The Paradise Town Council held a special meeting Monday morning to discuss the future of downtown and whether or not to ultimately cease single family residential zoning for the area. Unanimously, the council voted to bring forward an emergency ordinance to temporarily halt new residential buildings downtown.
Town Councilor Ron Lassonde was elected as the mayor of Paradise during a town council meeting Tuesday with former Mayor Greg Bolin to step into the role of vice mayor.
Paradise is still recovering five years after a wildfire destroyed most of the northern California town. The Camp Fire leveled about 11,000 homes in the town, displacing most of the