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LAKEPORT, Calif. – After a two-week delay in its opening triggered by a funding shortfall, the Lake Ministerial Association announced Sunday that its warming center for the homeless would open on Monday.
This is the third year for the center, which will once again be located at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Park Way in Lakeport.
The center will be open Monday through Friday, 6 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
The association said it can house up to 24 individuals at the center each night, based on county rules.
Clients can check in at the bus stop at the old Natural High School, opposite St. Mary’s, in Lakeport, where volunteers will begin the intake procedure and a Lake Transit bus will transport them to the center.
Last week, the city of Lakeport began installing a new bus shelter at the Natural High site, which the association said means that it will have a covered, lighted area where visitors and volunteers can wait for the warming center bus.
Services offered to clients at the warming center will include a warm, safe place to sleep; dinner and breakfast; hot showers; laundry assistance; obtaining valid IDs; computer and WiFi access for job training and housing searches; and family reunification mediation. Pets are welcome; designated areas have been set up to house them.
Originally, the center had planned to open on Dec. 4, as long as it had 25 percent – or $12,000 – of its annual operating costs in hand.
However, it had only about a quarter of the amount it needed at that point, so the association pushed back the opening by two weeks, as Lake County News
On Sunday, the association reported that, thanks to “some very generous individuals,” it had raised just over $11,300 and could move forward with opening.
However, the association said it is still in a budget shortfall and needs a minimum of $16,000 to be fully funded through the 2017-18 warming center season. The center is slated to remain open until March 30.
Donations can be sent to Kelseyville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 446, Kelseyville, CA 95451 (write Warming Center on the memo line).
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This is the third year for the center, which will once again be located at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Park Way in Lakeport.
The center will be open Monday through Friday, 6 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
The association said it can house up to 24 individuals at the center each night, based on county rules.
Clients can check in at the bus stop at the old Natural High School, opposite St. Mary’s, in Lakeport, where volunteers will begin the intake procedure and a Lake Transit bus will transport them to the center.
Last week, the city of Lakeport began installing a new bus shelter at the Natural High site, which the association said means that it will have a covered, lighted area where visitors and volunteers can wait for the warming center bus.
Services offered to clients at the warming center will include a warm, safe place to sleep; dinner and breakfast; hot showers; laundry assistance; obtaining valid IDs; computer and WiFi access for job training and housing searches; and family reunification mediation. Pets are welcome; designated areas have been set up to house them.
Originally, the center had planned to open on Dec. 4, as long as it had 25 percent – or $12,000 – of its annual operating costs in hand.
However, it had only about a quarter of the amount it needed at that point, so the association pushed back the opening by two weeks, as Lake County News
On Sunday, the association reported that, thanks to “some very generous individuals,” it had raised just over $11,300 and could move forward with opening.
However, the association said it is still in a budget shortfall and needs a minimum of $16,000 to be fully funded through the 2017-18 warming center season. The center is slated to remain open until March 30.
Donations can be sent to Kelseyville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 446, Kelseyville, CA 95451 (write Warming Center on the memo line).
For more information about the center email
Email Elizabeth Larson at
LAKEPORT, Calif. – In its final regular meeting of the year, the Board of Supervisors will consider accepting an urgency ordinance related to commercial marijuana cultivation.
The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 and online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
At 9:45 a.m., the board will discuss and consider a draft urgency ordinance allowing temporary and limited registration of certain commercial adult use marijuana cultivation under specified conditions during a moratorium period.
That item resulted from a board discussion last week regarding a proposal to temporarily institute a moratorium on commercial marijuana operations recommended by planning staff.
Staff was seeking that moratorium while the county continues to work on commercial marijuana cultivation regulations necessary to meet the requirements of the state’s Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.
In response to outcry from local growers who said they would in be shut down – because state rules only allow the state to issue a licence of a licensee’s activity is permitted by its local government – the board majority instead wanted to pursue a temporary urgency ordinance.
The urgency ordinance that would allow growers who have obtained the necessary written approvals from the State Water Resources Control Board to obtain a state cultivation license if they’ve gotten approval from Lake County Community Development Department.
The ordinance initially would be in effect for 45 days, and can be extended by the board.
