LAKEPORT, Calif. – Proponents of a plan to create a 51st state will make a presentation to the Board of Supervisors next week.
The state of Jefferson will be discussed at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
Supervisor Rob Brown's memo to the board about the presentation notes that no action is being requested at this time.
“The purpose of the presentation is to fully inform the Board as to the purpose of the state of Jefferson Movement, to explain how the people of Lake County would benefit, and to allow time to ask any questions,” he said.
Mark Baird, who was a featured speaker at a July community town hall in Kelseyville on the state of Jefferson plan, will give what is expected to be a one-hour presentation to the board.
Kelseyville resident Truman Bernal, a state of Jefferson movement proponent, said Baird will speak about “why we need the new state for the northern counties, how it can be done and where the movement is at this point among other things.”
The Board of Supervisors held an initial discussion about the proposal in April. The supervisors took no action but told Bernal and other local proponents that they were open to receiving more information for further consideration.
The state of Jefferson, as currently envisioned, would include the counties of Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba in California, along with several Southern Oregon counties.
Various declaration committees in counties around Northern California are working to get support from residents and local officials.
Several county boards of supervisors – Glenn, Modoc, Siskiyou and Yuba – have voted to adopt a declaration and petition to the state Legislature to withdraw from California and join the new state. Tehama County voters in June approved a measure supporting the same action from their supervisors.
However, other counties haven't agreed, including Shasta County at a June meeting.
Then, last month, more than 100 people were reported to have attended a Plumas County Board of Supervisors meeting at which Baird made a presentation on the plan. That board also declined to support joining the movement.
For information about the state of Jefferson movement visit www.jeffersondeclaration.net .
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State of Jefferson supporters to make presentation to Board of Supervisors Dec. 2
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