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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The city of Lakeport issued a community message on Wednesday assuring residents that water from the city’s municipal water system is safe to drink.

City officials said the municipal water currently is being supplied solely from groundwater wells in Scotts Valley.
 
If there were a problem with the city of Lakeport municipal water system, city staff would provide physical notifications to affected properties.
 
The city will continue to provide updates on the flood conditions through city of Lakeport and Lakeport Police Department Facebook, Twitter and Nixle accounts.

For additional information contact the city of Lakeport Emergency Operations Center at 707-263-5614.

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The Clearlake Oaks Moose Lodge 2284 will have its weekly Wednesday night dinner plus entertainment on Feb. 22.

“Wimpy burgers” will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., with music by Scotty J. and Company beginning at 5 p.m.

The Moose Lodge is located at 15900 E Highway 20.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Public Services Department has issued an update on solid waste collection for Lake County Waste Solutions customers who live in areas where flooding currently is occurring.

The updates issued were for Lakeshore Boulevard in north Lakeport, Lands End, Corinthian Bay and the Clear Lake Keys.

Curbside garbage and recycling service may not be provided to those areas due to flooding which has made certain roads inaccessible to garbage trucks.

However, there will be household garbage and recycling dumpsters placed in north Lakeport, and in the Lands End and Corinthian Bay areas from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, with a dumpster available for the Clear Lake Keys from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24.

The dumpsters will be monitored.

Lake County Waste Solutions customers may also take their household garbage and recycling directly to the transfer station at 230 Soda Bay Road in Lakeport at no additional cost while curbside services are unavailable.

The dumpsters to be available in the following locations:

– Lakeshore Boulevard in north Lakeport: Intersection of Park Way and Lakeshore Boulevard.

– Lands End and Corinthian Bay: At the corner of Cal-Packing and E. Finley Road.

– Clear Lake Keys: At the wide spot on Highway 20 on Keys Boulevard, across from Chevron.

For more information, contact Lake County Public Services at 707-262-1760.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) and several of her Assembly colleagues introduced ACA 4, a constitutional amendment which would give local governments flexibility in funding critical infrastructure and affordable housing projects.

This bill is targeted to help the urgent needs of local communities, to increase the supply of affordable housing and address public infrastructure challenges.

“As a former mayor of Winters, and board member of regional water, housing and transportation agencies, I have seen first-hand the deterioration of our once world-class infrastructure,” said Aguiar-Curry. “ACA 4 will empower California communities to take action at the local level to improve their economies, neighborhoods and residents’ quality of life.”

ACA 4 would reduce the local vote threshold for approval of bond and special tax measures from two-thirds to 55 percent. This vote threshold currently applies to school district measures.

By making this change, the bill would put housing and infrastructure projects on par with school proposals, so that cities, counties, and special districts have a practical financing tool to address community needs.

Local voters would still need to overwhelmingly – with 55 percent of the vote – support a bond or special tax in order for it to be approved.

This means that the local officials will propose, and local voters will still control, how and where their infrastructure tax dollars would be spent.

“Local communities deserve a fair chance at making sure that their residents can afford to pay the rent or buy a home,” said Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco), Chair of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. “California’s housing affordability crisis requires real investment across the entire state, and I applaud Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry for helping us get there.”

Since 2001, more than 2,200 local revenue measures have been placed before voters. Nearly 80% of all two-thirds supermajority measures garnered more than 55 percent “yes” votes, but ultimately failed because they fell slightly short of the two-thirds threshold.

Because this bill would change the Constitution, if passed by the Legislature, the proposal would then be put on the ballot for approval in the next statewide election.

For every dollar spent on infrastructure, there is a benefit of several dollars return to our economy from the activities that support construction.

These critical projects include fixing streets and roads, constructing public safety facilities for police and fire departments, upgrading water and flood control systems, deploying broadband for Internet connectivity and maintaining parks.

Not only do these construction and maintenance efforts improve communities, they also create new local jobs.

“We need a renewed effort by every level of government to support our economy with modern, safe infrastructure. ACA 4 will empower local officials to ask their voters to approve their vision for how and when to invest in critical projects. Local communities know their priorities best. This constitutional amendment will offer an important tool for local leaders to support projects and determine how to pay for them,” said Aguiar-Curry.

ACA 4 is pending referral to its first policy committee in the Assembly, and is coauthored by Assemblymembers Chiu, Eggman, Eduardo Garcia, Gloria, Limón, McCarty, Mullin, Rubio, Santiago, and Ting.

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry represents California’s Fourth Assembly District, which includes all of Lake, Napa and Yolo counties, parts of Colusa County, Dixon in Solano County and Rohnert Park in Sonoma County. Visit her Web site at www.asm.ca.gov/aguiar-curry .

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