In the meantime, county staff would be able to move forward with creating a permanent ordinance governing medical and adult use commercial marijuana.
In other business, at 9:30 a.m., the board will consider a staff recommendation for making the Lucerne Hotel available for purchase, lease to purchase or long-term lease agreement.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
7.1: Adopt resolution approving Agreement No. 17-0129 with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and authorizing execution of the contract and contractor certification clause and signatures for insect trapping activities for fiscal year 2017-18.
7.2: Approve request for advance step hiring of Mental Health Specialist II, Step 5 for Dr. Benjamin Burnette.
7.3: Adopt proclamation recognizing the retirement of Raymond Ruminski, Environmental Health director, and honoring him for more than 32 years of outstanding service and dedication to the county of Lake.
7.4: Approve financing agreement and addendum between the county of Lake and Cisco Capital for the purchase of yearly maintenance from Cisco Systems in the amount of $118,112.60 for five years, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.5: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, adopt resolution appropriating unanticipated revenue to Budget Units 8351, Lands End/South Lakeport Sewer and 8354, Lake County Sanitation District Southeast for 2017 winter storm expense reimbursements.
7.6: Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, adopt resolution approving the intent to participate in the deferred maintenance program to receive state funds under section 6.10 of Senate Bill 826 (Stats. 2016, Ch. 23).
7.7: Approve Agreement with AshBritt Inc. for Redwood Valley fire debris disposal and reimbursement of costs at the Eastlake Sanitary Landfill and authorize the chair to sign .
7.8: Approve engineering / inspection agreement for Alvin Olea as a condition of a conditional certificate of compliance, Assessor's Parcel Nos. 004-065-17 & 004-66-12, for the county of Lake to provide engineering services for the review of plans, specifications and inspection of work; and authorize the chair to sign.
7.9: Approve the contract by and between the county of Lake and Bennet Omalu Pathology for pathology services in Lake County for an estimated cost of $300,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
8.2, 9:08 a.m.: Swearing In ceremony for newly appointed correctional officers.
8.3, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation recognizing the retirement of Raymond Ruminski, Environmental Health director and honoring him for more than 32 years of outstanding service and dedication to the county of Lake.
8.4, 9:12 a.m.: (a) Consideration of continuation of a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County Health officer; and (b) update and discussion on Sulphur fire recovery.
8.5, 9:15 a.m.: Sitting as Kelseyville County Water Works District No. 3 Board of Directors, consideration of an agreement between North Coast Solar and KCWWD No.3 for the Installation of a 251kW Solar Array at the Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Plant and authorize the chair to sign.
8.6, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration of staff recommendation for making the Lucerne Hotel available for purchase, lease to purchase or long-term lease agreement.
8.7, 9:45 a.m.: Discussion and consideration of a draft urgency ordinance allowing temporary and limited registration of certain commercial adult use cultivation under specified conditions during a moratorium period.
UNTIMED ITEMS
9.2: Consideration of the following appointment: Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board.
9.3: Consideration of a revised County Donations Policy, replacing section 10, subsection 40, and obsoleting section 10, subsection 33, and section 12, subsection 6, of the Lake County Policies and Procedures Manual.
9.4: Consideration of bid award for the purchase of 28 portable radios to Motorola Solutions in the amount of $49,527.
CLOSED SESSION
10.1: Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Loberg v. County of Lake, et al.
10.2: Addendum, conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(4): One potential case.
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The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The meeting can be watched live on Channel 8 and online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
At 9:45 a.m., the board will discuss and consider a draft urgency ordinance allowing temporary and limited registration of certain commercial adult use marijuana cultivation under specified conditions during a moratorium period.
That item resulted from a board discussion last week regarding a proposal to temporarily institute a moratorium on commercial marijuana operations recommended by planning staff.
Staff was seeking that moratorium while the county continues to work on commercial marijuana cultivation regulations necessary to meet the requirements of the state’s Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.
In response to outcry from local growers who said they would in be shut down – because state rules only allow the state to issue a licence of a licensee’s activity is permitted by its local government – the board majority instead wanted to pursue a temporary urgency ordinance.
