Christopher Rosacker News Today

John Hart | The Union In what could result in the passage of a novel approach to regulating a community’s homeless population, Nevada City’s Council is poised to cast the final votes today on a camping ordinance that allows people to sleep on public land, if permitted. If approved, the ordinance would give police legal ammunition to regulate anyone who puts up a tent, shelter or sleeps on public land without a permit. “To me, it looks like another way to move them out of town,” said T...

AP | AP Despite some serious logistical challenges, Grass Valley will push forward with naming its largest upcoming municipal project after slain U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was born in the town. “It’s very generous of them to consider honoring Chris,” said Jan Stevens, the emissary’s father, in a phone interview with The Union. “We’re very gracious of their consideration.” One of those challenges is to garner California legislature approval of changing the name of a nearl...

Staff Writer A nearly $200,000 sales tax allocation to the city of Grass Valley at the end of September has put its finances in a less-dicey status, said Public Works Director Tim Kiser, the acting city administrator The city council had enacted a 60-day freeze on discretionary spending in early September due to a concern that revenues from Measure N, a half-percent temporary sales tax increase, were lagging behind. Measure N allocations reach the city several months after the sale point, ba...

John Hart/jhart@theunion.com | The Union The Nevada City Planning Commission is slated to review the environmental impact of the Commercial Street Boardwalk at its meeting today. Following former City Councilwoman Reinette Senum’s call on Facebook Wednesday for supporters to attend today’s meeting and defend the boardwalk, the discussion may be contentious. Constructed in August 2011 by the Nevada County Sustainability Team, Senum and volunteers, the boardwalk is a 50-by-8-foot, wood-planke...

The polling location will not be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday. The elections office is located at the Rood Center 950 Maidu Ave., Suite 250, Nevada City, 95959. Vote-by-mail ballots should no longer be sent in the mail, as the deadline to do so was Nov. 1, reported the Nevada County Democrats. Voters can, however, bring their ballots to any polling location on Election Day, including the Nevada County Elections Office. Both Nevada County’s Republican and Democratic part...