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TUESDAY JULY 27, 2010 Breaking news at: Community Canneries American Profile www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Football Info SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 101/65 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Local inns speak out on tourist tax hike ‘If (the city) thinks this is the way they’re By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer A proposal to raise the tran- sient occupancy tax will not make it on the November ballot, but local hoteliers are taking steps to make sure the topic does not come up again in two years. Hoteliers met Monday to discuss their take on the propos- al and offered suggestions on how the city can balance its budget without going after the lodging industry. The proposed tax increase, which would be paid by those staying at local hotels, was mentioned as a way for the city to recoup traffic control costs for special events at the fair- grounds, but was dropped after limited support. Of a list of 15 special events that create overtime costs for going to make money, they’re wrong’ DJ Deol, Comfort Inn general manager the Red Bluff Police Depart- ment only two, the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale and the Red Bluff Round-Up Rodeo, generate a large amount of income for hotels, said DJ Deol, general manager of the Comfort Inn. The other events are attended by mostly locals, not See TAX, page 7A Oar power to you Lightning sparks North State fires By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Several lightning caused fires started Sunday in Northern California, including a small one in Tehama County. The past 24 hours saw 3,500 lightning strikes, which caused 29 confirmed fires within CalFire’s jurisdiction, a press release received Monday said. Tehama County had one fire caused by a single snag lightning strike reported Sunday evening in the Mill Creek area, a Cal- Fire spokeswoman said. The fire, which ‘It is extremely important that residents be extra cautious right now as crews are busy with lightning sparked fires and we can’t afford a negligent human caused fire’ Courtesy photo The Redding YMCA Rowing Club will attend the 4th Annual Red Bluff Canoe & Kayak Drag Races Saturday and row the 10km race as an exhibition. After the race. members will be giving free orientation rows in one of their racing shells to anyone who would like to try. Canoe, kayak races offer all a chance to compete By BEN HUGHES Special to the DN The Exchange Club of Red Bluff will hold the 4th Annual Great National Canoe & Kayak Drag Races beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at Red Bluff River Park. Ben Hughes, committee chairman, said that this year the event promises to be bigger and better than ever. The event was moved from May, when it was held for the past three years, to July to take advantage of one of the last summer lakes that Red Bluff will experience. In recent days Lake Red Bluff has been a beehive of Canoe and Kayak activity. “I hope all of those folks are Corning to vote on pot ban By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council will look into extending its tem- porary ban on medical marijuana collectives, dispensaries and coop- eratives within city lim- its at tonight’s meeting. The public hearing for the one-year exten- sion will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Woodson School Gym on Toomes Avenue. The city has the option of extending the ordinance after the hear- ing for up to 10 months and 15 days, but the temporary ordinance requires a four-fifths vote to do so. With only four mem- bers on the City Coun- cil, which has voted 2-2 on several issues since the departure of former Councilwoman Becky Hill, all members of the council must agree for the ordinance to pass. A 45-day temporary ordinance was passed Aug. 11, 2009 with an extension set to expire on Aug. 6 passing 4-1 in September 2009. Hill was the lone no vote. If passed, this would be the final time the temporary ordinance could be extended, Plan- ning Director John Stoufer said. The staff report rec- ommends the extension to allow the city to review cases such as the Qualified Patients vs. City of Anaheim case, on which no ruling has been issued. The extension would allow the council to wait for results on the November ballot mea- sure “Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010,” the report said. Also up for discus- sion tonight will be 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BAN, page 7A practicing for this year’s races,” Hughes said. The event is planned to pro- vide something for everyone. There will be the traditional Challenge Races for community bragging rights for the fastest family, commercial or business entity, government agency and unlimited categories. Others are welcome to create their own challenges and a stand-up pad- dleboard race has been pro- See OAR, page 7A burned a 10th of an acre, was con- tained at the time it was reported at 10:38 p.m. There are no larger lightning caused fires in or near Tehama County, she said. The Tehama-Glenn CalFire unit has sent out six Daniel Berlant, CalFire strike teams of engines, six strike teams of crews, one strike team of dozers, a helicopter and overhead that are dedicated to lightning fires, the spokeswoman said. The units were sent to the Lassen-Modoc area. People shouldn’t try to put lightning caused fires out themselves, but instead they should get away from the area with the fire and call 911 to report it, said Tehama- Glenn Unit Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn. Lassen County had 27 confirmed fires in CalFire jurisdiction Monday with the largest being the Russell Fire, which had no containment and 200 acres burned, a release said. The fire, which started at 1:25 p.m. Sunday accord- ing to a CalFire website is east of Straylor Lake and is one of 15 in the Bieber area of Lassen County. There is a red flag warning for dry thunderstorms in effect in Lassen County, which continues through this morning, a CalFire release said. See FIRES, page 7A Schwarzenegger could leave state without budget LOS ANGELES (AP) — Without a budget resolu- tion in sight, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hinted Monday that he might not sign a budget before he leaves office next January unless he gets the reforms he wants. California faces a $19 billion deficit for the fiscal year that began July 1, and Schwarzenegger is demanding pension, tax and spending reforms in the new budget. He said that if the Legislature doesn’t give him a budget that meets his expectations, he won’t act on it. ‘‘If I don’t get all of the things that we need in order to be fiscally responsible ... I will not sign a budget and it could actually drag out until the next governor gets into office,’’ Schwarzenegger told reporters after meeting with the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Schwarzenegger also told the chamber that he opposes a ballot initiative in November to pass a budget with a simple majority vote of the state Legislature, rather than the current two- thirds majority. Earlier this month, the ‘If I don’t get all of the things that we need in order to be fiscally responsible ... I will not sign a budget and it could actually drag out until the next governor gets into office’ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Field Poll found that 65 per- cent of voters favor Proposi- tion 25, which backers say would make it easier for lawmakers to pass a budget. 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The governor, a moder- ate Republican, said allow- ing passage of a budget by simple majority vote would give too much power to the dominant party in the Legis- lature. ‘‘One party will make all the decisions,’’ Schwarzenegger said. California isn’t facing a cash crisis as severe in the past, but without a budget the state will start to have trouble meeting its obliga- tions. According to the state controller’s office, Califor- nia will have enough cash for the month of August. After that, the state has to delay payments to schools and local governments and possibly issue IOUs again. The governor on Mon- day tried to stress the sever- ity of the state’s financial problems as California See BUDGET, page 7A