The urgency ordinance that would allow growers who have obtained the necessary written approvals from the State Water Resources Control Board to obtain a state cultivation license if they’ve gotten approval from Lake County Community Development Department.
The ordinance initially would be in effect for 45 days, and can be extended by the board.
In the meantime, county staff would be able to move forward with creating a permanent ordinance governing medical and adult use commercial marijuana.
In other business, at 9:30 a.m., the board will consider a staff recommendation for making the Lucerne Hotel available for purchase, lease to purchase or long-term lease agreement.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
7.1: Adopt resolution approving Agreement No. 17-0129 with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and authorizing execution of the contract and contractor certification clause and signatures for insect trapping activities for fiscal year 2017-18.
7.2: Approve request for advance step hiring of Mental Health Specialist II, Step 5 for Dr. Benjamin Burnette.
7.3: Adopt proclamation recognizing the retirement of Raymond Ruminski, Environmental Health director, and honoring him for more than 32 years of outstanding service and dedication to the county of Lake.
7.4: Approve financing agreement and addendum between the county of Lake and Cisco Capital for the purchase of yearly maintenance from Cisco Systems in the amount of $118,112.60 for five years, and authorize the chair to sign.
7.5: Sitting as the Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors, adopt resolution appropriating unanticipated revenue to Budget Units 8351, Lands End/South Lakeport Sewer and 8354, Lake County Sanitation District Southeast for 2017 winter storm expense reimbursements.
7.6: Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District Board of Directors, adopt resolution approving the intent to participate in the deferred maintenance program to receive state funds under section 6.10 of Senate Bill 826 (Stats. 2016, Ch. 23).
7.7: Approve Agreement with AshBritt Inc. for Redwood Valley fire debris disposal and reimbursement of costs at the Eastlake Sanitary Landfill and authorize the chair to sign .
7.8: Approve engineering / inspection agreement for Alvin Olea as a condition of a conditional certificate of compliance, Assessor's Parcel Nos. 004-065-17 & 004-66-12, for the county of Lake to provide engineering services for the review of plans, specifications and inspection of work; and authorize the chair to sign.
7.9: Approve the contract by and between the county of Lake and Bennet Omalu Pathology for pathology services in Lake County for an estimated cost of $300,000 and authorize the chair to sign.
TIMED ITEMS
8.2, 9:08 a.m.: Swearing In ceremony for newly appointed correctional officers.
8.3, 9:10 a.m.: Presentation of proclamation recognizing the retirement of Raymond Ruminski, Environmental Health director and honoring him for more than 32 years of outstanding service and dedication to the county of Lake.
8.4, 9:12 a.m.: (a) Consideration of continuation of a proclamation of a local health emergency by the Lake County Health officer; and (b) update and discussion on Sulphur fire recovery.
8.5, 9:15 a.m.: Sitting as Kelseyville County Water Works District No. 3 Board of Directors, consideration of an agreement between North Coast Solar and KCWWD No.3 for the Installation of a 251kW Solar Array at the Kelseyville Wastewater Treatment Plant and authorize the chair to sign.
8.6, 9:30 a.m.: Consideration of staff recommendation for making the Lucerne Hotel available for purchase, lease to purchase or long-term lease agreement.
8.7, 9:45 a.m.: Discussion and consideration of a draft urgency ordinance allowing temporary and limited registration of certain commercial adult use cultivation under specified conditions during a moratorium period.
UNTIMED ITEMS
9.2: Consideration of the following appointment: Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board.
9.3: Consideration of a revised County Donations Policy, replacing section 10, subsection 40, and obsoleting section 10, subsection 33, and section 12, subsection 6, of the Lake County Policies and Procedures Manual.
9.4: Consideration of bid award for the purchase of 28 portable radios to Motorola Solutions in the amount of $49,527.
CLOSED SESSION
10.1: Conference with legal counsel: Existing Litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(1): Loberg v. County of Lake, et al.
10.2: Addendum, conference with legal counsel: Decision whether to initiate litigation pursuant to Gov. Code sec. 54956.9(d)(4): One potential case.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
121917 Lake County Board of Supervisors commercial marijuana urgency ordinance by LakeCoNews on Scribd
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport City Council this week will hold public hearings on proposed ordinances for personal and commercial marijuana uses and choose the new mayor and mayor pro tem for the coming year.
