A change in where Lake County Houses its youngest offenders. When Lake County closed its Juvenile Hall in 2015, juveniles in custody were moved and detained in Mendocino County. That lasted until 2017 when contract negotiations with Mendocino fell through, meaning the youth were housed in Tehama County Juvenile Hall as the primary location using other facilities as needed such as Butte County, Mendocino County, and Tri-County Juvenile Hall in Yuba County. Now though. Juvenile offenders will be all held in Mendocino County once again. The other counties will still be available as a backup. Lack County Probation, which oversees the juvenile custody system, says it is a much better situation because the young people will now be closer to their families and have better access to their lawyers
Part of The Ukiah Streetscape project is entering its final stages. Final paving is scheduled for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights between 7 pm to 6 am. It will include a stretch on the north and south sides of the project between Henry and Norton Streets and from Mill to Chery. Work will also continue on the medians with traffic signals scheduled to be turned on between July 9th and 11th. The new lights will be demand-based–based on sensors, not timing–and allow safe left turns on yellow to ease traffic flow> The city has more info on its website.
Progress on three bills to deal with the problem of missing or murdered Indigenous People. The measures have cleared a state senate committee and now go to the full Senate for a vote The bills would allow tribal peace officers state standing, streamline efforts to find missing tribunal citizens, and improve tracking of violence on tribal lands. The bills have already passed in the House. Sponsors say California is lagging behind other states when it comes to endangered tribal members . 13 other states and the federal government give tribal officers peace officer status. Another bill would improve the state’s feather alert system with specific guidelines about when it should be activated. Tribal leaders say it’s about time the state took more steps to keep the native population safe
