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vol . 2, no. 27 : march 8-14, 2023 : losgatan.com
tribute to benny pierce p11 : flor de maria p14: upcoming events p15 : ny times crossword puzzle p17 Drew Penner/Los Gatan
AFTER DISCIPLINE DECISION, FIRST AMENDMENT ADVOCATE SETS SIGHTS ON TOWN
Watering restrictions could be modified after wet season, water district says
ACLU says Los Gatos’ censure of Planning Commissioner was meant to ‘chill’ free speech
Olivia Wy nkoop, Bay City News
The state’s continuous stormy weather is only making California’s large snowpack even larger, state water officials confirmed during their third snow survey of the year. Combined with the series of winter storms that hit California in December and January, recent storms have given the state an above-average snowpack. Results from the state’s latest manual snow survey, conducted on March 3, recorded 116.5 inches of snow depth at the Sierra Nevada's Phillips Station,
Drew Penner, Reporter
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California says Los Gatos’ censure of a Planning Commissioner—who wrote to the California Department of Housing and Community Development in November about a housing-related referendum that upended plans to increase residential density in town, then was chastised for her use of language in the email—violated her free speech rights. It’s now demanding answers about how the process to punish Kylie Clark played out and has asked the municipality to reverse its formal reprimand— noting it appears Los Gatos didn’t follow its own procedures in writing her up, allowing the public to lambast her and then ordering her to counseling. “Indeed, these disciplinary measures were specifically designed to chill future speech and to force Ms. Clark to con➝ ACLU, 8
STATE’S HEFTY SNOWPACK CONTINUES TO GROW
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WARNING A makeshift pedestrian crossing connects Harmon Gulch, a rugged road in the Santa Cruz Mountains that was washed out during the January storms. The weather continues to wreak havoc on local infrastructure. Six days of lane closures of Highway 17 begin Wednesday as Caltrans crews clear fallen trees damaged in the storms. One southbound lane from Bear Creek to Summit Road will be closed from 9am to 3pm through Friday. The following week, a northbound lane will be closed during the same hours Monday through Wednesday from Summit Road to Blossom Hill Road.
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