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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Mendocino National Forest is hosting a virtual symposium to guide the development of postfire restoration strategies on national forests in California.
“Postfire Restoration in California: A Framework for Success” will take place Wednesday, Jan. 26.
Speakers from the Forest Service’s Region 5 Ecology Program and Pacific Southwest Research Station will introduce the recently published Postfire Restoration Framework for National Forests in California, which highlights guiding principles for ecosystem-based decision-making.
Presenters will also discuss case studies and lessons learned with an audience of land managers working in northern California national forests, Lassen National Park, other interested land management collaborators and external partners.
Increasing frequency and extent of high-severity wildfires pose a significant threat to California’s ecosystems. Multiple recent wildfires, including the 2018 Ranch Fire, the 2020 August Complex fire and the 2021 Dixie fire, have burned more than two million acres across federal lands here in northern California.
In this context, the Postfire Restoration Framework for National Forests in California provides an approach that is based on the latest available science and can help managers answer questions about where on the landscape recent fires have improved, maintained or degraded ecological conditions and what postfire restoration opportunities exist across these expansive areas.
“I'm excited about post-fire ecosystem management,” said Forest Supervisor Ann Carlson. “When do humans intervene and try to influence restoration and recovery and when do we not? Land managers are faced with a lot of different decision paths. The framework helps us pick a path that is ecologically-based.”
Participants can register for the event online here.
The framework is also available online.
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, survivors of state-sponsored sterilization can apply for compensation through California's Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program, which is being administered by the California Victim Compensation Board, or CalVCB.
“California is committed to confronting this dark chapter in the state’s past and addressing the impacts of this shameful history still being felt by Californians today,” said Gov. Newsom. “While we can never fully make amends for what they’ve endured, the state will do all it can to ensure survivors of wrongful sterilization receive compensation.”
The state is providing $4.5 million to be split evenly among all eligible individuals who apply, in addition to $2 million for administration and outreach for the program and $1 million to establish markers or plaques at designated sites that acknowledge the wrongful sterilization of thousands of vulnerable people.
It is estimated that at least 600 survivors of forced sterilization are still alive today and eligible for compensation.
From 1909 through 1979, under state eugenics laws, thousands of people who lived in California state-run hospitals, homes and institutions were sterilized.
Those laws were repealed in 1979. However, it was later found that forced or coerced sterilizations continued to be performed on people in custody at state prisons or other correctional facilities under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles) proposed the program in AB 1007. The budget provided legislative language establishing the forced sterilization compensation program and appropriated $7.5 million to fund the program.
Survivors are encouraged to visit www.victims.ca.gov/fiscp or reach out to CalVCB at 800-777-9229 or
They can also send a letter to P.O. Box 591, Sacramento, CA 95812-0591. Applications will be accepted from Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2023. Applying is completely confidential.
Compensation paid to the claimant or claimant’s trust will not impact a survivor’s Medicaid or Social Security status or benefits and will not be considered income for state tax purposes or for community property, child support, restitution or a money judgment.
For more information on the program, please visit www.victims.ca.gov/fiscp.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
The council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda can be found here.
The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. In accordance with updated guidelines from the state of California and revised Cal OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards, persons who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 are required to wear a face covering at this meeting.
If you cannot attend in person, and would like to speak on an agenda item, you can access the Zoom meeting remotely at this link or join by phone by calling toll-free 669-900-9128 or 346-248-7799.
The webinar ID is 973 6820 1787, access code is 477973; the audio pin will be shown after joining the webinar. Those phoning in without using the web link will be in “listen mode” only and will not be able to participate or comment.
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On Tuesday, City Manager Kevin Ingram will ask the council for the go-ahead to negotiate a 30-year lease agreement with Westside Community Park for the use of a 7.5-acre site on City of Lakeport Municipal Sewer District property for the new horse park site, contingent on the receipt of a $3 million Proposition 68 grant the park’s committee is seeking.
The portion of the CLMSD property in question, which is vacant, is located on Highway 175 near Mathews Road.
The horse park has been in the planning stages for several years, but in the fall Westside Park Committee Chair Dennis Rollins presented to the council the proposed plan for the horse park and trail area, which was the result of extensive community outreach.
In other business, the council will hold a public hearing regarding compliance with SB 1383. Council members will consider an ordinance adding to the city code language regarding the recycling of construction and demolition debris and introducing an ordinance related to water efficient landscape and set a second reading for Jan. 18.
Community Development Director Jenni Byers will take to the council a discussion about outdoor dining in the public right of way as part of the current COVID-19 emergency temporary use zoning permits and ask for direction on how to move forward.
Her written report notes that, for several years, “Lakeport staff had been discussing appropriate methods to incorporate parklets into the downtown area. A parklet is an innovative way to add temporary gathering spaces to public streets. Built and maintained by neighboring businesses, parklets are frequently located in the parking lane adjacent to the curb and designed as an extension to the sidewalk.”
Options before the council include directing staff to leave the temporary permits in place until permanent standards can be defined and implemented; directing staff to work with the existing permits to remove the makeshift sidewalls so that the streetscape is visible, leaving only the awnings; revoking the temporary permits until permanent standards are approved or if there is another hard closure of indoor spaces; or providing another direction to staff.
Also on Tuesday, Utilities Superintendent Paul Harris will present to the council a bid from Leete Generators for the purchase of three generators in the amount of $186,994.54. He’ll also ask the council to award a construction contract to the low bidder for installation, for a total project cost not to exceed $258,468.30.