The council will meet in closed session at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, to discuss labor negotiations before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
At the start of the meeting, the Lakeport Main Street Association will present the winners of its annual holiday decoration contest.
That will be followed by public hearings on ordinances relating to personal marijuana, or cannabis, cultivation and commercial marijuana uses.
In other business, the council will adopt the proposed resolution approving the city of Lakeport’s Hazardous Mitigation Grant Program grant application for the creation of a local
hazards mitigation plan and direct staff to submit a notice of intent to Cal OES.
The council also will receive a report on the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, regarding unaudited actuals and provide staff direction on the treatment of any surplus revenues.
City Manager Margaret Silveira will seek the council’s approval to replace City Hall’s email server and to replace an HVAC unit at 916 N. Forbes, formerly the Lakeport Police station, which is a city-owned property.
Also on Tuesday, the council will be asked to adopt a resolution to declare Dec. 27 as a holiday for city employees.
At the end of the meeting, the council will hold its nominations and elections for mayor and mayor pro tem. The terms are for one year.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular meeting on Nov. 21 and special meeting on Dec. 4; warrant registers for Dec. 7; Application 2018-002, with staff recommendations, for the Shakespeare at the Lake production of “As You Like It” on July 28 and 29, 2018; direct the City Clerk to prepare the 2018 Maddy Act appointments list and post at City Hall and the Lakeport Public Library; authorize the city manager to sign Contract Change Orders No. 1 through No. 7 with Granite Construction Co. for the additional work on the Lakeshore Boulevard emergency repair project.
Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
The council will meet in closed session at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, to discuss labor negotiations before the public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
At the start of the meeting, the Lakeport Main Street Association will present the winners of its annual holiday decoration contest.
That will be followed by public hearings on ordinances relating to personal marijuana, or cannabis, cultivation and commercial marijuana uses.
In other business, the council will adopt the proposed resolution approving the city of Lakeport’s Hazardous Mitigation Grant Program grant application for the creation of a local
hazards mitigation plan and direct staff to submit a notice of intent to Cal OES.
The council also will receive a report on the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, regarding unaudited actuals and provide staff direction on the treatment of any surplus revenues.
City Manager Margaret Silveira will seek the council’s approval to replace City Hall’s email server and to replace an HVAC unit at 916 N. Forbes, formerly the Lakeport Police station, which is a city-owned property.
Also on Tuesday, the council will be asked to adopt a resolution to declare Dec. 27 as a holiday for city employees.
At the end of the meeting, the council will hold its nominations and elections for mayor and mayor pro tem. The terms are for one year.
Items on the consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular meeting on Nov. 21 and special meeting on Dec. 4; warrant registers for Dec. 7; Application 2018-002, with staff recommendations, for the Shakespeare at the Lake production of “As You Like It” on July 28 and 29, 2018; direct the City Clerk to prepare the 2018 Maddy Act appointments list and post at City Hall and the Lakeport Public Library; authorize the city manager to sign Contract Change Orders No. 1 through No. 7 with Granite Construction Co. for the additional work on the Lakeshore Boulevard emergency repair project.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
121917 Lakeport City Council agenda packet by LakeCoNews on Scribd
BERKELEY, Calif. – One California law raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023, and another setting up a retirement savings option for about 7 million private-sector employees whose jobs offer no pension or 401(k)-type plan, will significantly boost retirement income security for low-income workers and may help them avoid poverty in retirement.
That is a key finding of research released by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Employment.
It was conducted by Nari Rhee, director of the center’s Retirement Security Program.
Rhee found that additional Social Security benefits resulting from the minimum wage law’s implementation, combined with the state’s Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, can increase young low- and middle-income workers’ retirement income by about 50 percent, compared to baseline Social Security benefits. She notes that most of those workers are not now saving for retirement.
Rhee studies the retirement crisis facing California and the United States, where a stunning 44 percent of households between the ages of 25 and 64 have nothing saved in retirement accounts.
