Category: Laws & Ordinance
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Be Aware of Some New Bills Before the California Legislature
By California Federation of Republican Women (CFRW) – April 18, 2023 From the Desk of CFRW President Mary ErvinPrepared by CFRW Legislative Analyst Jeanne Solnordol If you are interested in taking a position on a bill, you can do so by utilizing the resources at: CA Legislature Info Assembly Bill 12, as amended, Haney. Tenancy: security…
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NO MORE CRIMINAL BAILOUTS
Credit to Stand For America Newsletter – July 25, 2022 No public servant should have to worry about threats to their life. Or that the criminal responsible could have the chance to try again the next day. But in New York, that’s exactly what’s happened. Last week, a man with a knife attacked Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) during a campaign…
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Is DA Micks Wrong?
Opinion By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – April 4, 2022 ” Don’t worry about it, tell the truth. The truth will prevail.” Those words spoken by former Del Norte Sheriff Randy Waltz to his Smith River landlord Younan and Sandra Dawood re: Randy Waltz official residency speak volumes about the individual who…
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Sheriff Waltz Will Run for Office
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – February 9, 2022 The official filing period for the June 2022 Primary begins next week. The Board of Supervisors appointed Sheriff Randy Waltz and he has declared his candidacy and will file papers to run. Sheriff Waltz is finishing up ex-Sheriff Erik Apperson’s second term. The…
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WHEN TO FILE A COMPLAINT
By Linda Sutter – February 8, 2022 With an uprise in crimes in Del Norte County and the lack of response demonstrated by the Del Norte Sheriff Office, the time unfortunately, has come to start filing complaints against Officers who refuse to do their job. In the last two months, I have received two reports…
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Law Enforcement Under Seige
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – January 29, 2022 A couple of years back, during the Portland and Minneapolis riots another Del Norte Supervisor and I attempted to pass a Proclaimation in support of ALL law enforcement officers. One sentence in the County Proclamation stated, Law Enforcement was” … Under Seige.” Then-Chairman…
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What About Our DA?
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – January 24, 2022 EYE ON DEL NORTE recently interviewed Del Norte County District Attorney Katherine Micks who has declared her intention to run for re-election in June. Unlike the previous Offices and those seeking re-election in Del Norte County, the DA position is and always will…
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Prop 47 Changes Considered
By Linda Sutter – January 18, 2022 California Lawmakers are rethinking Prop 47 to increase penalty for repeat shop lifters. Originally voters voted in Prop 47 increasing the amount to $950.00 making it a misdemeanor. When that happened the misdemeanor wasn’t counted as a crime and wasn’t reported as such making California crime statistics low.…