County hears call for breather on rural subdivision approvals
Private planning consultant David Hancock urges Mendocino County to pause major rural subdivision approvals for two to three months. The 701 Planning Study warns that large subdivisions strain fiscal resources, increase service needs, and fail to boost tax revenues, favoring down zoning, clustering, and transfer of development rights.
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Mendocino County
David
HUD
California Office of Planning and Research
Hancock
County Planning Department
Planning Department
Phil Gorny
Board of Supervisors
Planning Commission
Ukiah
York Creek
Gorny
Two men arrested in Miami for nuclear material plot
FBI agents arrested Carl John Heiser III of Highland Beach Florida and Carl Lutz Weischenberg a West German national living in Freeport Bahamas on charges they attempted to buy weapons grade nuclear material and cruise missile components for the Soviet Union. Heiser allegedly provided information harming U.S. national defense since at least April.
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Miami
UPI
FBI
Soviet Union
Clarence Kelley
Washington
Carl John Heiser III
Highland Beach
Fla
Carl Lutz Weischenberg
West Germany
Freeport
Bahamas
Heiser
United States
Weischenberg
Board weighs Grand Jury rebuke of county auditor office
The governmental operations committee of the board of supervisors reviews a Grand Jury report faulting auditor controller Robin K. Shore. The panel plans its own inquiry and aims to present findings and possible recommendations to the board by next Tuesday. The report cites lack of cash handling standards and inconsistent accounting practices across county departments. It urges regular audits by the board and notes Shore’s attitude toward duties as concerning for the county’s business climate.
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Board of Supervisors
al Barbero
Barbero
Robin K. Shore
Ebiiey
Contremter
Grand Jury
Willits Considers Mandatory Water Rationing Plan
PG&E Willits customers face a proposed water rationing and allotment plan to combat low storage. A public hearing Monday at 1:30 p.m. will detail the program, its impact on residential at 195 gallons daily, and required cuts for commercial and industrial users as Willits seeks CPUC approval.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Willits
Skip” Kirchner
Pg&e Willits
Commercial Street
Kirchner
Pg&e
Willits Water System
California Public Utilities Commission
Mendocino College Escrow Filing For New Yokayo Campus
Trustees will hear escrow final filings for the Yokayo Ranch campus with a contracted option to buy additional property. An open meeting at 7 p.m. in room 501 at the fairgrounds interim campus will discuss sanitation disposal systems bids for the Lake County Center building and a community services program. A publication budget and course approvals are on the agenda with a possible executive session at 6:30 p.m. prior to the open meeting.
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Mendocino College
Yokayo Ranch
Fairgrounds
Lake County
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Forecast calls for fair conditions in the south and partly cloudy skies in the north through Thursday. A chance of afternoon and night showers is shown in the northern mountains. Low clouds and fog persist along the coast at night and in the morning hours with little temperature change. Fort Bragg 50 to 57, Ukiah 53 to 88.
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California
Fort. Bragg
Ukiah
Weather snippet with date placeholders and rainfall
A fragmentary weather note from July 1977 and July 1976 shows placeholders for dates and temperature highs and lows, with a noon today low and rainfall reading of .00 inches and a comparison to last year’s data.
Supervisors renew NME hospital pact in one-year contract
National Medical Enterprises will administer the Community Hospital for another year under an $81,000 contract approved 4-1 by the board. The vote included opposition from Supervisor Al Barbero who questioned prices and explored alternatives such as public health department administration. The panel plans an Aug 2 vote on potential hospital closure.
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National Medical Enterprises
Board of Supervisors
al Barbero
NME
Ernie Banker
Barbero
Public Health Department
Wallace Platner
Bartig, Basler ,and Ray
Legislature agrees on tax relief compromise in California
Sacramento reports a two house conference panel unanimously approved a tax relief bill framework. It allocates 500 million for homeowners and 325 million for renters, with discussions aiming to finish the compromise by week’s end.
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Sacramento
UPD
House
Petris
Jerome Smith
Saratoga
Nicholas Petris
Oakland
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Butch Purcell
Konocti-Westshore
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Tom Williams
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Purcell
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