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KZYX News Department

KZYX reporters and independent journalists cover local news for Mendocino County, California, Monday through Friday in six and a half minute reports. The KZYX News podcast is available for redistribution under CC BY 4.0, or the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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Referendum effort to repeal 10% underway

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2021/06/10

June 10, 2021 — As the Board of Supervisors prepares to adopt an unpopular cannabis cultivation ordinance, two separate groups are planning referenda to repeal or amend the final product. One group is gathering signatures to repeal the whole thing. Another group wants to strike the ten percent provision, and follow up with negotiations for further amendments, or, failing that, a citizens’ initiative. The current version of the ordinance that will come back before the board by the end of the

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Neighbors leery of proposed development in Ukiah's...

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2021/06/10

June 9, 2021 — A proposed development in the Western Hills of Ukiah has neighbors fuming as the city takes steps to acquire and annex about 700 acres off of Redwood Avenue, in the headwaters of Doolan Creek. The property currently belongs to David Hull, who gave the city 188 acres adjacent to the proposed project parcels late last year. The city wants to break 54 acres into seven lots for single family residential parcels, where owners would be allowed to build one main house and one

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Round Valley High School student makes film about...

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2021/06/08

June 8, 2021 — As the region heads into a massive drought and the start of fire season, there are some signs of optimism about humanity’s ability to reverse some of the damage it’s done. Gerald “Bam” Britton, a senior at Round Valley High School in Covelo, recently made a film with a title that sounds like a line from a poem about nature. From River to Ridge and From Fish to Fire is a series of interviews with scientists and Tribal elders about the relationship between fire and water,

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Citizens' group readying to repeal cannabis ordinance

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2021/06/08

June 7, 2021 — On Wednesday, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1, with John Haschak dissenting, to waive the first reading of a cannabis cultivation ordinance which, if it becomes law, will allow grows of up to ten percent on ag and rangeland parcels over ten acres. Ellen Drell is working with a citizens group called Save Our Water, Wildlife, and Way of Life to repeal the ordinance. Most of the supervisors want to pass the ordinance before June 30, because after that, the county will be

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Board adopts ordinance, with 10% expansion

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2021/06/04

June 4, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to adopt chapter 22.18, the phase III cannabis cultivation ordinance that will allow cultivation on up to 10% of ag or rangeland parcels that are ten acres or larger. They also directed staff to come back with another ordinance this summer that will allow growers in those zones to phase in to larger operations. The board was struggling to pass the ordinance before June 30. After that, the state requires local jurisdictions to conduct what

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Cannabis program manager talks numbers

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2021/06/03

June 3, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors is holding a special meeting today to decide on a new cannabis cultivation ordinance, which some are calling Phase III and others are referring to as 2218, after the new chapter that will enter the county code if the supervisors pass the proposed ordinance. The current ordinance, 10A17, was crafted before the state developed its own regulations. The two systems are not compatible, and the current environmental mitigations were developed specifically

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Board considers tax relief for small cannabis farmers

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2021/06/03

June 3, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors took a look at tax relief options for small cannabis farmers, with an eye toward passing the tax burden on to farms larger than 10,000 square feet yesterday. And law enforcement critic David Ayster called in to critique the Board and the Sheriff for the quality of their discourse during last month’s discussion about the proposed audit. Public Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren called in to tell the board that Mendocino County’s yellow tier status is

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No audit for sheriff's department

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2021/06/02

May 28, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors declined to conduct a proposed audit of the sheriff’s department this week, opting instead to hold a workshop where the sheriff and the auditor will answer questions.

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New mural of Khadijah Britton to be unveiled in Ukiah

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2021/05/27

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County surging; Coren predicts return to orange tier

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2021/05/26

May 25, 2021 — Public Health Officer Andy Coren told the Board of Supervisors today that the county is in a covid-19 surge. Though there are no outbreaks in the county at this time, Coren expects the county to be demoted to the orange tier by June 2.

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Board calls for feasibility study of locating PHF at...

