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People facing felony charges who are deemed incompetent to stand trial could stay in Butte County for rehabilitation services and housing. Also, a group of Shasta County residents wants to review the Board of Supervisors’ conduct in appointing the new Registrar of Voters to see if it was legal, and the Chico City Council took a step last week to ease conflict over development proposals.
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A recount of ballots in Shasta County leaves Supervisor Kevin Crye narrowly ahead in the effort to unseat him. Also, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors will vote on a mystery $12 million settlement payment, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors is reviewing its budget today, which includes thousands of dollars in additional funding requests.
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The Butte County Board of Supervisors approved the plan unanimously giving residents an easier opportunity to pay for the permits needed to rebuild their homes after wildfire.
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Artists and musicians join volunteers at a pile burn in Berry Creek hosted by the Butte Prescribed Burn Association. Also, fire survivors have been paid 60% of the total amount owed in compensation for wildfires started by Pacific Gas & Electric Company. In April that number will go up to 66%. And workers from PG&E will begin laying underground cables in Oroville next week.
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Butte County’s board of supervisors voted unanimously to send a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission. It opposes the telecom giant’s request to end an obligation to provide landline service.
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Food pantries in Chico are seeing more demand for services than ever before. Butte County Supervisors will discuss a letter opposing AT&T’s attempt to end landline service, and with less than a month before the California primary election, a controversial proposition will be on everyone’s ballot.
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Local emergency management and law enforcement officials say landline connections are crucial during wildfires.
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On the first day of the semester, professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches at the California State University will begin a weeklong strike this morning, including at Chico State. The California Faculty Association has been negotiating for a 12% general pay increase. Also, rates of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, that are monitored in Butte County’s wastewater are on the decline following state and national trends, and after several items were pulled from the agenda at the last Butte County Board of Supervisors meeting, they’re now coming back for discussion.
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The Chico City Council called an emergency meeting over the weekend regarding Safe Space winter shelter. The meeting comes after Safe Space moved its intake center to the city’s “Our Hands” sculpture on Friday night due to receiving a fine for using the former 7-Eleven downtown. Also, some residents have had close calls walking or biking through intersections in downtown Chico that don’t have crosswalk signals but Caltrans says more will be installed this summer, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors will vote on accepting grants that would be used to hire year-round defensible space inspectors.
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The Butte County Board of Supervisors tomorrow will look at the results of a polling and research campaign designed to find out if residents would approve of a tax increase to fund county libraries and rural fire stations.