Politics

The Hollister School District is set to hold its regular meeting Feb. 26, and trustees will consider a change to the dual language program for seventh- and eighth-grade students, among other items. 

The San Juan Bautista City Council on Tuesday is set to consider an update to the development impact fees and other matters.

The State Department of Finance has questioned certain funding obligations scheduled by the city while acting as the redevelopment successor agency.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Among the items on the agenda, supervisors will weigh adjustments to the clerk's office fee schedule in an effort to increase revenue in tough financial times.

The San Benito County Water District Board of Directors is scheduled to hold a special meeting Thursday.

Emergency resources personnel from San Benito County gathered Thursday morning for a four-hour workshop to discuss how sharing information with community members might play out in a serious emergency situation – including notes on the benefits and pitfalls of social media, needs of traditional media outlets and what role different agencies might have in an emergency.

In case you missed them, here are links to recent, local videos on the Free Lance website. You can submit your own video files for consideration to [email protected].

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.