Drought Task Force to form water resources team
The standing committee is charged with organizing a multi-agency approach to preparing for all things water-related.
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The standing committee is charged with organizing a multi-agency approach to preparing for all things water-related.
The Board of Supervisors agreed to ask the U.C. Davis Cooperative Extension for help creating a water agency to improve countywide access to water.
The Council decided the financial outlook is poor for a 3/8 cent sales tax for workforce housing to succeed in the next election, especially with two other taxes on the November ballot.
The Board of Supervisors is still looking for money to fund a water agency and drought preparedness programs. A proposed ordinance to regulate extracting water from private wells and selling it off the property is on its way to the Planning Commission.
County workers are outraged over the county's offer of a 0% COLA. Meanwhile, the Board heard from labor experts encouraging a living wage ordinance.