s two-day self-promoting workshop, Mazie Malone asked: “I would like clarification on the statement about most homeless people not being ‘crazy’ enough to be reimbursable for Mental Health…
The following is the core text from a lawsuit filed in Federal District Court on October 17, 2024 by a Ms. Kelli Johnson, a Sacramento environmental attorney who works for the California Air Resources Board,…
… “Success” as defined by them, anyway. For two full days this Tuesday and Wednesday the Supervisors gave themselves and their senior staff, the equivalent of participation trophies for mostly doing what they’re supposed to…
Norm Thurston: “…With regards to public education, anyone who is unhappy with it should run for the school board.” Have you looked at local school board agendas lately? They’re monopolized by non-academic subjects put before…