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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2021

Crescent City, CA

Council votes to keep Greenough as mayor By Diana Bosetti The Triplicate

Mayor Jason Greenough was elected by a majority of his peers to serve a second term, and Councilor Isaiah Wright was appointed mayor pro tempore. Greenough garnered the position in a 4 to 1 vote, with Councilor Raymond Altman dissenting after having nominated Councilor Blake Inscore to serve

as mayor instead. Wright was appointed mayor pro tempore in a unanimous vote. The mayor and mayor pro tempore are chosen annually by a majority vote of the council, and the offices are taken at the beginning of the following meeting. The mayor presides over meetings of the City Council, and the mayor pro tempore takes on that responsibility in the mayor’s absence.

Additionally, the mayor and mayor pro tempore are authorized signers on any bank or financial institution accounts held by the city, along with the city manager and finance director. The mayor also makes appointments to boards, commissions and committees with council approval, and signs all documents that require an official signature unless the city manager has been authorized to sign such documents.

Jason Greenough

Isaiah Wright

Supervisors choose ‘leastdisruptive’ redistricting map By Diana Bosetti The Triplicate

By Diana Bosetti/The Triplicate

Fish cleaning at the Crescent City Harbor will be restricted to its enclosed cleaning stations to keep sea lions out of the harbor.

Harbor commission updates rules, elects leaders By Diana Bosetti The Triplicate

The Crescent City Harbor Commission recently updated a majority of the district’s rules and regulations, and elected next year’s president and secretary. On Dec. 21, Rick Shepherd was elected to serve as president and Harry Adams as secretary. Shepherd stated shortly after the vote that he wasn’t sure about taking the position due to what

he called “animosity amongst the public” towards former President Brian Stone, “but I’m hoping things will go a little smoother and we won’t have the animosity we’ve had,” he said. A week prior, during a Dec. 16 workshop, the commission made minor changes to two of its articles that fall under the Crescent City Harbor District Ordinance Code, though some changes were postponed to allow for more discussion.

One of the regulations passed requires boat owners to use an approved isolation transformer or galvanic isolator. The commission also agreed that boat owners will be notified if electrical service at the harbor are turned off so that commercial fishermen can take precautions to preserve bait and other perishables. However, some of the more contested matters, such as how much to charge an oversized ves-

sel and what time to hold their twice-monthly meetings, was postponed. According to the district’s legal counsel, Gina Herrera, specific days and a meeting time must be specified in its ordinance under the California Harbors and Navigation Code. Currently, the commission meets on the first and third Please see HARBOR, Page A3

The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors approved the “least disruptive” of four maps developed by the Advisory Redistricting Commission in a unanimous vote on Dec. 14. “I’ll be honest, I’ve said it from the get-go I am very much in favor of map one,” said Commissioner Valerie Starkey, who represents District 2. Starkey added that she preferred map one because “it stays within the current parameters of the districts that we currently have,” she said. The four draft maps included different district boundaries based on the 2020 Census, and were first presented to the supervisors in October. Though redistricting must occur every 10 years, Assistant County Counsel Autumn Luna stated in November that the county’s boundaries weren’t really changed in 2010, and “haven’t changed in 20 years, maybe longer,” she said. Tuesday’s adopted map does make one significant change, Please see MAP, Page A2

More eviction notices posted at harbor RV parks By Diana Bosetti The Triplicate

More eviction notices have been served on RV owners within the Crescent City Harbor District, this time not just for failing to pay rent, but to “problem tenants” as well. “Two of the notices went out to people we know have been dealing drugs,” said Tim Petrick, CEO/harbormaster of the district. The most recent wave of 60-day eviction notices totaled 15, with 13 of those residing at Redwood Harbor Village and the other two at Bayside RV Park. The tenants have until Feb. 8 to leave the premises. Two RV users also received eviction notices nearly two months ago after failing to pay rent, and have until Dec. 27 to leave. Between the two parks, there are 242 spaces for RVs, and according to Petrick about 100 of those are currently occupied by tenancies that have exceeded 30 days. Please see RV, Page A8

By Diana Bosetti/The Triplicate

Permanent housing could be offered in 2022 at The Legacy in Crescent City.

County increases funding for mental health, social services By Diana Bosetti The Triplicate

Funding for mental health and social service programs in Del Norte County increased for 2022, and permanent housing at The Legacy could be offered by the fall. That’s good news for the Del Norte Department of Health and Human Services, which

experienced a 300% increase in crisis calls at the beginning of COVID-19 - a trend that has waned but not dipped below pre-pandemic levels. “It was hard on our team, but they did a wonderful job,” said Heather Snow, director of DHHS. On Dec. 3, the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors approved $853,370 worth of

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services and contracts focusing on behavioral health and social services. That’s an increase of $316,790 compared to 2021. As a result, two new programs have been added to the department’s mental health offerings: One that assists foster care youth who have aged-out of the system but still need stable housing; the other residential treatment and detox services

at a facility in Redding. The first program, which received $6,370, will be run through the DHHS Social Services Branch, and will identify and assist young adults between the ages of 18-25 who are exiting foster care. Please see FUNDING, Page A3

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