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From:Schuman, Amy
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Cook, Holly;Ring, Brian;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen
Cc:Clerk of the Board;Macarthy, Jennifer;York, Danette;Pickett, Andy;Bernstein, Robert;Paulsen, Shaina
Subject:FW: North State Counties Conference
Date:Monday, October 5, 2020 1:14:30 PM
Attachments:Butte County.pdf
Good afternoon,
Forwarding this onto everyone in the BOS Group that was not included on the initial email.
The attached letter was sent to the Supervisors by the Office of Assemblyman James Gallagher
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requesting selection of a representative to participate in a North State Conference October 29
regarding COVID-19 and State governing.
Amy Schuman
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
O: 530.552.3300 |D: 530.552.3308 | F: 530.538.7120
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From: Cordi, Juleah <Juleah.Cordi@asm.ca.gov>
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2020 5:32 PM
To: Lambert, Steve <SLambert@buttecounty.net>
Cc: Connelly, Bill <BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Ritter, Tami <TRitter@buttecounty.net>; Teeter,
Doug <DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Lucero, Debra <DLucero@buttecounty.net>; Pickett, Andy
<APickett@buttecounty.net>; Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: North State Counties Conference
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Chairman Lambert,
On behalf of Assembly members Gallagher, Kiley, Dahle and Senators Nielsen and Dahle please see
the attached letter requesting participation from Butte County to discuss local control related to
COVID-19.
Thanks,
Juleah
Juleah M. Cordi
District Coordinator
Office of Assemblyman James Gallagher
2060 Talbert Dr., Suite 110
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: 530-895-4217
Fax: 530-895-4219
“Courage, dear heart.” – C.S. Lewis
October 1, 2020
Chairman Steve Lambert
Butte County Board of Supervisors
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200
Oroville, CA 95965
Chairman Lambert:
In these trying times, the disconnect between the state government in Sacramento and our way of
life in Northern California has never been more painfully clear. The extended State of Emergency
has destroyed even the appearance of representative government and left our communities as mere
subjects of overreaching state power.
As we now enter the seventh month of the State of Emergency, with no end in sight, it is time to
consider every legal and political lever at our disposal to restore representative democracy for our
citizens. We take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously but our response to the threat must be one
that is undertaken through free and representative government. This has not been the case in
California.
The Governor has assumed broad powers during this open-ended emergency and through his
Department of Public Health has instituted arbitrary and capricious rules that restrict and severely
limit the ability of our citizens to pursue their livelihood. The education and mental health of our
children languish under inadequate distance learning when our schools could be safely re-opened.
The metrics have changed several times, yet each time have worked against counties like ours.
All of this has been done by the dictates of one man and a select group of bureaucrats. There has
been no representative government. In fact, despite our protests, our Legislature has been
complicit and failed to provide any check against this gross abuse of power. Worst of all, the
influence of Sacramento special
interests more than public health and the well-being of our citizens. We will call it exactly what it
is: an autocracy, and not a benevolent one.
To keep compliance with this assumed autocratic rule, the Governor threatens our counties into
compliance with his undemocratic rules by refusing to release federal CARES Act dollars
earmarked to support our counties during this pandemic. He also threatens to withhold vital
realignment dollars to support public safety and health in our counties. He sends state agents to
threaten and fine our businesses. Our small businesses languish, and our unemployed citizens are
forced to suffer under an incompetent EDD that fails to pay their entitled benefits.
In such times, it is incumbent upon us as elected leaders to guard the freedom and representative
democracy that are the fundamental part of the social contract between our people and the State of
California. In that light, we are holding a conference of North State representatives to be held on
October 29th. At this conference, delegates from each county will seek common ground on topics
such as the re-opening of the economy and our civic life, the re-opening of our schools, and actions
We request that you appoint a delegate with the appropriate authorization to attend the
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October 29 conference and consider these topics.
Together let us continue to lead our people through these trying times. To notify us of your
selection to the conference, please email juleah.cordi@asm.ca.gov. All conference details will be
sent to the appointed delegate in the coming weeks.
Sincerely,
JIM NIELSEN
JAMES GALLAGHER
Senator, District 4
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Assemblymember, 3 District
BRIAN DAHLE
KEVIN KILEY
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Senator, District 1
Assemblymember, 6 District
MEGAN DAHLE
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Assemblymember, 1 District
CC:
Bill Connelly, County Supervisor
Tami Ritter, County Supervisor
Doug Teeter, County Supervisor
Debra Lucero, County Supervisor
Andy Pickett, County Administrative Officer
Ashley Snyder, Board Clerk