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An effort to recall a right-wing county supervisor in Northern California has been approved by the county elections office Monday.

The California legislature passed a bill Friday that would ban hand-counting ballots in most elections. The bill was targeted directly at Shasta County in the far northern part of the state.

Shasta County has failed to reach an agreement on a new contract with the local union representing sheriff’s deputies and correctional officers. The union says low wages are creating a staffing shortage in the county jail.

The county has been without a CEO since June of last year, when Matt Pontes resigned after a political fight with county Board Chair Patrick Jones.

Supervisors in Shasta County delayed hiring Chriss Street on Tuesday as the new County Executive Officer.

California counties regularly take the Social Security benefits of foster youth who are disabled or whose parents have died. Advocates say it amounts to children paying for their own foster care.

Umatilla, Jackson and Linn Counties are among the latest to put a psilocybin service center ban on the November ballot.

Shasta County's top public health officer has avoided a possible dismissal by county supervisors.

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