Legislation Details

File #: 26-859    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 8/10/2026 In control: County Administrative Office
On agenda: 9/1/2026 Final action: 9/1/2026
Title: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Grand Jury Responses: “Emergency Preparedness: The Role of Local Law Enforcement Agencies” and “Friend of Foe? Struggling with Reputation at the Humboldt County Planning & Building Department”
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Emergency Preparedness Report, 3. Emergency Preparedness Report - Board of Supervisors Proposed Responses, 4. Planning & Building Report, 5. Planning & Building Report - Board of Supervisors Proposed Responses, 6. Tsunami Warnings Report, 7. Emergency Preparedness and Tsunami Warnings Reports - Sheriff's Responses, 8. Executed - Emergency Preparedness Report - Board of Supervisors Proposed Responses, 9. Executed - Planning & Building Report - Board of Supervisors Proposed Responses

To: Board of Supervisors

From: County Administrative Office

Agenda Section: Consent

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
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Fiscal Year 2025-26 Grand Jury Responses: “Emergency Preparedness: The Role of Local Law Enforcement Agencies” and “Friend of Foe? Struggling with Reputation at the Humboldt County Planning & Building Department”
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Review and modify as necessary the proposed Grand Jury responses from the Board of Supervisors (Attachments 2 and 4); and
2. Approve the documents, as may be modified, as the response; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board, within five working days, to submit two copies of all attached responses to the County Clerk/Recorder, together with a copy of the original reports; and
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board within five working days to submit two copies of the attached responses to the Clerk of the Court, one of which will be forward to the State Archivist, together with a copy of the original reports.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board’s Strategic Plan.

Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other

DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury investigates and reports on the operations, accounts and records of the officers, departments or functions of the County of Humboldt and other local government agencies. The county sincerely thanks the Grand Jury for its hard work and efforts they have put forth in their 2025-26 Grand Jury reports.

In 2025-26, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury submitted six reports to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, of which three pertained to the County of Humboldt and were received. Two reports that require responses from your Board come before your Board today.

The third report pertaining to the County of Humboldt titled “The Next Wave in Tsunami Warnings in Humboldt” does not require responses from your Board a...

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