Government Image

Nevada County Government News



Sierra Sun logo LOCAL NEWS
Placer Youth Commission Seeks New Members Wanting to Make a Difference

AUBURN, Calif. – The Placer County Youth Commission is now accepting applications from local youth who wish to serve as one of 21 formally appointed members for the 2024-25 term.

Tahoe Daily Tribune logo LOCAL NEWS
Douglas County clerk: VHR petition fails certification

A petition to alter Douglas County's vacation home rental ordinance to ban rentals in residential zoning and allow them in neighborhood commercial zoning has been denied by the Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer's Office.

Sierra Sun logo LOCAL NEWS
Vision zero strategy aims to make Tahoe roads safer

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – From 2013 to 2021, there were 41 fatalities and 183 life-changing serious injuries on Tahoe's roadways, according to crash data reported by state and local law enforcement agencies. To help prevent these tragic crashes, the Tahoe …

Sierra Sun logo LOCAL NEWS
Nevada County Supervisors create new Chief of Staff/Clerk of the Board position

In response to the coming retirement of longtime Clerk of the Board Julie Patterson Hunter at the end of this month, the Board of Supervisors has added duties to the position and retitled it Chief of Staff/Clerk of the Board.

Sierra Sun logo LOCAL NEWS
Truckee Town Council hears legislative update, Dark Skies presentation

TRUCKEE, Calif. – The Truckee Town Council met on Tuesday, Oct. 24, during which they heard a number of presentations and discussed a potential Short-Term Rental violation. The meeting began with several proclamations being read....

Image caption: Bernadette Moordigian in front of the Fresno City College library on July 5, 2022.
A New State Agency Aims to Fix Rising Health Care Costs

For years, consumer advocates and some legislators have been battling to rein in escalating health care costs. Now the state has created a new agency to limit future growth in health care costs — and it will have the power …

Image caption: Republican lawmakers stand outside the California Capitol behind traffic cones creating the numeral "100."
Get Ready For Another Gas Tax Increase

July 1 is shaping up to be a big day for California. That's when the Golden State's sky-high gas prices are set to tick up even more due to a scheduled increase to the excise tax rate, which will tack …

Image caption:
You Could Be a Joint Homeowner–With the State

Much has been made about the persistent disagreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers over how to put money back in the pockets of Californians reeling from high gas prices and the rising cost of living, but what about …

Image caption: Lawmakers on the Assembly floor in the California Capitol.
Newsom Wary of Lawmaker-Approved Budget

Depending on whom you ask, the $300-billion-plus budget bill California lawmakers passed on Monday either was developed largely behind closed doors, ignores the state's biggest problems and fails to provide urgent relief amid skyrocketing inflation — or offered ample opportunity …

Image caption:
Inside One of the Capitol’s Most Secretive Processes

The suspense file allows lawmakers to shelve proposals that are too expensive. It also allows them to silently euthanize those that are controversial, opposed by powerful interest groups, or politically inconvenient.

Walters: Electric Car Nirvana Collides With Reality

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Air Resources Board are boasting about California's shift to zero-emission vehicles but the reality of making it happen is daunting.

Featured

Owning homes is the primary way the middle class builds wealth, and an option no longer available to most Californians.
Is California’s Housing Crisis Making Inequality Worse?
California has some of the worst economic inequality in the United States. Is housing a cause? Could it be a cure?
Join Us Today!