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The California FAIR Plan is raising fire insurance premiums in Mendocino — about 22% countywide and 25% on the coast. Homeowners who cleared brush and trimmed limbs still saw their bills climb.
A Facebook page portrayed a local family's two homes as voter fraud, MendoLocal checked the records. We found no evidence of wrongdoing by the couple and plenty of questions for the anonyous accuser.
"She has left us broken, divided and in poor financial shape by her leadership. That condition continues to this day."
A MendoLocal.News review of 2024 state payroll records for the 25 smallest counties found a median chief executive salary of roughly $227,000 and a median county counsel salary of about $187,000.
Communities with expiring elected offices and no competitive contests include: Albion/Little River, Anderson Valley, Brooktrails, Calpella, Comptche, Covelo/Round Valley, Elk, Gualala, Hopland, Laytonville, Leggett, Manchester, Mendocino, Piercy, Redwood Valley, and Westport.
Kelp restoration research efforts are showing success. But a strong El Nino year could set them back.
We reviewed a decade of campaign finance reports after Gov. Newsom vetoed AB 2494. Timber interests gave about $235,000; tribal & environmental backers gave almost nothing.
The two-page letter was written to end a lawsuit. But its most important passage concerns the contaminated water body at the center of the town's fight over its coastline, and what the city told the company it would, and would not, ask the state to do about it.
MCC is expanding into a new business while reporting a significant deficit. Profitability has declined steadily from 2020, when the clinic reported a surplus of $1.1 million. Last year, the clinic reported a loss of $1.3 million.
