Shasta County Board of Supervisors – October 27, 2026 Meeting Highlights Before a large crowd of citizens, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors met on October 27, 2026, to address mobile home park rent issues, automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology, library services, water infrastructure problems, budget adjustments, social services funding, and key personnel appointments. The meeting included extensive public comment on several contested items. All Supervisors w

Part of a slide presentation to the Board of Supervisors on March 18, 2025, by then-Director of Public Works Troy Bartolomei. (Click on photo to enlarge.) SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — More than 18 months after the Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted (4-1) to demolish the Old Courthouse complex and replace it with a parking lot, a public records request has turned up no formal independent assessments, internal emails, meeting notes, or cost estimates supporting the options pr

Redding, CA — Documents obtained through a Public Records Act request reveal that Shasta County Public Works staff directed a hazardous materials survey of the Old Courthouse at 1500 Court Street to be conducted specifically “for demolition purposes” more than three months before the Board of Supervisors formally voted on the building’s fate. A revised “ACC-Direction to Proceed” dated December 2, 2024, and signed by Shane Winton, Supervising Engineer, on behalf of then-Public

John Dunlap, Retired Structural Engineer, at the Shasta County Board of Supervisors' Meeting on July 28, 2026 After a review of documents produced so far by the Shasta County Department of Public Works in response to Shasta Unfiltered's Public Records Request, two experts' opinions, and information from a County whistleblower — THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE SHOULD BE PAUSED/HALTED. REDDING, Calif. — The Old Courthouse at 1500 Court Street does not have to come down. S