Monterey County Local News: Local Governments

The County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, Jan. 7 and will consider adopting the 2024 Cannabis Program Strategic Plan, which updates management strategies to reflect the county’s evolving cannabis industry.

The sharp whacking sound of pickleballs ricocheting off of paddles became too much for neighbors surrounding Forest Hill Park’s four pickleball courts in Carmel.

In their second meeting since seating a new mayor and councilmembers, the Pacific Grove City Council wasted no time making a bold move to create a business liaison position with the possibility of eliminating the all-volunteer Economic Development Commission in 2025.

For conservationists, the dream of preserving Ferrini Ranch, an approximately 870-acre property that straddles Toro Park along Highway 68, has been in the ether for decades, long before the County Board of Supervisors, in a 3-2 vote, approved a development on the property in 2014.

Three-and-a-half years ago, Monterey-Salinas Transit made paying for bus fares as easy as the tap of a card, convenient for anyone who has a credit or debit card. Those without cards were left fumbling for change. A new partnership between MST and an initiative that offers a way for people to open low-fee bank accounts and thus gain contactless bank cards is set to eliminate the fumbling, as well as provide MST with some cost savings.

Nearly two years after floods in the North County town of Pajaro displaced most of its residents, the community’s recovery process is still ongoing. That includes the distribution of the funds meant to bolster recovery.