LAKE COUNTY
Courthouse Museum Parks seek public input
The Lake County Museums and Lake County Parks and Recreation invite you to the Lakeport Courthouse Museum on July 1, 2021 and July 3, 2021 to give us your ideas on possible improvements to the museum grounds. A conceptual list of improvements and amenities for a competitive state grant funding opportunity will be available for review, and this is your opportunity to tell us what you would like to see! We will also be soliciting an online survey soon so you have multiple opportunities to have your voice heard.
July 1, 2021 from 11 am to 2 pm: Lakeport Courthouse Museum, 255 N. Main Street, Lakeport
July 3, 2021 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am: Lakeport Courthouse Museum, 255 N. Main Street, Lakeport
If you are unable to attend any of the meetings in person please visit any of the following locations in person or online for other ways to share your comments or ask questions.
- Historic Courthouse Museum at 255 N. Main Street, Lakeport, CA 95453 (Thurs-Sat, 10 am to 4 pm)
- Historic Schoolhouse Museum at 16435 Main Street, Lower Lake, CA 95457 (Thurs-Sat, 10 am to 4pm)
- Gibson Museum and Cultural Center at 21267 Calistoga Rd. Middletown, CA 95461 (Thurs through Sat, 10 am-4pm)
Website: http://museums.lakecountyca.gov
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuseumsOfLakeCountyCa/
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LAKE COUNTY
Countywide Visioning Committee to meet for the second time
The Countywide Community Visioning Forum Planning Committee will meet for the second time via Zoom this Tuesday, from 6 to 8 pm:
https://lakecounty.zoom.us/j/93190357711?pwd=ODNXU0dtMmVMQThBajA4MU0vbG11dz09
Meeting ID: 931 9035 7711 Passcode: 072333
One tap mobile: +16699006833,,93190357711#,,,,*072333# US (San Jose)
From any mobile or landline phone, you may also dial 1-669-900-6833, and enter the Meeting ID and Passcode above, when prompted. To contribute to this meeting from a phone, press *9 to raise your hand, and *6 to unmute, once you are recognized to speak.
The public is encouraged to attend and participate via Zoom. The full meeting Agenda for this meeting and further resources can be accessed at:
http://www.lakecountyca.gov/Government/Boards/Community_Visioning_Forum_Planning_Committee.htm
What is the community Visioning forum Planning Committee?
Residents from Lake County’s richly diverse communities watched on Tuesday, February 23, as the Lake County Board of Supervisors unanimously proclaimed “Promoting Tolerance, Respect, Equity and Inclusion” among their utmost priorities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnmnWM70JFI
This moment culminated significant community efforts, and was punctuated by each Supervisor reading a portion of the proclamation, and affirming their commitment to host a community visioning forum to unearth priorities in the following categories:
- Meaningful actions and activities that will build bridges where there may be walls;
- Fostering tolerance, respect, understanding, equity and inclusion;
- Promoting non-violence and non-violent conflict resolution;
- Focusing resources on underlying causes and conditions that lead to inequitable resource and justice distribution; and
- Relevant solutions for any social injustices, as they may come to light.
Community members and leaders from the County of Lake, Cities of Lakeport and Clearlake and Tribal governments that resonated with the Board’s Proclamation volunteered to be a part of this historic effort, by applying for a spot on the new Countywide Community Visioning Forum Planning Committee.
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Ongoing negotiations
As it turns out, deciding how to spend $262.6 billion is an extraordinarily complicated task.
So, although state lawmakers were scheduled to vote this week on the record-breaking budget they unveiled Friday after reaching new agreements with Gov. Gavin Newsom, many details still have to be worked out. It’s the latest iteration of lawmakers approving yet-to-be-finished plans in order to meet deadlines: They passed a placeholder budget on June 14 to avoid losing their paychecks amid prolonged negotiations with Newsom.
Though more specifics have now been settled for the fiscal year beginning July 1, uncertainty persists in key areas. For example, Newsom and lawmakers agreed to allocate $7.7 billion to addressing wildfires and drought and $6 billion to expanding broadband, but they still don’t know exactly how they’re going to spend that money, CalMatters’ Laurel Rosenhall, Sameea Kamal and Manuela Tobias report.
Besides the rental moratorium extended through Sept. 30: Legislators also mulled over a moratorium on power shutoffs for customers who can’t pay their utility bills, thanks to a Thursday vote from the California Public Utilities Commission.
Newsom and lawmakers also agreed to funnel $2 billion into helping Californians cover unpaid utility and water bills. But that won’t address the needs of those entirely without running water — such as the 700 residents of Teviston, an unincorporated community in Tulare County, whose only functioning well broke in early June as temperatures soared into the triple digits, the Fresno Bee’s Melissa Montalvo reports for CalMatters’ California Divide project.
—Hoeven, CALMatters
