City Manager Newsletter By TRACKDOWN MANAGEMENT "Providing thread to help stitch together the fabric of the City Management Community" December, 2014 Issue Page | 1 Volume No. 8: Issue No. 20 Yreka Volume No. 8, Issue No. 9 Gilroy Those with Yreka, California Service. Prior to our pause in the "north-bound sequence" to visit Oroville City Manager Randy Murphy, we had arrived in the City of Redding from our stops in Corning and Anderson. Redding is where my second-cousin Tammy Jaramillo-Martinelli and her family live. So now, heading north from Redding, we stop in the historic City of Yreka. Yreka is 21 miles south of the Oregon border. Yreka is the county seat of Siskiyou County, Eric Beebe, Dani Beebe and Jacki "Cookie" Simpson located in the Shasta Valley at an elevation of Beebe of Anthem, Arizona. All three are California 2,500 feet above sea level. It has a current natives. Cookie is a graduate of California State population of about 7,290. The city is 42 mile University, Sacramento, and she earned a teaching south of Medford, Oregon, and 227 miles north credential at California State University, Long Beach. of Sacramento. Eric is in high school and Dani is in middle school. / http / http http http / / http http://www.ocsec.com/ http http://www.ocsec.com/ / / / http.aspx Jack & Susan Simpson, 16707 Gerritt Avenue, Cerritos, CA 90703 O | 562/926-0800 M | 562/896-5424 M | 310/418-1035 www.trackdownmanagement.net | [email protected] | [email protected] City Manager Newsletter By Trackdown Management Page 2 December, 2014 Yreka Trackdown Posse Roster: borah CollinsGregory began Korduner, Retiredher workingCity Manager career in Sausalito as an Administrative Assistant Howard Chambers, Lakewood with an informationMike Egan technology, Norwalk and services firm in 1983. In 1984 she went to work Lyle Defenbaugh, CalTrust as a softwareErnie Garcia support, Retired Norwalk technician City Manager for an on - line software systems company in Chico. She joined theJoe TannerChico, Retired city City Managerstaff in 1994 as Community Services Officer (CSO), and in Dave Carmany, La Puente 2001 sheKen Bayless took, Retired, a Management Greater L.A. Vector Control Analyst District with the Chico Police Department. In 2009 Kevin O’Rourke, KOLGS/PARS she movedRichard Ramirez to the, Retired City City Manager, Manager's American Canyon Office in a Management Analyst post. Deborah Vern Lawson, Lancaster earned aDon BA Penman in social, Retired Citywork Manager from, Arcadia California State University,http://www.tripepismith.com/ Chico, and an MS in law Anthony Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son from ChamplainErnesto Marquez College., Hawaiian Gardens Ryder Smith and Tripepi Smith & A ssociates field a Gary K. & Mary Jo Sloan, Retired La Mirada City Manager professional team that brings a strong background Andy Takata , Retired City Manager in pursu it of new and innovative approaches and Marcia Raines, Millbrae skills in marketing, technology and public affairs. Anthony R. Ybarra, South El Monte Arthur C. Simonian, Retired City Manager Ken Caresio, Retired Duarte City Manager Wade McKinney, Indian Wells CM & President of CCMF Those with Yreka, Doug LaBelle, Retired Chino Hills City Manager California Service . John Keisler, Long Beach Sam Olivito, California Contract Cities Association Jack Lam, Retired Rancho Cucamonga City Manager Larry F. Pennell, Retired Wasco City Manager Gary Chicots, Retired City Manager The City of Yreka was Fred Latham, Retired Santa Fe Springs City Manager settled in 1851 and Anthony Lopez, Retired City Manager incorporation proceedings Dr. Bill Mathis, Mathis Group City of Cerritos were completed on April Roy Pederson, ICMA Past-President 21, 1857. The people Bruce Williams, Retired City Manager Troy Butzlaff, Placentia arrived during the gold Rod Foster, Laguna Niguel r ush of the late 1840s and 1850s. The story is that Dale Geldert, Retired CDF Director while traveling along the Siskiyou Trail from Rita Geldert, Retired Vista City Manager Gene Rogers, Moreno Valley Retired City Manager southern Oregon in March, 1851, Abraham Chuck Robinson, Deputy City Manager, Tustin Thompson , a mule train packer, discovered Gary Milliman, Brookings, Oregon John Gillison, Rancho Cucamonga gold near Rocky Gulch. By April, 1851, 2,000 Laura Behjan, Retired CM, Simi Valley miners had arrived in "Thompson's Dry Diggins" Doug Dunlap, Retired City Manager, Pomona to test their luck, and by June, 1851, a gold rush Richard Rowe, Retired City Manager Robert Dickey, Former CM & retired DPW, South Gate "boomtown" of tents, shanties and a few rough Randy Bomgaars, Bellflower, Past CCCA President cabins had sprung up. Several name changes Marshall Linn, Urban Futures, Founder & Chairman Jeff Mathieu, Big Bear Lake City Manager occurred until the little city was finally called Clay Curtin, Menlo Park " Yreka ." One story is that the name comes Jim Lewis, Pismo Beach City Manager Kevin Duggan, ICMA & retired City Manager from the Shasta Indian language for which David Jinkens, Retired City Manager Mount Shasta