The board will take up an amendment moving the new Mediko jail contract one month early, a labor deal settled after 9 months at impasse, a public hearing on a 350% sewer fee increase in Cottonwood, and a closed-session appointment to fill the Public Works director post.

Gov. Gavin Newsom used his 2026 State of the State address to put affordability, led by housing costs, at the center of his final-year agenda, calling it California’s “original sin” and urging more work to lower the cost of construction.