Memorandum
Date: May 9, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Jessica Pyska, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
Bruno Sabatier, District 2 Supervisor
Stephen L. Carter, Jr., Assistant County Administrative Officer
Matthew Rothstein, Deputy County Administrative Officer
Subject: Consideration of One-Time Dedication of 1% of Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Funding (LATCF, $30,607.51) to Support Establishment of a National Center for Public Lands Counties
Executive Summary:
As your Board will be aware, the signatories of this Memo collectively represented the County of Lake at the California State Association of Counties' (CSAC's) 2023 Legislative Conference. During this conference, Supervisor Pyska and Deputy County Administrative Officer, Matthew Rothstein, attended a Rural Caucus Meeting, at which Mono County's District 4 Supervisor, and CSAC's delegate to the National Association of Counties' (NACo's) Western Interstate Region Board (WIR, https://www.naco.org/advocacy/western-interstate-region), John Peters, presented a request on behalf of NACo that Counties consider a one-time dedication of 1% of Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Funding (LATCF) toward establishment of a National Center for Public Lands Counties.
Your Board will be aware, there are over 400,000 acres (630+ square miles) of total Public Lands within Lake County's geographic borders. This constitutes approximately half of our land mass.
Lake County encompasses approximately 849,670 acres (1,327.6 square miles)
? Clear Lake occupies roughly 40,000 acres (62 square miles)
Total Public Landmass in Lake County: 403,468 acres (630.35 square miles)
? Local Govt: 8,582 acres (13.4 square miles)
? Tribal Nations: 1,117 acres (1.75 square miles)
? USFS: 253,848 acres (396.6 square miles)
? BLM: 121,504 acres (189.85 square miles)
? State: 18,417 acres (28.75 square miles)
The County receives Payments In-Lieu of Ta...
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