A busy agenda for the Lake County Board of Supervisors at its upcoming meeting. Among other topics, the board will talk about raises for county employees based on pay rates for 12 similar countries across the state. The agreements cover employees in several county departments and come out to a 3.5 percent increase as a cost-of-living adjustment. The raises will take effect next July. Also up for discussion–revocation of a permit for a large outdoor cannabis growing facility at Lake Pilsbury. The board will act after a staff recommendation that the project’s permit be denied because the first’s chief financial officer failed a background check, and because the firm was found to have cultivated cannabis in 2022 without a permit. The board will take up a two-million-dollar short-term loan for the County’s Behavioral Health Services Department. The money would cover department operations during the annual state pause on Medi-cal claims payments through August. The meeting is at 9 am tomorrow at the county Courthouse in Lakeport. The full agenda is available on the county website.
More people are using the Charles Schultz Airport in Santa Rosa. State data shows the airport is the fastest-growing in California, with 60% more passengers in 2024. Airport officials say much of the growth has been from passengers in our area who prefer to use a local airport rather than a bigger one. In spite of that growth, one airline that serves Santa Rosa is cutting back service. Avelo says it is shifting its base from there to Mesa, Arizona, to handle more deportation flights for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
