Supervisor· 2025-01-06 - 2029-01-08
Helen Owen
Lake County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 1:53:05
- Avg per meeting
- 7:32
- Segments
- 1609
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Emergency proclamations — road failure, tree mortality, sewer spills, Lucas Fire
Continued emergency declarations allow emergency contracting and may unlock state and federal cost recovery.
South Shore behavioral health expansion
Combined agreements could total up to about $3.35 million in county behavioral health spending for the fiscal year.
Community Resilience Center grant support
No direct cost; positions the county for state funding opportunities.
CWS-CARES Child Welfare System Launch
Detention Facility Medical Services and Medication-Assisted Treatment
The amended contract amount was not stated in the agenda materials provided.
Behavioral Health Services Contracts
Combined agreements could total up to about $3.35 million in county behavioral health spending for the fiscal year.
Homelessness prevention funding
Up to $400,000 in county-funded services through June 30, 2027.
AB 2494 Veto Request
Code Enforcement Grants and Programs
Abatement cost liens on three properties
Abatement costs would be recovered through liens on the five affected properties.
Middletown nuisance property order upheld
Abatement costs, if the county acts, become a special assessment against the property.
Animal Control Advisory Board formalized
The position was filled at step 2 of the county salary schedule.
Fire Mitigation Fees Implementation
New development fees will fund fire services; the amounts rise automatically with inflation.
Code enforcement appeal — Clearlake Oaks
Sheriff's drones and body cameras
About $9,000 for drones plus the camera purchase through a cooperative contract.
Fire mitigation fee request — hearing continued again
If adopted, new development would pay fire mitigation fees that rise automatically with inflation.
Interim Public Health Officer appointment
The related contract on the posted agenda tops out at $90,000 for six months.
South Lake Fire Protection District funding request
Health Services Director Termination
Not stated; interim leadership arrangements may carry transition costs.
Termination of Public Health Officer Dr. Robert Bernstein
Not stated in the record; an interim appointment and eventual recruitment will carry county personnel costs.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Owen was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Public Safety.
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
No votes found matching Public Safety.