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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Planning Commission this week is set to consider a major new building project at Hidden Valley Lake and a new “glamping” facility at Six Sigma Winery in Lower Lake.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 8, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The agenda is here.
To participate in real time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
The webinar ID is 968 4823 7072, the passcode is 406704.
To participate by phone, dial +1 669 900 6833 or use one tap mobile, +16699006833,,96848237072#,,,,*406704# US.
To submit a written comment on any agenda item visit https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and click on the eComment feature linked to the meeting date.
Scheduled for 9:25 a.m., the commission will discuss the major use permit and initial study for the proposed Hartmann Complex at Hidden Valley Lake Project.
Long on the Hidden Valley Lake Hidden Valley Lake Homeowners Association’s drawing board, the project also has been an ongoing source of disagreement amongst residents of that south county community.
County planning documents explain that the project consists of the construction of a new 12,483 square foot building, referred to as the Hartmann Complex, on a 36.55-plus acre property.
The new construction will be located approximately 255 feet northwest of the existing 7,200-square foot building that houses the Greenview Restaurant and pro shop, which is slated to be demolished.
The new Hartmann Complex building would house the Greenview Restaurant & Cafe and golf pro shop, with expanded banquet facilities, and a new 3,180 square foot covered patio attached to the building, according to planning documents.
The plan calls for changes to nearby golfing facilities, such as additional driving range tees with netting, relocated practice greens and repositioning of the first hole golf tees, more parking and a dedicated drop-off area, and a sidewalk, curb, and gutter within 6 inches of the parcel boundary's right of way would be constructed.
Planning staff is recommending the commission adopt the negative declaration for the use permit with findings including requirements to mitigate air quality, biological, environmental, geological, hazardous materials and water-related impacts, noting that the project is consistent with land uses in the vicinity as well as the Lake County General Plan, Middletown Area Plan and Zoning Ordinance. Staff also is recommending approval of the use permit.
Also on Thursday, Six Sigma Winery’s Huttopia project major use permit will be considered at 9:35 a.m.
The glamping project – glamping is the combined term of “glamorous” and “camping” – proposed at the Six Sigma Ranch and Winery property at 13444 Spruce Grove Road. It will not impact the winery or ranch.
It will be built on a 164-acre parcel and include 129 tent/cabins, ranging between 215 and 400 square feet each, erected on wood Platforms. It would accommodate 108 families and 21 couples, or up to approximately 575 glampers if all units are at full capacity, the staff report said.
Amenities would include a 1,300-square-foot “Life Center,” where guest reception, the activity center and restaurant would be located, with an event tent, outdoor swimming pool, playground, and kids splash pad to be located nearby.
There also will be a spa area with hot tub, sauna, massage tent and showers, a 1,200-square-foot manager’s home and a 600-square-foot home for the assistant manager, tent housing for 18 other employees, and a 3,200 square foot technical services building for storage of golf carts, generators and workspace, located near the employee housing.
Community Development staff is recommending approval of the mitigated negative declaration and the major use permit.
Other items on the agenda are as follows:
9:05 a.m.: Public hearing and consideration of approving a minor modification of the original use permit for LC Private Reserves LLC, which is proposing a new 3,200-square-foot. outdoor nursery area for immature cannabis plants, the conversion of 10,000 square feet of previously approved greenhouse cultivation to outdoor cultivation area within the original footprint of the approved cultivation site and one “self-distribution” license that was not available at the time of the original approval at 13333 Big Valley Road, Middletown, CA.
9:10 a.m.: Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to consider approval of a commercial cannabis cultivation project on a 77-plus acre property, and consideration of adopting a mitigated negative declaration for CUA Enterprises, which is seeking three A-Type 3 medium outdoor cannabis cultivation licenses requesting 104,800 square feet of cannabis cultivation area and one A-Type 13 self-distribution license at 25252, 25322, 25372 and 25312 Jerusalem Grade Road, Middletown.