In California, 64 percent of private-sector employees lack access to workplace retirement plans, according to Rhee’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
Increased savings, bigger Social Security checks
Rhee’s new report examines the retirement impacts of California’s minimum wage – which on Jan. 1 goes up to $10.50 an hour for employers with 25 or fewer workers and $11 an hour for those with 26 workers or more – and Secure Choice, which was authorized by legislation in 2016 and is scheduled to open for statewide enrollment in early 2019.
Some 70 percent of the state’s eligible workers are expected to take advantage of Secure Choice’s automated payroll deduction savings plan.
The median annual income for those eligible is $28,000. Employers with five or more employees are required to facilitate employee participation in the program if they do not offer their own workplace retirement plan.
However, employers will not contribute to the program, or be legally responsible for the program or its investments. The State Treasurer’s Office, tasked with implementing Secure Choice, will hire private financial service firms to administer the program.
A typical 25-year-old low-income worker contributing a steady 5 percent of their pay to a Secure Choice retirement account can save enough to generate $7,060 a year in retirement income in today’s dollars; a 45-year-old could generate $2,250 annually.
In addition, higher lifetime earnings from the $15 minimum wage will significantly increase Social Security benefits for young low-income workers (by $1,720 a year) and will provide a modest increase for mid-career, low-income workers ($590 a year).
The $15 minimum wage will increase lifetime earnings of the typical young low-income worker by about 20 percent, according to Rhee.
Making ends meet
“A critical question for policymakers is whether future retirees will have sufficient income to support themselves, or require public assistance to meet basic needs like food and shelter,” Rhee said.
Rhee reported that increased retirement income from the higher minimum wage and Secure Choice can be expected to reduce poverty rates for the elderly, although low- and middle-income workers will still face a retirement income gap without additional policy interventions or more savings.
She warned that workers typically need to save 10 to 15 percent of their income during their working careers to avoid downward mobility in old age, and this is hard to achieve without employer contributions or increased income.
While the $15 minimum wage and Secure Choice “have strong potential to reduce the share of retiring workers who fall into poverty in retirement, there is still work to be done to ensure that all workers retire with sufficient income to meet the high cost of living in California,” the report said.
The California State Treasurer’s Office offers breakdowns of how various groups were expected to fare in retirement, with each generation projected to retire poorer than the last, at least before the Secure Choice option.
A 2015 study overseen by Rhee found that California faces a fast-growing and increasingly vulnerable senior population and that the state’s impoverished elderly population will swell rapidly over the coming 20 years and beyond.
The tax plan pushed through Congress by Republicans this month is expected to result in efforts to cut Social Security and other social insurance programs, according to coverage by CNBC.
Kathleen Maclay writes for the UC Berkeley News Center.
That is a key finding of research released by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Employment.
It was conducted by Nari Rhee, director of the center’s Retirement Security Program.
Rhee found that additional Social Security benefits resulting from the minimum wage law’s implementation, combined with the state’s Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, can increase young low- and middle-income workers’ retirement income by about 50 percent, compared to baseline Social Security benefits. She notes that most of those workers are not now saving for retirement.
Rhee studies the retirement crisis facing California and the United States, where a stunning 44 percent of households between the ages of 25 and 64 have nothing saved in retirement accounts.
In California, 64 percent of private-sector employees lack access to workplace retirement plans, according to Rhee’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
Increased savings, bigger Social Security checks
Rhee’s new report examines the retirement impacts of California’s minimum wage – which on Jan. 1 goes up to $10.50 an hour for employers with 25 or fewer workers and $11 an hour for those with 26 workers or more – and Secure Choice, which was authorized by legislation in 2016 and is scheduled to open for statewide enrollment in early 2019.
Some 70 percent of the state’s eligible workers are expected to take advantage of Secure Choice’s automated payroll deduction savings plan.
The median annual income for those eligible is $28,000. Employers with five or more employees are required to facilitate employee participation in the program if they do not offer their own workplace retirement plan.
However, employers will not contribute to the program, or be legally responsible for the program or its investments. The State Treasurer’s Office, tasked with implementing Secure Choice, will hire private financial service firms to administer the program.
