{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Redwood Valley residents \"very disappointed\" in PG&E allocation","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":389,"description":"September 9, 2021 — The PG&E settlement funds from the fires that devastated Redwood and Potter Valleys have been allocated, and some in Redwood Valley are disappointed at the amount that went back into the community that was most affected. At last night’s Redwood Valley Municipal Advisory Council meeting, Deputy CEO Darcie Antle explained that some of the items requested by the community can be funded by another source. And a plan to use another portion of the money to haul water from Ukiah to Fort Bragg is not as solid as it sounds. \r\nNevertheless, Antle tried to reassure community members that if any of the settlement money is used for that plan, the intent is to restore it, using tax dollars generated by coastal businesses.\r\nBut MAC member Sattie Clark emphasized a belief shared by many in the community.\r\n“We consider a lot of the allocations to be inappropriate,” she said. “Because we were not incorporated...you got all of that money. And it was to repair Redwood Valley and mitigate the damages caused by the wildfire, in our opinion. And so I want to make it clear that a lot of us don’t have a problem with the four hundred some thousand dollars for Building and Planning. We have a problem with pretty much the whole thing.” Community services like the water and fire departments did get some money, but Clark said Redwood Valley only got 16% of the allocation from the settlement funds. “It’s as if nobody at the county, the CEO, county counsel, nobody read our letter,” she concluded. “I have to say, we’re very disappointed.”\r\nThree million dollars of the $22 million settlement fund was set aside to be used for immediate disaster spending. On August 24, the Board of Supervisors authorized half of that money for the water hauling program, which would benefit businesses that are literally drying up as wells fail. Chair Dolly Riley expressed her thoughts.\r\n“A better expenditure would have been to look at the agricultural water for Redwood Valley, which has totally...","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}