9:15 a.m. Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to consider approval of a commercial cannabis cultivation project on a 335-plus acre property, and consideration of adopting a mitigated negative declaration. The applicant/owner is Three Bees LLC, which is proposing 16 A-Type 3 medium outdoor cannabis cultivation licenses and requesting 696,960 square feet of cannabis cultivation area and one A-Type 13 self-distribution license for the property, located at 21210, 21470, 21355 and 21340 Eureka Road and 18464 Butts Canyon Road, Middletown.
9:20 a.m. Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to consider approval of a commercial cannabis cultivation project on a 333-plus acre property, and consideration of adopting a mitigated negative declaration for Badlands LLC, which is proposing 12 A-Type 3 medium outdoor cannabis cultivation licenses requesting 529,560 square feet of cannabis cultivation area and one A-Type 13 self-distribution license at 21518 Bartlett Springs Road, Lucerne.
9:30 a.m.: Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to place a 150-foot-tall cell tower on a 28.61-plus acre property, and consideration of a mitigated negative declaration for New Cingular Wireless PCS, dba AT&T Mobility. The project would be built at 15650 E. Highway 20, Clearlake Oaks.
9:40 a.m. (Continued from March 25): Public hearing to discuss and consider zoning text amendment to Article 27 of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the Cultivation of Commercial Cannabis. The applicant is the county of Lake.
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The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 8, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The agenda is here.
To participate in real time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
The webinar ID is 968 4823 7072, the passcode is 406704.
To participate by phone, dial +1 669 900 6833 or use one tap mobile, +16699006833,,96848237072#,,,,*406704# US.
To submit a written comment on any agenda item visit https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and click on the eComment feature linked to the meeting date.
Scheduled for 9:25 a.m., the commission will discuss the major use permit and initial study for the proposed Hartmann Complex at Hidden Valley Lake Project.
Long on the Hidden Valley Lake Hidden Valley Lake Homeowners Association’s drawing board, the project also has been an ongoing source of disagreement amongst residents of that south county community.
County planning documents explain that the project consists of the construction of a new 12,483 square foot building, referred to as the Hartmann Complex, on a 36.55-plus acre property.
The new construction will be located approximately 255 feet northwest of the existing 7,200-square foot building that houses the Greenview Restaurant and pro shop, which is slated to be demolished.
The new Hartmann Complex building would house the Greenview Restaurant & Cafe and golf pro shop, with expanded banquet facilities, and a new 3,180 square foot covered patio attached to the building, according to planning documents.
The plan calls for changes to nearby golfing facilities, such as additional driving range tees with netting, relocated practice greens and repositioning of the first hole golf tees, more parking and a dedicated drop-off area, and a sidewalk, curb, and gutter within 6 inches of the parcel boundary's right of way would be constructed.
Planning staff is recommending the commission adopt the negative declaration for the use permit with findings including requirements to mitigate air quality, biological, environmental, geological, hazardous materials and water-related impacts, noting that the project is consistent with land uses in the vicinity as well as the Lake County General Plan, Middletown Area Plan and Zoning Ordinance. Staff also is recommending approval of the use permit.
Also on Thursday, Six Sigma Winery’s Huttopia project major use permit will be considered at 9:35 a.m.
The glamping project – glamping is the combined term of “glamorous” and “camping” – proposed at the Six Sigma Ranch and Winery property at 13444 Spruce Grove Road. It will not impact the winery or ranch.
It will be built on a 164-acre parcel and include 129 tent/cabins, ranging between 215 and 400 square feet each, erected on wood Platforms. It would accommodate 108 families and 21 couples, or up to approximately 575 glampers if all units are at full capacity, the staff report said.
Amenities would include a 1,300-square-foot “Life Center,” where guest reception, the activity center and restaurant would be located, with an event tent, outdoor swimming pool, playground, and kids splash pad to be located nearby.
There also will be a spa area with hot tub, sauna, massage tent and showers, a 1,200-square-foot manager’s home and a 600-square-foot home for the assistant manager, tent housing for 18 other employees, and a 3,200 square foot technical services building for storage of golf carts, generators and workspace, located near the employee housing.