A typical 25-year-old low-income worker contributing a steady 5 percent of their pay to a Secure Choice retirement account can save enough to generate $7,060 a year in retirement income in today’s dollars; a 45-year-old could generate $2,250 annually.
In addition, higher lifetime earnings from the $15 minimum wage will significantly increase Social Security benefits for young low-income workers (by $1,720 a year) and will provide a modest increase for mid-career, low-income workers ($590 a year).
The $15 minimum wage will increase lifetime earnings of the typical young low-income worker by about 20 percent, according to Rhee.
Making ends meet
“A critical question for policymakers is whether future retirees will have sufficient income to support themselves, or require public assistance to meet basic needs like food and shelter,” Rhee said.
Rhee reported that increased retirement income from the higher minimum wage and Secure Choice can be expected to reduce poverty rates for the elderly, although low- and middle-income workers will still face a retirement income gap without additional policy interventions or more savings.
She warned that workers typically need to save 10 to 15 percent of their income during their working careers to avoid downward mobility in old age, and this is hard to achieve without employer contributions or increased income.
While the $15 minimum wage and Secure Choice “have strong potential to reduce the share of retiring workers who fall into poverty in retirement, there is still work to be done to ensure that all workers retire with sufficient income to meet the high cost of living in California,” the report said.
The California State Treasurer’s Office offers breakdowns of how various groups were expected to fare in retirement, with each generation projected to retire poorer than the last, at least before the Secure Choice option.
A 2015 study overseen by Rhee found that California faces a fast-growing and increasingly vulnerable senior population and that the state’s impoverished elderly population will swell rapidly over the coming 20 years and beyond.
The tax plan pushed through Congress by Republicans this month is expected to result in efforts to cut Social Security and other social insurance programs, according to coverage by CNBC.
Kathleen Maclay writes for the UC Berkeley News Center.
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The new mayor and vice mayor for the city of Clearlake have been selected for 2018.
The vote for the council’s new leadership came at the end of the Clearlake City Council meeting on Thursday.
Council member Joyce Overton nominated Vice Mayor Bruno Sabatier to be mayor in the coming year, with Councilman Nick Bennett seconding and the council voting unanimously for Sabatier.
Following that vote, Sabatier nominated Councilman Phil Harris to be the next vice mayor. Overton seconded and Harris’ nomination also received unanimous approval.
Sabatier and Harris will begin their terms as mayor and vice mayor, respectively, on Jan. 1. The terms are for 12 months, unless otherwise decided by a majority of the council.
Both men are in their first terms on the council.
“Thank you for the vote of confidence from my colleagues, as well as the opportunity to be on the council by community members who cast their vote of confidence three years ago,” Sabatier said in a subsequent statement.
Sabatier said he looks forward to the council's successes in the coming year.
He succeeds Russell Perdock, who has served two consecutive terms as Clearlake’s mayor.
“Thank you all for the past three years on council and my last two as mayor,” said Perdock. “It has been my sincere pleasure to serve this city and I continue to look for ways that I can better serve. Most of all, thank you to my amazing wife for all your support and being by my side.”
“During my career in Clearlake I’ve had the good fortune and great privilege of working with excellent council members who take their responsibilities seriously and who have a unified vision of improving this city,” said City Manager Greg Folsom in a statement on the new leadership’s selection.
He added, “Denise Loustalot and Russ Perdock have been great to work with as mayors and I’m looking forward to working with our next mayor, Bruno Sabatier, next vice mayor, Phil Harris, and the rest of the council in continuing the momentum that we have built in improving the city of Clearlake.”
The election of the council’s leadership can be seen in the video above beginning at 1:01:30.
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office reported that an Upper Lake teenager who went missing on Thursday has been found.
The agency said that 15-year-old Avril Wright was located Saturday evening and was safe.
The girl had been reported missing by her mother after she didn’t return home from school on Thursday, as Lake County News has reported.
The sheriff’s office did not offer additional details about the case, but thanked the community for its assistance.
The agency said that 15-year-old Avril Wright was located Saturday evening and was safe.
The girl had been reported missing by her mother after she didn’t return home from school on Thursday, as Lake County News has reported.
The sheriff’s office did not offer additional details about the case, but thanked the community for its assistance.