However, the supervisors – who voted unanimously, with 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn absent, to ask staff to draft the measure– wanted modifications, including requiring four fifths vote to change it and a definition of parcels. During discussions, not all of the board members agreed with all prongs of the proposed measure and the approval was hardly enthusiastic.
The board’s nearly unanimous vote – 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn was absent – to delay the agreement with Crowley Wind Services resulted from the lack of input from tribal governments and fishing groups.
However, the supervisors – who voted unanimously, with 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn absent, to ask staff to draft the measure– wanted modifications, including requiring four fifths vote to change it and a definition of parcels. During discussions, not all of the board members agreed with all prongs of the proposed measure and the approval was hardly enthusiastic.
On Tuesday, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors decided – with 2nd District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell recused and 5th District Supervisor Steve Madrone dissenting – that cultivators must create a payment plan with the county treasurer-tax collector by March 31, 2024 and pay all outstanding taxes by March 31, 2025.
Appointing a member of the Board of Supervisors to the Rural County of Representatives of California is normally uncontroversial, but Rex Bohn was nearly ousted in a motion he himself seconded after 3rd District Supervisor Mike Wilson brought the issue up, noting he saw a photo on social media of the firearm Bohn included in Humboldt County’s raffle basket.