Civic Issues
Topics getting the most attention in Yolo County, California public meetings, ranked by how frequently they are discussed.
6 issues in environment
Invasive golden mussels approaching the region
The board affirmed for another cycle that the invasive Golden Mussel infestation in the Delta remains a local emergency — keeping the county eligible for response resources.
Climate Action and Adaptation Plan implementation
The county needs more than 6,300 public chargers by 2035 — ten times today's count — but huge parts of the county have zero electrical grid capacity for them. The adopted plan charts chargers, e-bikes, car share and electrifying the county's 529-vehicle fleet, with no money attached yet.
Knights Landing Flood Mitigation Project easements
Two agreements totaling $23,100 buy permanent flood control easements from local landowners for the Knights Landing Flood Mitigation Project.
Yolo Bypass and Delta water projects
The Army Corps' Yolo Bypass Comprehensive Study has narrowed to a Fremont Weir expansion and setback levee in the Upper Elkhorn Basin — a $564 million project whose construction impacts fall mostly on Yolo County farmland while flood benefits go elsewhere. The Board directed comment letters but delayed updating its Position Statement until conservation and economic-impact language is strengthened.
Cache Creek Area Plan third 10-year review
The county launched the three-year review of the plan governing gravel mining and reclamation along Cache Creek, with adoption targeted for 2029. Supervisors signaled interest in weighing whether habitat restoration and groundwater recharge should rank higher than returning mined land to agriculture.
Landfill renewable natural gas project
The county's 35-year-old gas-to-electricity plant has become a money loser, so the county is handing landfill gas to Yolo RNG, LLC to produce pipeline-quality renewable natural gas. The ~$50 million project brings construction jobs, property taxes and royalties starting 2028, and ends county maintenance costs.