Politics

Hollister School District trustees approved using bond money to fix water damage in the ceiling of a classroom at Ladd Lane School during the board meeting this week.

Supervisor Jerry Muenzer broke his silence after acting as the swing vote Tuesday when the county board approved a ban against outdoor medical marijuana grows.

San Benito High School District trustees heard a report on the location of campus supervisors and their job duties during their meeting last week.

San Benito County is set to have one of the strictest anti-marijuana laws in the state after the board's 3-2 approval Tuesday supporting a ban against all outdoor medical pot grows in unincorporated areas.

The governor has signed legislation to forgive San Benito County of millions of dollars in tax debt, according to a county official.

After previously deciding on a Southside Road location, the county board is revisiting the chosen site for a future, permanent homeless shelter.

San Benito County's transit agency has signed on to revive the defunct Mobility Partnership, which previously involved a coalition of the region's counties examining expansion of Highway 152 and Highway 25 at the Santa Clara County border, according to local officials.

Supervisor Margie Barrios pointed to recent cases involving illegal marijuana-growing operations here in making the case to outlaw any local cultivation of legal pot, too.

San Benito County supervisors are considering an ordinance to ban outdoor growth of marijuana in unincorporated areas and restrict indoor growth to 12 plants.