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public meetings on its TV channels.

The McKinleyville Community Services District, the closest thing the unincorporated town has to a governing body, has also gone hybrid but strongly encourages members of the public who want to speak to address the board in person, arguing electronic communications can be unreliable — not unreasonable in a county where the internet goes down at random intervals.

The Redwood Coast Energy Authority did not respond to two phone calls from the Journal

The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District has gone hybrid, although social distancing limits the number of people who can fit in its small meeting room.

The Humboldt County Association of Governments and all of its advisory committees are also meeting hybrid. The same holds true for the Humboldt Community Services District, the Humboldt Transit Authority and the McKinleyville Municipal

Advisory Committee.

The Humboldt County Board of Education is also hybrid; although each individual school board may make its own decisions. A call made by the Journal to Eureka City Schools was not returned by deadline.

Ironically, while the Journal was watching a meeting of the Local Agency Formation Committee (LAFCO) and this particular item was being discussed, the internet connection cut out. A follow-up email request for information was eventually returned, saying LAFCO was also going hybrid.

The best way to find out the policies of any particular agency is to look closely at the agenda for its upcoming meeting. It will spell out what the policies are concerning public participation and o er a link if you prefer to risk the internet.

— Elaine Weinreb

POSTED 01.24.23

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