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Humboldt County Code Enforcement
If Humboldt County departments were backyards, the Code Enforcement Unit would have so much trash piled up that concerned neighbors would call the . well, you get the picture. At a recent presentation given to the board of supervisors, the department offered an alarming picture of just how dysfunctional it has become. Code Enforcement Unit Manager Karen Meynall presented an articulate but dismal report on the unequal balance of needs to the department s staffing level, which sits at 11 people. Of these, five are code compliance officers and three are investigators. The remainder are administrative staff.
The traditional team [the officers who deal with non-cannabis related complaints] currently has nearly 700 cases that are open with approximately 450 still unassigned to staff, Meynall said. A full-time workload consists of approximately 40 cases. The two most seasoned staff members each have over 75 cases assign ....

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