Community Development staff is recommending approval of the mitigated negative declaration and the major use permit.
Other items on the agenda are as follows:
9:05 a.m.: Public hearing and consideration of approving a minor modification of the original use permit for LC Private Reserves LLC, which is proposing a new 3,200-square-foot. outdoor nursery area for immature cannabis plants, the conversion of 10,000 square feet of previously approved greenhouse cultivation to outdoor cultivation area within the original footprint of the approved cultivation site and one “self-distribution” license that was not available at the time of the original approval at 13333 Big Valley Road, Middletown, CA.
9:10 a.m.: Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to consider approval of a commercial cannabis cultivation project on a 77-plus acre property, and consideration of adopting a mitigated negative declaration for CUA Enterprises, which is seeking three A-Type 3 medium outdoor cannabis cultivation licenses requesting 104,800 square feet of cannabis cultivation area and one A-Type 13 self-distribution license at 25252, 25322, 25372 and 25312 Jerusalem Grade Road, Middletown.
9:15 a.m. Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to consider approval of a commercial cannabis cultivation project on a 335-plus acre property, and consideration of adopting a mitigated negative declaration. The applicant/owner is Three Bees LLC, which is proposing 16 A-Type 3 medium outdoor cannabis cultivation licenses and requesting 696,960 square feet of cannabis cultivation area and one A-Type 13 self-distribution license for the property, located at 21210, 21470, 21355 and 21340 Eureka Road and 18464 Butts Canyon Road, Middletown.
9:20 a.m. Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to consider approval of a commercial cannabis cultivation project on a 333-plus acre property, and consideration of adopting a mitigated negative declaration for Badlands LLC, which is proposing 12 A-Type 3 medium outdoor cannabis cultivation licenses requesting 529,560 square feet of cannabis cultivation area and one A-Type 13 self-distribution license at 21518 Bartlett Springs Road, Lucerne.
9:30 a.m.: Public hearing and consideration of a major use permit to place a 150-foot-tall cell tower on a 28.61-plus acre property, and consideration of a mitigated negative declaration for New Cingular Wireless PCS, dba AT&T Mobility. The project would be built at 15650 E. Highway 20, Clearlake Oaks.
9:40 a.m. (Continued from March 25): Public hearing to discuss and consider zoning text amendment to Article 27 of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the Cultivation of Commercial Cannabis. The applicant is the county of Lake.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Three people suffered major injuries and one driver was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence following a head-on wreck on Highway 29 near Lower Lake on Saturday afternoon.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said driver Ernesto Martinez, 29, of Fairfield suffered major injuries and was arrested, with alcohol and drugs suspected factors in the wreck.
The driver of the second vehicle, Stacey M. Folmar, 42, and her passenger, 16-year-old Garrett Folmar, both of Lower Lake, also suffered major injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP said the crash occurred at 4:20 p.m. Saturday on Highway 29 south of Spruce Grove Road North.
Martinez was driving his 2005 Mercedes-Benz E500 northbound on Highway 29 while Stacey Folmar was driving her 2014 Dodge Challenger southbound, with Garrett Folmar in the passenger seat, the CHP said.
For reasons the CHP said are still under investigation, Martinez allowed his vehicle to cross the solid double yellow lines, resulting in the front of the Mercedes-Benz colliding with the front of Folmar's Dodge Challenger.
The CHP said Martinez was not wearing his seat belt, but both of the Folmars were.
The highway was closed down for more than two hours while firefighters and CHP officers worked at the scene, based on radio traffic and CHP reports.
Three air ambulances responded to the scene, with Martinez and Stacey Folmar transported separately to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Garrett Folmar taken to Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, the CHP said.
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The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said driver Ernesto Martinez, 29, of Fairfield suffered major injuries and was arrested, with alcohol and drugs suspected factors in the wreck.