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2021/05/25

May 25, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday to use Measure B funds for a psychiatric health facility, or puff, and to conduct a study on the feasibility of locating it on Whitmore Lane, in the unincorporated fifth district portion of south Ukiah. The county purchased the 26,601 square foot building with two point two million dollars of CARES Act federal funding last August. Repairing the roof appeared on an original document with suggestions for how to use the funds

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Haschak Town Hall covers drought, fire, and cannabis

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2021/05/25

May 24, 2021 — Supervisor John Haschak met virtually with a friendly crowd at a town hall organized by Willits Mayor Madge Strong and the Willits Economic Localization group. Residents talked about water, fire, money, cannabis, and public safety. Haschak, who is on a drought ad hoc committee, said the county is considering asking residents for a 20% voluntary reduction in water usage. He didn’t have exact numbers for emergency drought funding from the state, but he said projects that are

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Extended interview with cannabis program manager on...

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2021/05/21

In this extended interview with Mendocino County cannabis program manager Kristin Nevedal, we’ll hear about how the county will make use of a multi-million dollar windfall — if the Legislature approves Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to allocate $100 million to bringing provisional license holders through the system to annual state licensure. Mendocino county’s allotment would be $18,084,837, based on the anticipated cost of bringing 1149 locally authorized growers into full compliance

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Cannabis windfall for Mendocino County in Governor's...

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2021/05/21

May 21, 2021 — The county is anticipating big changes around cannabis between now and the end of June. Chapter 22.18, the proposed new county cultivation ordinance, has gone through two rounds of review by the Planning Commission and is due before the Board of Supervisors again soon. Hovering over that process is the possibility of a referendum, if enough voters essentially recall the ordinance. More recently, the governor proposed to spend $100 million statewide to help growers with

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"The time is now:" MOVE2030 calls for economic...

KZYX News ·

2021/05/19

May 19, 2021 — The pandemic has been an economic catastrophe as well as a health disaster. In Mendocino County, where 98% of the businesses are small, the blows have kept landing. Now a group representing a variety of local interests has assembled economic data and a plan they think will help the county climb out of a slump following multiple disasters and long-term stagnation. A little over a year ago, the county received a grant from the Economic Development Department to come up with

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Bloody Island Massacre Remembered in Lake County

KZYX News ·

2021/05/19

May 18, 2021--Annie Esposito reports on a Sunrise Ceremony this weekend, organized by Clayton Duncan of Robinson Rancheria, to remember the Massacre of 400 Indigenous Pomo people on May 15, 2850 by the US Calvary. Story produced by Alicia Bales for KZYX.

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Potter Valley speaks up on settlement funds

KZYX News ·

2021/05/17

May 17, 2021 — Supervisors Glenn McGourty and Maureen Mulheren held a community meeting with residents of Potter Valley on Saturday morning, to talk about what they’d like from the $22 million PG&E settlement for damage caused by the 2017 firestorm.

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Redwood Valley MAC talks money, water, cannabis

KZYX News ·

2021/05/13

May 13, 2021 — Last night’s meeting of the Redwood Valley Municipal Advisory Council hinged on the familiar topics of cannabis enforcement, water, and how to spend the $22 million PG&E settlement.

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Board of Supervisors talks settlement, enforcement

KZYX News ·

2021/05/12

May 12, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors heard initial plans for organizing an enhanced cannabis enforcement program yesterday. And fire departments that fought the fire in 2017, as well as the Redwood Valley County Water Agency, made the case for why they think they should get a share of the $22 million PG&E settlement.

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"Not your fathers drought" - North Coast politicians...

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2021/05/11

Little River, 5/11/21 - Reps. Jared Huffman, Mike Thompson, and other notable North Coast water managers and politicians gathered at a virtual summit yesterday morning to discuss the severe drought facing the North Coast and the state. No new policies were announced, but Senator Mike McGuire announced that the state senate is moving on a $3.4 billion drought relief package and Huffman listened to water leaders who made a resounding and sometimes plaintive call for state and federal money to

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