Politics

In this video, Hollister Code Enforcement Officer Mike Chambless talks about streamlined parking rules for boats and RVs. Council members approved the first reading of the ordinance Monday.

This is video from Monday's meeting where the Hollister council approved the use of $240,000 in housing funds from the defunct RDA in the event a home classified as affordable cannot be resold in the next two months. Hollister resident Marvin Jones questions the transaction here:

San Benito County supervisors have decided to try a new strategy in searching for a candidate to fill a top management position in hopes of saving money during a cash-strapped year.

The San Benito County Free Library has increased access to technology for community members with a donation of eight iPad 2s. The equipment donated by Edward Dodd and his wife is valued at more than $3,400.

The Hollister Redevelopment Agency may be defunct, but that doesn’t mean its functions all went away with it.

San Benito County Supervisors will discuss a plan of action to persuade the state to allow them to apply for a community development block grant in this year despite a new rule that essential makes the county ineligible in 2013 at a Tuesday supervisors’ meeting at 9 a.m.

With regulations on boats and recreational vehicles scattered throughout the city code, council members are set to consider streamlining those rules at their Monday meeting.

In past years, the budget hearing process in San Benito County has taken up to six days, allowing for department heads, members of the public and supervisors to discuss the details of every budget unit in the county.

The countywide intergovernmental committee will hold its next meeting in a week.

In past years, the budget hearing process in San Benito County has taken up to six days, allowing for department heads, members of the public and supervisors to discuss the details of every budget unit in the county. But this year, supervisors are considering a different process.