The driver of the second vehicle, Stacey M. Folmar, 42, and her passenger, 16-year-old Garrett Folmar, both of Lower Lake, also suffered major injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP said the crash occurred at 4:20 p.m. Saturday on Highway 29 south of Spruce Grove Road North.
Martinez was driving his 2005 Mercedes-Benz E500 northbound on Highway 29 while Stacey Folmar was driving her 2014 Dodge Challenger southbound, with Garrett Folmar in the passenger seat, the CHP said.
For reasons the CHP said are still under investigation, Martinez allowed his vehicle to cross the solid double yellow lines, resulting in the front of the Mercedes-Benz colliding with the front of Folmar's Dodge Challenger.
The CHP said Martinez was not wearing his seat belt, but both of the Folmars were.
The highway was closed down for more than two hours while firefighters and CHP officers worked at the scene, based on radio traffic and CHP reports.
Three air ambulances responded to the scene, with Martinez and Stacey Folmar transported separately to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Garrett Folmar taken to Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, the CHP said.
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California State Sen. Mike McGuire’s bill that would create a new, innovative system for collecting and dispensing revenue from transient occupancy taxes, or TOT, for short-term vacation rentals has passed its first committee in the Senate.
McGuire’s office said the bill is a critical step in supporting local governments as they try to collect millions of dollars in revenue statewide to support vital city and county services like fire and police, public health, good roads, and for parks and libraries.
In California, nearly every city and county levies TOT, and the revenue collected is typically used to support essential government services.
Unlike with hotels and motels, local jurisdictions often have an incredibly difficult time collecting TOT on short-term vacation rentals because hosts are not always aware of the requirement to collect and remit these taxes, and local governments do not always know what properties are being used for short-term vacation rentals.
SB 555 will help cities and counties collect this untapped revenue by creating a statewide TOT collection program administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, or CDTFA, for local jurisdictions who choose to participate.
This program would require short-term vacation rental platforms, such as Airbnb or VRBO, to collect the appropriate TOT from customers when a short-term rental is booked through the platform. The platform would then remit the funds collected to CDTFA, who would then distribute the revenue to the city or county.
“Hundreds of cities and counties don’t collect bed taxes from short-term vacation rentals and this is a simple statewide solution that will collect and invest in vital services that will help California cities and counties thrive,” McGuire said. “SB 555 will provide cities and counties the ability to opt-in to a statewide program to collect bed tax revenue from tourists, which will in turn be reinvested into fire and police services, local parks and libraries, and economic development projects. It also ensures that all short-term vacation rental platforms do their part and even the playing field.”
This program would be an opt-in for local municipalities, and those municipalities would be required to enact an ordinance to participate. This bill does not prohibit local agencies who want to continue with their own voluntary collection agreements with platforms from doing so.
Rather, SB 555 gives jurisdictions that have not found success in entering voluntary collection agreements, which are the majority of cities and counties across California, with hosting platforms the ability to collect this vital and untapped revenue.
SB 555 passed 5-0 last week in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee.
It will head to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the coming weeks.
McGuire’s office said the bill is a critical step in supporting local governments as they try to collect millions of dollars in revenue statewide to support vital city and county services like fire and police, public health, good roads, and for parks and libraries.
In California, nearly every city and county levies TOT, and the revenue collected is typically used to support essential government services.
Unlike with hotels and motels, local jurisdictions often have an incredibly difficult time collecting TOT on short-term vacation rentals because hosts are not always aware of the requirement to collect and remit these taxes, and local governments do not always know what properties are being used for short-term vacation rentals.
SB 555 will help cities and counties collect this untapped revenue by creating a statewide TOT collection program administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, or CDTFA, for local jurisdictions who choose to participate.
This program would require short-term vacation rental platforms, such as Airbnb or VRBO, to collect the appropriate TOT from customers when a short-term rental is booked through the platform. The platform would then remit the funds collected to CDTFA, who would then distribute the revenue to the city or county.
