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ByFenitNirappil TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO California water regulators adopted sweeping, un- precedented restrictions Tuesday on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state's ongoing drought. The State Water Resources Control Board approved rules that force cities to limit watering on public property, encourage home- owners to let their lawns die and impose mandatory water-savings targets for the hundreds of local agencies and cities that supply water to California customers. Gov. Jerry Brown had pushed for the more stringent regula- tions, arguing that voluntary con- servation efforts have so far not yielded the water savings needed amid a four-year drought. He or- dered water agencies to cut over- all water use by 25 percent com- pared with 2013, the year before he declared a drought emergency. DROUGHT California regulators approve un pr ec ed en te d water cutbacks By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter Following a four-hour hearing to determine if property liens stemming from marijuana abate- ment would be reduced, the Te- hama County Board of Supervi- sors directed staff to set up a pay- ment plan for those needing it. A plan is not expected to be ready for approval for about two weeks, County Counsel Arthur Wylene said. Initially, fines were set in 2014 at $500 per day that a property was out of compliance, however, as the marijuana growing season went on it was raised to $1,000 a day. Each property had at least a 10- day period between when a notice was posted at the property of the violations and the secondary in- spection, followed by a minimum of another 10-day period between when the abatement notice was posted and when abatement was done. TEHAMA COUNTY Payment plan in works for pot abatement By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF City Manager Rich- ard Crabtree announced that he has been authorized to enter ne- gotiations with Red Bluff police Capt. Kyle Sanders to become the city's next police chief. Crabtree made the announce- ment following a closed session of the City Council on Tuesday, when council members discussed an agenda item regarding the ap- pointment of a police chief. Sanders has been with the Po- lice Department for 18 years, and he has been serving in the role of acting police chief since Chief Paul Nanfito was placed on paid administrative leave in March. Nanfito has announced that he will retire May 15. Crabtree made no further com- ments on the topic during the City Council's regular meeting, but the announcement was met with ap- plause from those in attendance at the Council Chambers. Nanfito had been the subject of a city investigation after the Red Bluff Peace Officers Associa- tion (POA) issued a vote of no con- fidence against him at a Dec. 2, 2014, City Council meeting. An attorney for the group, Brett Sherman, said at the time: "Chief Nanfito's management style is adversarial and stems from po- sitional power as a narcissistic manager. He leads by fear and intimidation and has bred a cul- ture of fear and discontent within the Red Bluff Po- lice Department." Sherman fur- ther alleged that Nanfito's leader- ship was to blame for a high turnover rate at the Police Department. The Tehama County Deputy Sheriffs' Association (DSA) in Janu- aryvotedtosupportthePOA'seffort to remove Nanfito from his post. In a letter addressed to City Council members, the president of the DSA, Dustin Maria, wrote, "It is our opinion that Chief Nan- fito has derailed the mission of the Police Department from pro- tecting and serving the public to serving his own ego." Nanfito has previously said the allegations made by the law en- forcement groups amounted to a smear campaign. RED BLUFF Citylooksinwardfornextpolicechief NegotiationstobeginwithCapt.KyleSanders By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF A woman involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday near St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital in Red Bluff was taken to the nearby hospi- tal for "precautionary measures," said Red Bluff police Sgt. Kevin Busekist. Police and emergency person- nel responded about 3 p.m. to a report of a rollover crash on Sis- ter Mary Columba Drive, near State Route 99W. Busekist said a woman, iden- tified as 52-year-old Connie Hen- inger, was driving eastbound on Sister Mary Columba Drive in a Ford Mustang, and, for an un- known reason, lost control of her vehicle, drove up an embank- ment and rolled over. The vehicle came to a rest on its roof in the roadway, and of- ficers were controlling traffic in the area. Busekist said Heninger was leaving the hospital at the time, and neither drugs nor alcohol ap- pears to be a factor in the crash. No other injuries were re- ported. RED BLUFF WOMAN HURT IN ROLLOVER CRASH PHOTOSBYANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS A woman was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for precautionary measures a er her vehicle overturned Tuesday a ernoon on Sister Mary Columba Drive in Red Bluff. Red Bluff police said alcohol or drugs do not appear to a factor in the single-vehicle crash. Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Food.................B4 Lifestyles........B5 INDEX Mark Kent of Redding will be the guest speaker for the Corning Patriots meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 7. PAGEA4 BUSINESS CorningPatriotstohear about Federal Reserve Tehama County Shrine Club is planning its golf tournament at 9a.m. Monday, May 16at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club. 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