{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"No Getaway for Hopland; perfect storm of absences converges on Planning Commission","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":390,"description":"March 19, 2021 — The Planning Commission came up short at its regular meeting yesterday, with only three of the seven commissioners available for an application to extend a cell phone tower that generated about twenty letters of opposition. Without a quorum, though, the item was automatically permissible, due to federal law about the length of time allowed to review the application. A proposal for a campsite in Hopland was roundly rejected.\r\nThe Commission is meeting again today to discuss the widely unpopular Phase III cannabis ordinance, which, if it passes, would result in each grow being subject to site-specific review as part of a discretionary permit process.\r\n\r\nAnd the days of ‘line-jumping’ to get a vaccine could be coming to a close. Earlier this week, 246 inmates at the Mendocino County Jail were offered the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which requires only one shot. Fewer than half of them accepted it, for a total of 111, according to Lt. John Bednar, a spokesman for the jail. There’s no formal arrangement with public health at this time to vaccinate more inmates as they come in.\r\n\r\nYesterday, a perfect storm of absences converged on the Planning Commission as it took up the question of whether or not to allow Crown Castle, the owner of an AT&T cell tower in Laytonville, to increase the height of the tower by 20 feet. Last month, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance to reduce the number of commissioners from seven to five, eliminating the agricultural seat held by Greg Nelson and the timber seat held by Randy Jacobzoon. But that ordinance doesn’t go into effect until next week, which means that four commissioners must be present to constitute a quorum. Jacobzoon was absent, the second district seat is still vacant, and two of the commissioners recused themselves due to a conflict of interest and prior work on the project. \r\nLetters opposing the height expansion cited a range of concerns, from the tower not fulfilling the needs of people who...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}