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The town hall will take place from 7 to 8 p.m.
This event will be held over Zoom and interested participants must email Thompson’s office at
The event will also be streamed on Facebook Live via Thompson’s page, https://www.facebook.com/RepMikeThompson/.
Thompson will be joined by George Rutherford, MD, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at UC San Francisco and Dr. Karen Relucio, Dr. Karen Relucio, deputy director of Napa County Health & Human Services-Public Health officer, for a discussion about the surging coronavirus case rate.
This is the 17th in a series of virtual town halls Thompson has held since the pandemic began earlier this year.
All constituents of California’s Fifth Congressional District and members of the press are invited to join.
Thompson represents California’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.
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Applications are being accepted on the city website, www.cityoflakeport.com, under the “Government” tab, “Committees & Commissions,” until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
All positions are voluntary.
For more information, contact Deputy City Clerk Hilary Britton, 707-263-5615, Extension 102, or by email at
The following positions are available.
Lakeport Planning Commission
There are two upcoming vacancies; appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2021.
One of the two open seats may be filled by an applicant who lives outside the city limits but within the Lakeport zip code area. The second open seat may only be filled by an applicant who resides within the city limits of Lakeport.
The planning commission consists of five members who serve four-year terms and may be re-appointed. The commission currently meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Members of the planning commission review matters related to planning and development and serve as advisors to the city council on land use issues.
Topics can include elements of the city’s general plan, rezoning, use permits, subdivisions, architectural and design review, as well as planning policy and interpretation.
Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee
This committee, known as LEDAC, has four upcoming vacancies; appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, shops or does business in the city of Lakeport, including those who live in the unincorporated Lakeport trade area.
There are seven members with alternating two-year terms appointed by the Lakeport City Council. Additionally, there are four members who represent specific organizations or interests in the community: Lakeport Main Street Association, Lake County Chamber of Commerce, Mendocino College Lake Center, and CareerPoint Lake (workforce development).
The committee meets bimonthly on the second Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. and for special meetings as needed.
LEDAC’s responsibilities include ideas and strategies for business recruitment and retention, recommendations for the implementation of the City’s economic development strategic plan, coordinating and reporting on the annual Business Walk activity, and advocacy for a strong and positive Lakeport business community.
Measure Z Advisory Committee
There are three upcoming vacancies on this committee, known as MZAC; appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Membership is open to residents of Lakeport living within the city limits. Five members are appointed by the city council to serve four-year terms. The committee meets quarterly.
The role of the MZAC is to review all revenues and expenditures of the Measure Z transactions and use tax, and to make recommendations to the city council regarding those expenditures.
Lakeport residents voted in November 2016 to approve Measure Z, adopting an ordinance to enact a one percent increase to the local sales and use tax for public safety and essential City services.
The measure requires independent audits and citizens’ oversight.
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Ubaldo Ramirez Davila, 25, was sentenced Tuesday in Mendocino County Superior Court to 24 years and four months in state prison, the Mendocino District Attorney’s Office reported.
Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies, local firefighters and CHP officers on July 2, 2018, rushed to the shooting site at the turnoff to the “Gold Rule” community on the Ridgewood Grade near Willits, as Lake County News has reported.
First responders found a maroon Chevrolet pickup truck stopped in a traffic lane with two men inside, one dead and one critically injured. The critically injured victim succumbed two days later in a Santa Rosa hospital.
Ramirez, a sometimes Covelo resident, became a suspect early in the investigation. Deputies arrested him in the early morning hours of July 3, 2018, north of Covelo after receiving tips as to his whereabouts, officials said.
The District Attorney’s Office said Ramirez admitted that while sitting as a passenger in the backseat of the pickup he shot and killed his father, Calixto Ramirez Guererro, 51, of Covelo, as well as his brother, Miguel Angel Ramirez Davila, 32, of Eureka.
Ubaldo Ramirez eventually entered guilty pleas to two counts of voluntary manslaughter. He also admitted two special allegations alleging that he personally used a firearm to inflict death on both family members.
Voluntary manslaughter is generally defined as an intentional killing in which the offender had not formed a prior intent to kill, such as a killing that occurs because of a sudden quarrel.
Any credits Ramirez may attempt to earn towards early release are limited to no more than 15 percent of his overall sentence, meaning Ramirez must serve 20.5 years before being eligible for parole. Plans are for the defendant to be deported to Mexico upon the completion of his prison sentence, officials said.
The Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office said the law enforcement agency primarily responsible for investigating and gathering the evidence to sustain the defendant’s convictions was the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office. District Attorney David Eyster prosecuted the case.
Eyster cited the work for the prosecution of Rick Blumberg, Ph.D., Ubaldo F. Ramires, Ph.D., and the staff of the Redwood Coast Regional Center.
State’s COVID-19 blueprint places most counties in restrictive purple tier; Lake remains in red tier
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake was among a handful of counties on Monday that avoided being placed by the state under tighter restrictions related to COVID-19.
The state on Monday reported its new rankings of the 58 counties in the Blueprint for a Safer Economy in response to spiking caseloads across the state.
The blueprint has four tiers:
– Yellow, or minimal; most indoor business operations are open with modifications.
– Orange, or moderate; some indoor business operations are open with modifications.
– Red, or substantial; some nonessential indoor business operations are closed.
– Purple, or widespread; many nonessential indoor business operations are closed.
Monday’s update of the rankings shows that 41 counties are now in the purple tier, the most restrictive.
Of those 41 counties, 29 were just moved into the purple tier from a lower tier. Twelves others – Imperial, Los Angeles, Madera, Monterey, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta, Sonoma, Tehama and Tulare – had been in the purple tier last week and remain so this week.
Lake County has been in the red tier for some time and in the latest rankings on Monday remained there, allowing businesses and activities to continue without more restrictions.
Other counties whose rankings remained unchanged in the lower tiers as of Monday are Alpine, yellow; Inyo, orange; Lassen, orange; and Mariposa, yellow.
Lake’s neighboring counties of Glenn, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma and Yolo are all in the purple tier now, while Colusa is in the red tier.
Lake County’s total cases reached 788 on Monday, with three currently hospitalized and 726 recovered. There are now 18 deaths reported, an increase of one since last week, Lake County Public Health reported.
The county’s adjusted case rate is 5.7, the fifth-lowest case rate statewide, based on California Department of Public Health numbers.
Statewide, 1,043,950 cases and 18,305 deaths had been reported by county Public Health departments as of Monday night.
The California Department of Public Health said Monday that the seven-day positivity rate is 5 percent and the 14-day positivity rate is 4.6 percent.
As of Monday, 21,068,894 tests had been conducted in California, which the California Department of Public Health said represented an increase of 202,109 over the prior 24-hour reporting period.
To date, 17,213 tests have been conducted in Lake County, according to the Public Health Department.
For more information about the tiers and restrictions, visit www.covid19.ca.gov.
Email Elizabeth Larson at