We sent a letter to the council this morning and hope you will take a few minutes to review it, and perhaps send one yourself. The council appointees are as terrible as we would have expected from this council, shady no-bid contracts are being awarded to council cronies, City Attorney Ewing is updating the city’s anti-homeless ordinances to try to pull one over on the public(and the judge), and a right-wing Trump associate is being awarded another no-bid contract to provide services to the city. Phew. This is nuts even for Chico of late.

A new nonprofit Point of Contact has generated some local controversy despite winning approval from Butte County, and a short-term, no-bid contract…

It's Solutions Month, and we would be remiss if we didn't address organizations with troubling practices and highlight alternatives. There are a couple of troubling groups in Chico fundraising for purported “solutions” to environmental problems and homelessness that are extremely problematic.