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The virtual town hall will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, March 11.
This will be the third virtual town hall of the 117th Congress and the 19th in a series of virtual town halls since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Thompson will discuss the American Rescue Plan, comprehensive COVID relief legislation that is being considered on the House floor this week.
All constituents of California’s Fifth Congressional District and members of the press are invited to join.
This event will be held over Zoom and interested participants must email Thompson’s office at
The event also will be streamed on Facebook Live via Thompson’s page, https://www.facebook.com/RepMikeThompson/.
Thompson represents California’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.
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The commission will meet via webinar beginning at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10.
The agenda is available here.
To speak on an agenda item, access the meeting remotely here; the meeting ID is 986 6166 5155. To join by phone, dial 1-669-900-9128.
Comments can be submitted by email to
Please indicate in the email subject line "for public comment" and list the item number of the agenda item that is the topic of the comment. Comments that read to the council will be subject to the three-minute time limitation (approximately 350 words). Written comments that are only to be provided to the council and not read at the meeting will be distributed to the council prior to the meeting.
On the agenda is a lot line adjustment proposed by Kjell Akerstrom to reconfigure lands
between four existing lots of record located at 1901 S. Main St., and 301, 401 and 292
Industrial Ave.
The staff report said the lot line adjustment’s purpose is to adjust property lines around existing buildings along Industrial Avenue and reflect the zoning boundaries between major retail and industrial zoning along South Main Street.
Also on Wednesday, the commission will discuss and make a recommendation regarding the update to the City of Lakeport’s General Plan Safety Element to include the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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The committee, or LEDAC, will meet via Zoom at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 10.
The meeting is open to the public.
The meeting will be held via Zoom: Meeting ID, 987 7563 7121; passcode, 079305. Dial by your location, +1 669 900 6833.
The meeting will get started with a Brown Act training led by City Clerk Kelly Buendia.
Chair Wilda Shock said LEDAC will continue its discussion of the Economic Development Strategic Plan 2017-2022 and its implementation. The full plan can be found here.
Shock said developing an arts and culture plan for the city of Lakeport to become a key component of the next strategic plan will begin with a discussion of art in the parks and other public spaces.
She said representatives of the Lake County Arts Council and the Lake County Rural Arts Initiative have been invited to join the conversation at this meeting.
City staff also will update the group on projects and activities, and there will be reports from committee members.
LEDAC advocates for a strong and positive Lakeport business community and acts as a conduit between the city and the community for communicating the goals, activities and progress of Lakeport’s economic and business programs.
Members are Chair Wilda Shock and Vice Chair Denise Combs, Maureen Brasier, Bonnie Darling, Candy De Los Santos, Melissa Fulton, Pam Harpster, Andy Lucas, Alicia Russell, Laura Sammel and Amanda Xu, with Bill Eaton as an ex officio member. City staff who are members include City Manager Kevin Ingram and Community Development Director Jenni Byers.
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The state began dedicating 10 percent of its vaccine supply to education workers on March 1.
“This is welcome news for teachers, students and parents as more and more schools reopen safely across the state,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom. “We will continue working with our local partners to accelerate this effort in communities across the state so that all school staff have access to a vaccine within weeks.”
California was among the first states to authorize vaccines for education workers, with vaccine prioritization a core component of the Safe Schools for All Plan since December.
Prior to the governor’s 10-percent commitment, 35 counties were actively vaccinating education workers.
Last week, through accelerated county-led efforts and supplemental state efforts, more than 200,000 education workers in all 58 counties were vaccinated.
Across California, 10.5 million vaccinations have been administered. More than one in 10 Californians over the age of 16 (3.35 million) are fully vaccinated and more than one in four (1.7 million) people 65 and over are fully vaccinated.
The governor last week signed a $6.6 billion package to safely get students back in school, which provides additional funding to support safety measures for in-person instruction and expanded learning opportunities.
The package also codifies several successful state initiatives, including the governor’s commitment, beginning March 1, to dedicate 10 percent of the state’s vaccine supply to education workers – such as teachers, paraprofessionals, school bus drivers, child care workers and site-based administrators.
The state outlined its plan to execute on the governor’s commitment last month.
For more information about safe returns to in-person instruction, please visit www.schools.covid19.ca.gov.