Who Will Be the Next Arcata City Councilmember? Better Know the Seven Applicants Who Will be Grilled During Wednesday’s Public Forum
The Arcata City Council will soon appoint a new member to fill out the remainder of previous council member Sofia Pereira’s term, which ends in December 2022. On Wednesday night, the seven applicants who qualified will participate in a candidate forum, during which they will answer questions from the council and the public.
There was a fair amount of interest in the open seat and out of 14 people who took out applications, seven qualified to be considered for the position. Several of them have run for or served on the council in the past, whereas some are first-timers. So, before they are publicly grilled on their views, let’s take a look at the seven candidates and they statements they submitted on why they want to be Arcata’s next city council member.
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After Someone Cut Down a City-Owned Tree Decorated With Pride Flags, Arcata Council Will Consider Statement Supporting LGBTQ Community
The stump of the tree that, until recently, served as a temporary locus of Pride. Photos: Stephanie McGeary.
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Last week, while driving past a city-owned planter on the corner of 18th and H Streets in Arcata, Councilmember Emily Goldstein noticed the latest in a string of anti-LGBTQ acts in our community: Someone had cut down and removed a tree that had been decorated with hand-crafted Pride ornaments.
The ornaments made out of popsicle sticks and painted to resemble pride flags along with a banner reading “love, joy, peace,” were hung on the ornamental cherry tree on June 25, during a gathering held in response to the burning of a pride flag that had hung in the same planter as the tree.
The state-assigned SnapNurse team has joined Humboldt County Public Health's mobile vaccine efforts to deliver vaccines to those who are unable to travel due to.
Posted By Iridian Casarez on Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 2:48 PM click to enlarge Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Sofia Pereira has been named Humboldt County s new Public Health Director Arcata Mayor Sofia Pereira, who has also served as the county s Emergency Operations Center operation chief during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced she will be stepping down from the Arcata City Council by June 25 after being named Public Health s new director, replacing Michele Stephens. Starting June 27, I will begin a new chapter as the Public Health Director for the county of Humboldt, Department of Health and Human Services. I am honored and excited to take on this new role to serve our community and improve our community’s health and