Community Pulse
What residents are talking about in Lake County public meetings, ranked by community engagement.
33 topics in zoning
Code enforcement on vacant lots
Rules update and process gaps
Government accountability
Personal attack rules and travel
MAC bylaws and rules update
Civility rules and free speech
Rules update
Paper lot zoning enforcement
Lake County 2050 General Plan continuation
General Plan continuance
Williamson Act
Commercial cannabis ordinance
Commercial Cannabis Regulations (5.10)
Commercial cannabis ordinance (6.7)
County energy policy / Lake County 2050
Cannabis ordinance — reduced canopy, microbusiness
Cannabis ordinance — canopy and water reporting
Cannabis ordinance — permit retention and manufacturing
Cannabis ordinance — water, FPZ, setbacks
Cannabis ordinance — reduced canopy, due process
Cannabis ordinance CEQA
Cannabis ordinance — odor, worker ID, water access
Cannabis ordinance — CC&Rs and water thresholds
Rancho Lake cannabis appeal — CEQA
Cobb code enforcement — board conduct
Cobb code enforcement
Cannabis ordinance delay
Cobb code enforcement — rezoning option
Commercial cannabis regulations
Prohousing Designation
Short-Term Rental Regulations
Human Trafficking Awareness Month and Zoning Ordinance
Housing Element Zoning Ordinance
In the News
12 articlesRecent coverage of Lake County from local and regional media.
Elections office offers information for displaced voters
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Registrar of Voters is informing all voters who have been displaced as result of fires or other emergencies that they have options to vote in the upcoming Nov. 3 General Election.
Lucas fire burned area risk of flooding and debris flows during winter storms
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services, or OES, is encouraging residents in and downstream of areas affected by the September 2026 Lucas fire, including the Elk Mountain and Bachelor Valley areas near Upper Lake, to prepare for an increased risk of flooding and
California cities pull the plug on data centers after state regulations don’t scale up fast enough
Although California lawmakers recently passed a suite of laws intended to bring transparency to the development of new data centers, local communities across the state are signaling that disclosure isn't enough.
Google and Meta spent big this election cycle. Is Big Tech trying to ‘buy the Legislature’?
By By Khari Johnson and Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters | Nov. 1, 2026 By Khari Johnson and Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters Some tech companies, like Facebook parent Meta, spent record sums on lobbying ...
Prescribed ecocultural broadcast burns planned for Upper Lake, Nice and Lakeport areas Nov. 3 to 6
The Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance, or TERA, and Lake Cal-TREX partners will be conducting ecocultural broadcast burns from Tuesday, Nov. 3, through Friday, Nov. 6, along the shores of the upper arm of Clear Lake on the lands of Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians and Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians.
Supervisors to hold interviews for county administrative officer position
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Less than a week after the announcement that the county administrative officer is retiring at year’s end, the Board of Supervisors is set to hold closed-door interviews for her successor.
Elections office offers information for displaced voters
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Registrar of Voters is informing all voters who have been displaced as result of fires or other emergencies that they have options to vote in the upcoming Nov. 3 General Election.
Lakeport City Council to discuss animal control contract, public safety cameras
LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council will consider contracts for Lake County Animal Care and Control and public safety cameras at its meeting this week. The council will meet Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m....
California voters face $12.6B in school bonds. Here’s what districts want to do with the money
By Thomas Peele, Daniel J. Willis, And Yuxuan Xie | Nov. 3, 2026 This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. Repairing roofs, bathrooms and gymnasium floors. Remo...
Clearlake City Council to hold special meeting to appoint senior center ad hoc committee
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Clearlake City Council has scheduled a special meeting this week to discuss the formation of an ad hoc committee to work with the Clearlake Senior Center. The council will meet beginn...
Nov. 18 town hall planned to discuss automated license plate recognition technology
By Lake County News Reports | Nov. 5, 2026 LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A town hall later this month will be held to discuss automated license plate recognition technology and its use by local law enforcement agenci...
Preliminary vote counts reported in council, school board, special districts races
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office has offered preliminary numbers in the races included in Tuesday’s election. The vote count for Tuesday’s election went into early Wednesday mor...