Ellen Drell News Today

The Willits Environmental Center will host a 2nd Assembly District in-person candidates forum Monday, Jan. 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Little Lake Grange, located at 291 School St., Willits (one block west of Hwy. 101). All seven candidates have been invited: Ariel Kelley, Democrat from Healdsburg; Chris Rogers, Democrat from Santa Rosa; […]

Shortly before 10:00 yesterday morning, Mendocino County Supervisor Glenn McGourty reported from an unusual closed session before the regular Board of Supervisors meeting that, “The Board voted unanimously to accept the resignation of Director Nevedal.”

The Mendocino Cannabis Alliance asked the governor and the Department of Cannabis Control to intervene in a permitting process it says is failing applicants, a day after a lengthy discussion about the legality of removing trees to cultivate cannabis.

The Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to charge up to $150 an hour for public records requests. The Board is considering a grant program for media outlets, but organizations advocating for freedom of the press cry foul.

The Board of Supervisors discussed water and a new plan to lease some hybrid cars

September 15, 2021 — The People’s Referendum to repeal the new cannabis ordinance, Chapter 22.18, has been victorious.The Board of Supervisors voted

Protestors outside the empty Board of Supervisors chambers on April 27 April 28 — The Board of Supervisors sent recommendations for a reworked cannabis cultivation ordinance back to the Planning Commission for another round of review. Yesterday’s nine and a half hour long meeting was held after an early-morning rally protesting the expansion of cannabis grows into rangeland during a drought.  In spite of assurances that no new permits will be granted without water, deliberations were dogge...