Here's an overview of who's running for some of the most important seats across Shasta County. We'll expand this coverage with more detail, soon.
This week the County and all three incorporated cities will each consider appointing two elected officials to serve on an ad hoc committee to plan responses to homelessness. The County already participates in collaborative planning to address homelessness as part of the NorCal Continuum of Care, but changes to how the CoC is organized and functions may also be on the way.
A resident reporting a recent distribution of antisemitic literature in the City of Shasta Lake says her initial call to law enforcement about the incident was met with verbal dismissal. Documentation indicates the Sheriff’s Office did follow up on the report later, but no public communication about the incident has been released. Hate incidents can be pre-cursors to hate crimes, Alan Phillips of the Hate Crimes Task Force said, and should always be reported and taken seriously by law enforcement.
