[CRNMC] About codifying Measure S into Mendo County law

[Baile Oakes]

the following is the latest regarding the codification process in our county regarding Measure "S"

seems like many of us have a typo problem with Counsel.


On Jan 1, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Norman de Vall wrote:
> 
> I called Susan Ranoachak last week and she
> moved the codification issue to County Council;
> County Council has moved it on the the Clerk 
> of the Board (BoS).  CoCo will get back to me.  
> 
> OK to post with others


> .
On Jan 1, 2015, at 10:54 AM, edward Oberweiser wrote:

> HI Charles,
> 
> I'm sorry I took so long to respond to your email. Your email is right
> on. Uhfortunately someone has already contacted Dan Hamburg about
> this. I don't know where to look to find out the process for codifying
> laws. This all took me by surprise. I was under the, apparently false,
> impression that once the people voted, Measure S automatically became
> law. We definitely need to form a committee to deal with this in house
> before we approach the supes.
> 
> I would nominate you for the committee if you have the time. I
> volunteer to be on that committee as well. It sounds like an
> opportunity to learn more about local laws and procedures that I need
> to know.
> 
> Thanks for your grounded wisdom!
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Charles Cresson Wood
> <ccwood at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> Hello community rights friends,
>> 
>> I am doing my best to keep up with all the posts to this discussion, and I may have missed some messages, given the craziness related to the holidays and end-of-semester finals. But from what I have read, there is ONLY some suspicion that the Supervisors might not codify Measure S into law -- no actual facts to substantiate that suspicion.
>> 
>> This is where being on-line can run away with us, where a rumor can become a big deal, and before we know it, people are starting to treat the discussion like a fact. And then they start thinking "we're going to sue the Supervisors to get them to act," and "we're going to publicize the fact that they aren't acting," etc. This conversation seems to be going too far, too fast, without clarity about who in our group is the coordinator, and who in our group is the spokesperson.
>> 
>> As a result of this running away with us status, we as a group run a real risk that we may damage some of the positive political capital that we have created to date. If, for example, given the current level of this conversation, we were to approach a member of the Board of Supervisors, and straight-away say, "why won't you codify Measure S?," we could put them on the defensive, when they had no intention of refusing to codify the measure in reality. So let's set up a committee to (1) investigate how the laws are codified, (2) meet with officials at the County, and (3) then bring it back to the larger group if need be (perhaps only a report that it's done completely). The committee can set up a coordinator and a spokesperson, and perhaps meet with a local attorney if they need that.
>> 
>> The County should tell us how how their process for codifying initiatives works, who is involved, what the timing is, etc. We don't have to do this all on our own. Let's get our County officials to work for us in this respect, and tell us what we need to know, in order to make sure this whole Measure S process is complete and enforceable.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> /s/ Charles
>> 
>> 
>> 
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