6 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY August 3-9, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com THE BUZZ FREE SPEECH As we reported on July 26, the Monterey County Weekly has joined the legal battle seeking to unseal reports by neutral, third-party monitors detailing conditions inside Monterey County Jail. The Weekly, alongside the First Amendment Coalition and the families of two men who died in the jail, are seeking status as intervenors in the ongoing federal class-action case between jail inmates and the County of Monterey (as well as the jail’s health care provider, Wellpath). After U.S. District Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman ruled on July 21 to unseal the reports, the county and Wellpath filed a notice to take their case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and also a motion for a stay, seeking to block their release pending a potential appellate decision. A week later, on July 28, Freeman ruled to deny the county and Wellpath’s motion for a stay. But she also extended the date by which plaintiffs’ attorneys are to file over 30 reports in the publicly viewable court record until Aug. 10, giving the defendants time to seek a stay with the Court of Appeals. That means the fight to bring public transparency to conditions inside the jail may drag on a while longer. Good: No need to travel far to see one of the top 20 barrel racers in the world, not after Delaney Fowler of Royal Oaks finished 16th at the 75th annual National High School Rodeo finals, held last month in Gillette, Wyoming. The 16-yearold—and her appropriately named horse, Goodwin—powered through the course with a time of 18.3 seconds to reach the elite class. Fowler described the feeling as “surreal.” She was the only barrel racer from California to advance to the final round, which took place on July 22. “I felt so much pride to represent the state of California,” she said in a press statement. The annual event pitted cowboys and cowgirls from across the country, neighboring Canada and Mexico, and as far overseas as Australia. Fowler is also the reigning California High School Rodeo Association Queen, representing District 4, which includes Monterey County. GREAT: There is hope for at least one Salinas couple—and over a million others nationwide—when it comes to Social Security Disability Insurance and marriage status. Lori Long and Mark Contreras got engaged in 2016, only to learn that Long, who has been disabled since childhood, would lose a critical benefit if she marries a non-disabled person. She successfully lobbied U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, to take up her cause, and last year, he introduced the Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act. That bill stalled, but on July 27, during Disability Pride Month, he reintroduced it. 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Start Time: 6:00 pm Accessible in person, online, or via phone Marina: Marina Library, 190 Seaside Cir Tuesday, August 1, 2023 (English) Wednesday, August 2, 2023 (Spanish) Salinas: El Gabilan Library, 1400 North Main St Thursday, August 3, 2023 (English) Monday, August 7, 2023 (Spanish) Seaside: City Council Chambers, 440 Harcourt Ave Tuesday, August 22, 2023 (English) Thursday, August 24, 2023 (Spanish) Zoom/Phone: Available for all dates Visit montereyonewater.org/zoom-forum for phone details or to join virtually Presentation will be the same at each forum Customer Service: 831-372-2385 or 831-449-6366 Proposed Billing Change Monterey One Water is considering a change to its wastewater billing process to address customer feedback. If approved, bi-monthly billing will cease on July 1, 2024 and a fee for wastewater service will be included on a parcel’s annual Property Tax Bill.
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