“Hundreds of cities and counties don’t collect bed taxes from short-term vacation rentals and this is a simple statewide solution that will collect and invest in vital services that will help California cities and counties thrive,” McGuire said. “SB 555 will provide cities and counties the ability to opt-in to a statewide program to collect bed tax revenue from tourists, which will in turn be reinvested into fire and police services, local parks and libraries, and economic development projects. It also ensures that all short-term vacation rental platforms do their part and even the playing field.”
This program would be an opt-in for local municipalities, and those municipalities would be required to enact an ordinance to participate. This bill does not prohibit local agencies who want to continue with their own voluntary collection agreements with platforms from doing so.
Rather, SB 555 gives jurisdictions that have not found success in entering voluntary collection agreements, which are the majority of cities and counties across California, with hosting platforms the ability to collect this vital and untapped revenue.
SB 555 passed 5-0 last week in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee.
It will head to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the coming weeks.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it will begin routine vegetation maintenance work along a stretch of Highway 175 in Kelseyville this week.
Starting on Thursday, the company said it will remove vegetation that is overhanging power lines, work that may impact drivers.
Those who are in the area between mile markers 13.792 and 13.911 of Highway 175 may see tree-trimmers and oversized equipment working from approximately 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
At least one lane of the highway will be closed and there is the possibility that both lanes could be closed for safety, due to oversized equipment, PG&E said.
There will be traffic management in place to guide drivers safely through the work area, which stretches approximately 634 feet along Highway 175.
PG&E said the work is to maintain regulatory compliance. General Order 95, issued by the California Public Utilities Commission, requires a year-round clearance below power lines of a minimum 18 inches.
New fire safety regulations require a minimum clearance of four feet year-round for high-voltage power lines in the CPUC-designated High Fire-Threat Districts.
PG&E said it inspects approximately 100,000 miles of overhead power lines, with some locations patrolled multiple times a year.
It also prunes or removes approximately one million trees annually to maintain clearance from power lines, and addresses dead and dying trees in areas affected by drought and bark beetles.
For more information on PG&E’s vegetation management work, customers can visit www.pge.com/trees.
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is celebrating its two new sergeants.
In a brief ceremony held at the gazebo in Library Park on Monday morning, Chief Brad Rasmussen administered the oath to newly promoted sergeants Victor Rico and Andrew Welter.
Rasmussen said a major goal of the city of Lakeport and the Lakeport Police Department has been realized with the promotion of Rico and Welter from the ranks of the department’s officers.
Both men were originally recruited in the department’s hiring local campaign which seeks to employ police officer candidates who are already members of and have strong ties to the Lake County community.
This hiring program is a collaborative effort between the Lakeport Police Department and the City’s Human Resources Department that has been in place for the last seven years.
Sgt. Rico grew up in Kelseyville and attended school there, graduating from Kelseyville High School in 2008. He went on to attend Mendocino College and Sacramento State University.
He worked for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy sheriff between September 2014 and May 2016, at which time he made a lateral move to the Lakeport Police Department as a police officer.
During his five years with the Lakeport Police Department, he has served in the supervisor in training program, as a school resource officer, detective, firearms, taser and less lethal device instructor, and armorer and drug abuse resistance instructor. Sgt. Rico is fluent – in speaking and in writing – in both English and Spanish.
Sgt. Welter was raised in the Middletown and Hidden Valley Lake areas, graduating from Middletown High School in 2011. He attended Santa Rosa Junior College and while attending worked for the Santa Rosa Junior College Police Department.
He also worked for Hidden Valley Lake Security Services for five years and was a firefighter for South Lake County Fire Protection District for two years.
In March of 2016 he was hired by the Lakeport Police Department to attend the police academy and work as a police officer.
During his five years with Lakeport Police, Welter has served in the supervisor in training program, as a field training officer and was recently assigned and trained as a traffic radar/LiDAR instructor. He was selected as Veterans of Foreign Wars Lakeport Post Police Officer of the Year in 2017.
