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02/02/2023
The former and new mayors of Rocklin discuss the achievements from last year and talk about their plans for this year.

11/02/2022
Scott Alvord, a Roseville councilmember running for Placer County supervisor, says he has sued restauranteur/podcaster Matthew Oliver, complaining that Oliver edited an interview to make him look bad. Oliver, himself a candidate for Rocklin City Council, suggests it's all just a political stunt.

10/25/2022
Former Rocklin planning commissioner David Bass and restaurateur Matthew Oliver are running for a two-year term on the Rocklin City Council. Also: Measure F is 2 percent increase on transit occupancy tax for hotel guests, any future RV parks.

09/28/2022
The Rocklin City Council approved Estia at Rocklin, a 181-unit residential project. Councilmembers voted 3-2 to rezone the 30-acre parcel that Rocklin staff said is one of the last remaining large, commercially zoned properties in the city.

09/21/2022
During its Sept. 27 meeting, the Rocklin City Council will discuss Estia at Rocklin, a proposed 181-unit residential project next to William Jessup University.

08/23/2022
The Rocklin City Council has appointed local businessman Paul Ruhkala to fill the seat left open when Councilman Joe Patterson resigned to run for the state Assembly. Ruhkala will serve only until the end of Patterson’s term and is not running for the seat in the November election.

08/11/2022
With East Trails Phase I improvements wrapping up, the Rocklin City Council approved the next step for the 180-acre Sunset Whitney Recreation Area, formerly the shuttered Rocklin Golf Club.

06/29/2022
Balancing $102 million? No big deal for the Rocklin City Council. Its new budget supports 260 positions and resources, including three new public safety employees. The general fund will be used for Sunset Whitney Recreation Area capital expenditures.

06/28/2022
Rocklin City Councilman Joe Patterson resigned during an emotional meeting. He plans to run for State Assembly this November, and though he still has two years left on his term, he is leaving now to make room for a successor to be selected by voters.

05/25/2022
The Rocklin City Council voted to change parks and recreation development impact fees for the first time in two decades. Fees will be based on unit-size ranges rather than categories based on the type of development.

04/14/2022
Carolyn Verheyen, the principal-in-charge at MIG Consultants, delivered the phase one report for Placer Regional Homelessness Response Emerging Strategies to the Rocklin City Council.

12/16/2021
Bill Halldin was recently appointed Rocklin’s new mayor after a unanimous vote from the Rocklin City Council. He previously served as vice mayor.

10/12/2021
Circling back to an issue first raised in July of 2020, the Rocklin City Council is weighing an increase in development impact fees, which fund parks, recreation and public facilities. The amount and timing of the increases will be discussed at the Oct. 26 council meeting.

09/28/2021
The Rocklin City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution to streamline the permitting approval process for permanent outdoor-dining structures. The council is also looking to extend the temporary outdoor dining program, which is scheduled to end on Nov. 1.

09/16/2021
The Rocklin City Council has proposed an amendment limiting temporary non-commercial signs on private property to a maximum size of 16 square feet. The amendment will have a second reading and then updates will take effect 30 days after that.

08/11/2021
At its Aug. 10 meeting, the Rocklin City Council meeting approved four new streets and 83 lots in a cul-de-sac neighborhood north of Whitney Ranch Parkway on the Lincoln city border.

06/08/2021
Rocklin residents got an update on traffic issues and aired their concerns at a town hall meeting June 3. Attendees (both in person and on Zoom) heard from the Traffic Safety Committee on law enforcement statistics, city projects, and information resources.

06/08/2021
An ordinance introduced by the Rocklin City Council will require residents to pick up after their pups—and also make it unlawful to let animal waste on private property “become unsanitary or injurious to public health.”