Great Humboldt County 3rd District Supervisorial Forum!

Mark Lovelace

Humboldt Association of Realtors had a great candidate forum tonight between two great people, incumbent Mark Lovelace and challenger Karen Brooks, who are both running for Humboldt County’s 3^rd County Supervisor seat!  Both candidates did a great job of fielding some tough questions and communicating many similarities, but also some key differences in how they would respond to upcoming issues in the County.

• Karen Brooks said that she would like to take the county housing element “back to the drawing board.”
• Mark Lovelace noted that “infill only works if that’s what the people want.”
• Brooks, when asked about the issue of  “shaded parcels,” said that the shading that the county did was “unethical and illegal.”
• Lovelace is working to allow landowners to file “non-industrial timber management plans” at less expense to enhance their ability to manage resource lands.
• Brooks is open to the idea of outsourcing many of the planning department’s permitting processes to local agencies.
• Lovelace believes that a key government role in the planning process is to “balance the property rights of an owner with the property rights of his neighbors.”

Karen Brooks

I am thankful that both candidates came out on a rainy night to give us their thoughtful, sometimes provocative answers to some tough county problems.  It was an entertaining and informative forum!  Thank you, Mark & Karen, for your thoughtful responses and willingness to serve!