“The national law enforcement hiring crisis becoming progressively worse over the past five years has led to having fewer experienced candidates available to move into critical supervisory roles,” Rasmussen said.
Recognizing this as a continuing problem into the future, in early 2019 the Lakeport Police Department and the city of Lakeport’s Human Resources Department developed a supervisor in training program – basically a sergeant in training – and took a plan to the Lakeport City Council, which immediately agreed to fund it.
Over the past two years, four Lakeport Police officers went through this training program and became eligible to test for sergeant.
Given that the supervisor in training program has been successful, the city’s police and human resources departments collaborated last fall to develop an extensive assessment center testing process designed to determine if a candidate could function and be successful in the highly complex job of police sergeant.
The 10-hour assessment center consisted of submitting a letter of interest, a resume and new job application, pre-test research and a writing assignment graded by an editor from outside the department, preparing and delivering a group presentation to an evaluating board, counseling an employee related to complex issues in front of an evaluating board, and answering complex questions from an evaluating board.
The evaluating board for all of the assignments consisted of the city’s human resources director, Kelly Buendia, along with Lakeport Police Lt. Dale Stoebe, an outside agency police chief, an outside agency police captain, and a local community member knowledgeable about issues and concerns in our community.
After the assessment center testing in February, advancing candidates had to pass an interview with the chief of police related to complex leadership, management and supervisory topics.
“The job of a police sergeant is one of the most critical in a police agency; their leadership practice creates a stage for how the agency will function,” said Rasmussen.
“The Lakeport Police Department operates in a manner that respects and protects the rights of everyone,” Rasmussen said. “To complete the process of becoming a police sergeant in today’s complex world for law enforcement takes significant time and is not a simple task. Based on the credibility of the process, we are confident that we are producing supervisors who will act in the best interest of the community, city and police agency.”
Rasmussen added, “We express thanks and appreciation to our city management and council for supporting our supervisor in training program, and to our police lieutenant, the human resources staff for its work on the assessment center process, and our team of outside evaluators.”
NORTH COAST, Calif. — Nicholas “Nick” Lavrov is embracing the challenge of serving as the Bureau of Land Management Ukiah field manager, overseeing management of more than 270,000 acres of public land within nine counties in Northern California.
“There’s never a dull moment. There are so many complex, multi-faceted issues in managing our BLM public lands and balancing the various uses in our multiple-use mission,” Lavrov said. “I enjoy working with the Ukiah Field Office staff who are very knowledgeable and dedicated to caring for our resources. I look forward to helping to improve our recreation areas and protecting our riparian areas.”
The challenges of the job became apparent immediately for Lavrov.
On Aug. 17, his second day, the LNU Lightning Complex fire started, burning more than 360,000 acres, including more than 46,000 acres of public lands managed by the Ukiah Field Office. Lavrov and his staff are still dealing with recovery.
As field manager, Lavrov oversees a field office jurisdiction covering parts of Marin, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Napa, Colusa, Glenn, Yolo and Solano counties.
The field office manages areas including parts of the California Coastal National Monument in the Point Arena-Stornetta area and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, managed jointly with the Mendocino National Forest.
The field office also administers geothermal leasing at The Geysers, the world’s largest geothermal steam field and the Cow Mountain Recreation Area, which includes the first Congressionally designated OHV area.
Lavrov grew up in the North San Francisco Bay Area. In the late 90s, he started his career with the National Park Service as a senior park ranger, managing special uses at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which includes Alcatraz Island.
He has also served as a patrol ranger and inspector for the San Francisco Water Department, as a watermaster for the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, and as park manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Additionally, Lavrov has experience serving on incident management teams for emergency response.
“We are fortunate to have Nick on our team,” says BLM Central California District Manager Chris Heppe. “His experience and leadership in natural resource management combined with his knowledge of the northern California inland and coastal areas have been valuable additions to our Ukiah Field Office.”
Lavrov succeeds Amanda James, who moved to a position with the BLM in Montana.
When not in the office, he enjoys traveling, gardening, hiking and skiing.