is named. The word means "north Charles G. "Guy" Huffaker, Retired City Manager mountain" or "white mountain." Judie & Mike Sedell, Retired Simi Valley City Manager Rod B. Butler, Upland City Manager Ray Harris, Retired Public Official Jason Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son " Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is Philip Vince, Point Arena City Manager better than silver or gold." Paul Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son --Bob Marley City Manager Newsletter By Trackdown Management Page 3 December, 2014 Yreka Those with Yreka, borah Collins began her working career in Sausalito as an Administrative Assistant California Service. with an information technology and services firm in 1983. In 1984 she went to work Another story is that through an accident, a as a software support technician for an on-line software systems company in Chico. Shebakeshop joined thehad aChico canvas city sign staff that inhad 1994 not yetas Community Services Officer (CSO), and in been put up, but was painted and stretched to http://www.hdlcompanies.com/ 2001dry shein the took sun a in Management such a way that Analyst the word with the Chico Police Department. In 2009 she"BAKERY," moved all to but the the City "B," Manager'sshowed through Office and in a ManagementFounded in 1983 by Analyst former Finance post. Director Deborah and City Managers Robert Hinderliter, who championed legislation was reversed. A stranger read it wrong end first, earned a BA in social work from California State University,allowing independent Chico, verification and of an State MS Board in of law YREKA, and supposed that the name of the from Champlain College. Equalization sales tax records. The firm expanded and camp, or settlement was that: "YREKA." Those improved with the help of the partnership of former City in the settlement were satisfied with the name, Manager Lloyd de Llamas. Andy Nickerson is President. and adopted it. Reportedly, the original Yreka Bakery was founded in 1856 by Frederick Deng. The palindrome was recognized early on and advertised, "Spell Yreka Bakery backwards and you will know where to get a good loaf of bread." An ad in the Yreka Semi-Weekly Journal used that line o n May 23, 1863 and states that twelve loaves sold for $1. California's drought touches places far and wide. This is the Sacramento Airport. Notice that the once green landscape is dirt brown. Eventually the Yreka Bakery moved to its long- time location on West Miner Street where it operated under several ownerships until it closed in 1965. The historic building, the Brown- Nickell-Authenrieth Building, currently houses a On the third Thursday of each November, the American Cancer restaurant. Society promotes the Great American Smokeout by encouraging smokers to use that date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking on that day. By quitting — even for one day — smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life – one that can lead to reducing cancer risk. http://www.nwfg.com/ Newcomb Williams Financial Group (NWFG) is a woman-owned investment banking firm providing 935 Laguna Canyon Road underwriting and financial advisory services to Laguna Beach public agencies, including school districts, and December 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 & 21, 2014 non -profit corporations. Contact Pam Newcomb, Come out and see the artistry of retired Assistant City Manager Sandy Groves! Janees Williams or Beth Fawcett for inquiries. City Manager Newsletter By Trackdown Management Page 4 December, 2014 Yreka Those with Yreka, borah Collins began her working career in Sausalito as an Administrative Assistant California Service. with an information technology and services firm in 1983. In 1984 she went to work as Priora software to 1970, thesupport City's water technician sources includedfor an on -line softwarehttp://www.nortonrosefulbright.com systems company in Chico. Shea joinednumber the of Chico wells cityand staff reservoirs. in 1994 Theas Community Services Officer (CSO), and in Greenhorn Dam and Reservoir was a major In June 2013, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. joined forces with 2001source she of took water a toManagement the City, but the Analyst quantity ofwith theNorton Chico Rose Policeas Norton Department.Rose Fulbright. Super LawyersIn 2009 2014 lists11-firm lawyers as being among the top lawyers in shewater moved available to the during City drought Manager's conditions Office was in a Management Analyst post. Deborah questionable. Southern California; five others are listed as "rising stars." earned a BA in social work from California State University, Chico, and an MS in law fromAs theChamplain City grew, droughts College. and water shortages Yreka is known as the city where "History Lives began to have greater impacts, and there On." The gold-mining era is commemorated in Yreka with a gold museum, as well as with a were critical water shortages during the remnant of a former silver mining operation in summers of 1944, 1955, 1957, 1959, and 1966.