Public safety comes first. That does not make it untouchable. Opinion Piece Political Cartoon - Satire Mark Mezzano, candidate for City Council, has drawn a hard line. Public safety, he says, is off limits for budget cuts. At the Chamber of Commerce forum on September 16, he refused to put police and fire on the table and instead pointed to park promises and other spending. He is not the only candidate talking that way. The priority is right. The blank check is not. A city ha

REDDING — Redding’s general fund is in “significant financial distress,” Interim City Manager Michael Webb told the City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Consultants then walked the council through the first batch of “quick wins” from a $300,000 efficiency study — most of them one-time cleanups, not permanent cuts. Circle 6 Consulting screened $82.6 million in potentially releasable capacity across city funds. After staff validation, $14.3 million was released, recovered or reali

Councilmember Tenessa Audette Mountain Top Media is inviting the public to hear about the budget challenges facing the City of Redding. Councilmember Tenessa Audette spent months last year reviewing budget reports, staff documents, and audits. During city council meetings, then-Mayor Jack Munns repeatedly interrupted her and limited her ability to question staff about how budget figures were derived. Under subsequent Mayor Mike Littau, she was also not permitted to fully pres

The Redding City Council held its regular meeting on May 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the City Council Chambers. The session lasted approximately 2 hours and 13 minutes and covered routine business, financial updates, public safety items, and forward-looking decisions on key city assets. Master Fee Schedule Increases Hearing Scheduled for June 16 Council members and staff referenced upcoming discussions on potential master fee schedule increases, with a public hearing set for the

Living in Shasta County or Redding is getting more expensive for regular taxpayers — and a big reason is the growing cost of public employees. Top government workers are earning compensation packages that most local families can only dream of. But that’s only part of the story. These high salaries come with very expensive lifetime pensions that taxpayers are still paying for years after these employees retire.

The Redding City Council convened Tuesday for a lengthy meeting dominated by extended public comment on the administrative leave and reinstatement of Police Chief Brian Barner, followed by formal council action to appoint a new city manager and renewed discussion of Civic Auditorium funding through an ad hoc committee originally formed last month.

Tensions flair up as Redding City Mayor Jack Munns Won't Allow Council Member Audette to Use Her PointPoint Presentation to Address Issues with the City Finance Director's Response to Her Budget Findings Report