Harris said the generators are for the city’s water treatment facilities.
Other items on the agenda including Mayor Stacey Mattina’s appointments of council members as liaisons to various boards, committees and commissions; adoption of a resolution appointing representatives to represent and vote on behalf of the City at the League of California Cities, Redwood Empire Division Business meetings and represent the city and vote at Division Legislative Committee meetings; receiving and filing the communications strategic plan; and adopting a resolution adding a 12th member of the Lakeport Economic Advisory Committee to be assigned to Sutter Lakeside Hospital.
On the consent agenda — items usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the council’s regular meeting on Dec. 7 and special meeting on Dec. 14; adoption of a resolution authorizing continued remote teleconference meetings of the Lakeport City Council and its legislative bodies pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e); confirmation of the continuing existence of a local emergency for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; approval of event application 2022-001, with staff recommendations, for the 2022 Shakespeare in the Park event; adoption of the resolution accepting construction of the North Main Street Paving Project by Argonaut Constructors and authorize the filing of the notice of completion; review and file the first quarter financial update; and approval of the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, for presentation and adoption by the Lake County Redevelopment Oversight Board.
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The board will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, 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, online at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and on the county’s Facebook page. Accompanying board documents, the agenda and archived board meeting videos also are available at that link.
To participate in real-time, join the Zoom meeting by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 947 1537 0116, pass code 399006. The meeting also can be accessed via one tap mobile at +16699006833,,94715370116#,,,,*399006#.
All interested members of the public that do not have internet access or a Mediacom cable subscription are encouraged to call 669-900-6833, and enter the Zoom meeting ID and pass code information above.
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. If a comment is submitted after the meeting begins, it may not be read during the meeting but will become a part of the record.
The supervisors will begin the meeting by electing the new chair and vice-chair for 2022. Outgoing Chair Bruno Sabatier will conduct the election.
The board will follow up by also selecting the chair and vice-chair for the new year for the Lake County Board of Equalization and the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors.
In untimed items, the supervisors will consider the chair’s recommended 2022 committee assignments for board members and vote on appointments to the Cobb Municipal Advisory Council, Hartley Cemetery District and Maternal,Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board.
The full agenda follows.
CONSENT AGENDA
5.1: Adopt resolution amending Resolution No. 2021-116 establishing position allocations for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, Budget Unit No. 8804, Children and Families First Commission.
5.2: Approve Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant Program agreement.
5.3: Approve agreement between county of Lake and Redwood Community Services Inc. for the MHSA Transitional Age Youth Drop-In Center Program Expansion for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
5.4: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement between the county of Lake – Behavioral Health Services as lead agency for the Lake County Continuum of Care and Elijah House Foundation for services funded under the Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Program for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.
5.5: Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement between county of Lake and Willow Glen Care Center for adult residential support services and specialty mental health services for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
5.6: Approve agreement between county of Lake and Redwood Community Services Inc. for the MHSA Lake County Family Stabilization Program Expansion for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
5.7: Approve Amendment to the Agreement Between County of Lake and Native American Mental Health Services dba North American Mental Health Services for telepsychiatry services for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
5.8: Approve agreement between the county of Lake and Social Services Data Solutions Inc. DBA Decipher HMIS and Impact Homelessness Project for the coordination of activities involved in the compliance with the Lake County Continuum of Care Homeless Management Integration System Software for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
5.9: Approve Board of Supervisors Meeting minutes for June 9, 2021.
5.10: Second reading of ordinance amending Section 21-3.7 Of Chapter 21 of the Ordinance Code of the county of Lake by adopting a sectional district zoning map No. 3.7(B) 1.405.
5.11: Second reading of ordinance amending Ordinance No. 3099 of the County of Lake Code Regulating Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations and incorporating by reference Health And Safety Code Sections 113789, 113825, 114367, 114367.1 – 114367.6 And 114390.
5.12: Approve first amendment to the contract between county of Lake and North Coast Opportunities Inc. for Stage 1 Child Care Services for the contract dated July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2022, in the amount of $90,000 per fiscal year, and authorize the chair to sign.
5.13: (a) Approve an amendment on our two year lease with Flock Group Inc. for an advanced search feature for automated license plate readers in an amount not to exceed $3,500 per year and (b) authorize the chairman of the Board of Supervisors to sign the agreement.
5.14: Adopt resolution authorizing the county of Lake Water Resources director to accept and execute a US Fish and Wildlife grant for $354,136.37, to improve and enhance the Lake County Invasive Mussel Prevention Program.
TIMED ITEMS
6.2, 9:01 a.m.: Election of chair of the Board of Supervisors and vice-chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2022 (outgoing chair conducts election).
6.3, 9:02 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County Board of Equalization, election of chair and vice-chair of the Lake County Local Board of Equalization for 2022.
6.4, 9:03 a.m.: Sitting as the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services, election of chair and vice-chair of the Lake County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors for 2022.
6.5, 11:15 a.m.: Presentation by Graham Knaus, California State Association of Counties executive director.
UNTIMED ITEMS
7.2: Consideration of participation agreement between the California Mental Health Services Authority and Lake County Behavioral Health Services for the Peer Support Specialist Certification Program FY 2021-23.
7.3: Consideration of chairman's recommended 2022 committee assignments for members of the Board of Supervisors.
7.4: Consideration of the following advisory board appointments: Cobb Municipal Advisory Council, Hartley Cemetery District and Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board.
CLOSED SESSION
8.1: Public employee appointment pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54957(b)(1): Appointment of Public Health officer.
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