City of South Lake Tahoe Government News

This year, 14 organizations are receiving funds from city cannabis sales revenue. This is the third year where up to 50% of prior year cannabis revenue goes towards the community benefit grant program.

Councilmembers made two small changes to an informational report on the citizen-initiated vacancy tax ballot measure before approving the report at their meeting Tuesday night, June 18.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is working to stay ahead of increasing wildfire concerns. "I personally feel that the Caldor Fire was a warning," Fire Marshal Kim George said to City Council on June 4 while presenting the city's first defensible space ordinance.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is taking care of the paperwork for the long prepared for and anticipated change in waste services.

The City of South Lake Tahoe launched its Participatory Budgeting Ballot, an initiative aimed at empowering citizens to directly influence the allocation of public funds within their community.

The City of South Lake Tahoe has informed Heavenly Mountain Resort it is terminating its parking agreement with the resort.

Bulldozers, excavators, and other demolition equipment are still a ways off for South Lake Tahoe's Motel 6. It currently sits boarded up with a surrounding chainlink fence and security camera units standing watch.

The chainlink wrapped and boarded up Sunray Hotel, described as an eyesore by some, has accrued over $50,000 in fines from the City of South Lake Tahoe.

Former City Manager and current Good Government Advocate David Jinkens announces his campaign for South Lake Tahoe City Council.

City Council passed a motion at their meeting on Tuesday, May 7, confirming a list of active transportation projects for the city's Capital Improvement Program.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is offering community members a say in where excess funds could go.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously voted in favor of preparing an informational report on the impacts of the vacancy tax measure hitting ballots in November.

The City is seeking input from the community on updating the Lake Tahoe Airport 20-Year Master Plan.

City Council passed a motion on May 7, providing a predevelopment loan to a developer for an affordable housing project, plans of which rely on changes to area developmental standards currently caught up in litigation.

City Council unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance designating Very High Fire Severity Zones within city limits provided by CalFire. South Tahoe Fire Chief Jim Drennan explained, "This really is just a revision of the map for an ordinance that's already in place."

The city of South Lake Tahoe's Mid-Town Area Plan process is now underway.

City Council approved a local developer's application to rezone a parcel near Montreal Road and Van Sickle Bi-State Park at their meeting on Tuesday, April 23. The decision changes the parcel's zoning from recreation to tourist center mixed-use zoning.

A City Council agenda item originally providing an update on Heavenly parking arrangements and amending the parking agreement quickly turned to discussions of terminating the agreement altogether.

Over 40 community members expressed comments regarding a potential minimum wage increase at City Council Tuesday night, April 23.

City staff provided a quarterly update on its affordable housing waitlist at City Council on Tuesday, April 23. The waitlist has dropped from 1,173 to 1,008 since the last update, a drop of 65.

City Council halted an item establishing a local minimum wage ordinance and potentially increasing the minimum wage in the City of South Lake Tahoe.