The North Visalia Advisory Committee (NVAC) will survive another year. At the March 6 Visalia City Council meeting the council voted to temporarily keep the North Visalia Advisory Committee (NVAC) officially affiliated with the city. The city council will revisit the issue in November, 2018, after the last three district elections are completed. The vote […]
The Tulare County Department of Health and Humans Services Agency (HHSA) held two listening sessions during the last week in February to address citizen concerns for the new Mental Health Wellness and Recovery Center, located at 1223 S. Lovers Lane in Visalia. The new center comes in accordance of mandates of the Mental Health Services […]
With Councilmember Greg Collins absent, the Visalia City Council stalemated on its decision whether to discontinue the North Visalia Advisory Committee (NVAC) as an official Visalia entity. During the February 21 work session three choices were on the table: continue the NVAC as an official city committee indefinitely, continue the NVAC as an official city […]
The Visalia City Council isn’t taking any quick steps towards changing the city’s Municipal Code regarding recreational marijuana sales. At the February 21 council meeting, the council members discussed changes to the Visalia Municipal Code (VMC) that were needed in response to Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act. Currently, the code only regulates […]
During the February 6th Visalia City Council Work Session the council discussed programs to be funded with Measure N money earmarked for the city’s youth. The half cent sales tax approved by voters will go into effect April 1st. It is projected that the sales tax will bring in over 10 million dollars a year […]
For a man with a nearly impossible task before him, Lindsay Mann is in a rather upbeat mood. With less than two months before he leaves his position as head of the Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Mann says he intends to finish an entire year’s work before he goes. Yet, he still has time […]
With the escrow closing on property at 1223 S. Lovers Lane, Tulare County now owns the building. Located at the corner of Tulare Ave., the intent is for the property to fill a need within the county’s Health and Human Services Agency’s (HHSA) Mental Health branch, as a Wellness and Recovery Center. According to a […]
Fireworks flew at the February 6 Visalia City Council meeting as two council members argued over the merits of the Freedom Celebration. The fireworks show was unexpectedly canceled in 2015 when the city could not find a service group to host it. During its December 16 meeting Mayor Warren Gubler outlined 10 goals for his […]
Tulare County citizens are not prepared to take Donald Trump’s unique and perceived distasteful approach to the presidency lightly. They let him know it loudly and early, taking to the streets in surprisingly large numbers the day after America’s 45th president swore his oath of office. The local protesters joined millions of other marchers demonstrating […]
Former Tulare County Supervisor Phil Cox expressed his frustration with the Visalia City Council a little too bluntly over a hot microphone at the supervisors’ December 20 meeting. “I was at the [Visalia] City Council meeting last night,” , “and what a bunch of dumb asses.” The comments were captured in a recording of the […]