There’s a relatively light agenda for Tuesday’s Shasta County Board of Supervisors meeting. The board will be asked to ratify the sheriff’s declaration of a state of emergency made last week due to flood damage.
The board will also vote on a new ordinance laying out the scope of the Citizens Elections Advisory Commission. Under the new rules, the panel will be restricted to 10 meetings during a statewide election year and four meetings in a non-election year. They will be tasked with conducting an annual survey of county residents about their trust in elections. The panel may not have any access to elections workers or materials beyond what’s accessible to any voter. As is now the case, the commission will have no authority but exists only in an advisory role. Last year’s meetings cost taxpayers more than $100,000 and not a single one of its recommendations has been implemented because most of them violated state law. Many, including former commissioners, have called for it to be disbanded altogether.
– Steve Gibson