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Council stalemate stalls downtown makeover

Council stalemate stalls downtown makeover

Another community meeting to be held
The downtown redesign plan that would add bikeways on Main Street and Broadway failed after a prolonged stalemate at the April 7 council meeting. Alternative 1, the recommended option of three that were designed for the City, would place protected one-way bikeways on Main Street and Broadway and only requires removing one parking space. The Council tied with a 3-3 …

Supervisor Ritter discusses homelessness and other topics

District 3 Supervisor Tami Ritter said the Warren Settlement Agreement has been “terrible for Chico,” and homelessness is increasing because “people are getting desperate,” when she met with ChicoSol to talk about her work on the Butte County Board of Supervisors. Ritter is running unopposed to keep her seat.

The lawsuit that produced the Warren Settlement Agreement “very much created an us-versus-them scenario,” Ritter says.

Ritter also talks about flood protection in the aftermath of fires in the interview, and notes that there will be an “entire meeting” about flooding on April 28.

Scroll down this page to our video feature to see an interview excerpt. Supervisor Peter Durfee, who is running to keep his seat in District 2, has not responded to ChicoSol’s interview request.

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Supervisor Tami Ritter talks about homelessness, flooding and crisis intervention

Ritter speaks about her work on the Board of Supervisors as an unopposed candidate in District 3. See our interview with District 2 candidate Marianne Paiva on our video page here.

Video produced by Yucheng Tang. Interview conducted by Yucheng Tang and Leslie Layton.

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Reader Comments

Apr 11
“I had just read this article. Interestingly, just last week, I was riding my bike downtown for the first time in a while. I commented to my daughter who I was with,…”
Diana Jackson on Council stalemate stalls downtown makeover
Apr 09
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