On October 28, the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) Board of Trustees voted 4-1 to move to even-year elections, a change which will bring VUSD into alignment with 39 of the 45 school districts in Tulare County. The dissenting vote was cast by Trustee Charles Ulmschneider. The move had been discussed publicly and by the […]
Community Services Employment Training (CSET) is offering free residential water bill assistance to low-income households with their residential water utility bill to prevent disruption in vital water services and to promote water conservation. The residential water bill assistance is made possible by a grant from the State of California’s Drought Water Assistance Program (DWAP). CSET […]
The City of Visalia announced yesterday that its general plan update was adopted: At a special meeting on Oct. 14, the Visalia City Council approved the adoption of the Climate Action Plan, the General Plan Update and the associated Environmental Impact Report. “This truly is the community’s plan – the community was engaged throughout the […]
The Porterville City Council found itself embroiled in another proclamation-related controversy when LGBT rights advocates protested in front of City Hall during its Oct. 7 meeting. Coming Out Proclamation Shot Down The protest was aimed at the council’s new proclamation rules and the failure of a recently-submitted request for a Coming Out Day proclamation to […]
The College of Sequoias Adjunct Faculty Association hosted a forum at Brandman University in Visalia on October 7 for the two candidates on the November ballot for Ward 1 of the COS Board of Trustees. Incumbent Greg Sherman and challenger Laurel Barton, a former Visalia City Council member, participated in a forum that showed little […]
Last month, Governor Jerry Brown went all the way to Hollywood to sign AB 1839, by Assembly Members Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and Raul J. Bocanegra (D-Los Angeles). The new legislation, which passed with bipartisan support, triples funding for the state’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. Funding for the new program will be $230 […]
A continuance of the September 8 special Visalia City Council meeting on the General Plan took place during the council’s regular meeting on October 6. Due to an emergency, Council Member Bob Link was unable to attend. Any decision on the General Plan was delayed until the following week, when Link would be available. According […]
California Citrus Mutual (CCM) will directly contribute $150,000 to the campaign to pass Proposition 1, the water bond measure. The CCM Board of Directors voted unanimously to support the measure in order to secure a reliable and sustainable water supply for California agriculture and communities across the state. “We are in a state of unprecedented […]
Since 2006, Tulare County has posted audio recordings of its board of supervisors’ meetings online. The recordings allow those who are unable to attend the Tuesday morning meetings to listen in. Further steps were recently taken by the Tulare County Information & Communications Technology Department (TCiCT) to ensure that anyone can access the meetings. This […]
On October 1-3, the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) hosted the 10th Annual Fall Policy Conference at the Visalia Convention Center. Nearly 175 public officials, transportation experts, planners, engineers, consultants and students descended on the convention center for two days of the latest and greatest ideas in the field of transportation and planning, networking […]