Richard Citizen journalist Shasta Co

Shasta County California board of supervisors is a real-life, modern-day, soap-opera, train-wreck. I Felt embarrassed to even sit there and listen. Seems more divided then ever.

This a beautiful place and has loads of great people. The towns here are in sharp decline and are being managed horribly. Homelesss and vacancy is exploding.

Hours spent this morning debating a “code of conduct” total wast of time.

-Members not allowed to wear American flag clothing.
-It takes 178 day to get a roof over one homeless head.
-The library is full of homeless
-Downtown Redding is in shambles
-Homeless lady told me she had a baby a month ago, the state took the baby and left her on the street.
-Empty retail/commercial space all over
-City hall has homeless all over the front yard.

So much talking, red tape, gov nonsense. We the people could clean up the homeless in this town in a week with all the abandoned space, utilities, food, etc. Instead it’s getting much worse and people bicker all day in a chamber.

I realize I’m only catching a glimpse and don’t know all the issues but it was hard to watch and listen to.

The last 10 min shows the vote on the code of conduct.