By Councilmember John Erickson In 2025, the headlines throughout California told a similar and unsettling story: rising rents and housing element battles, visible encampments, fentanyl overdoses, retail theft, traffic deaths, and climate change. These are not isolated crises. They are interconnected challenges that demand regional collaboration and local leadership acting with urgency, courage, and pragmatism. … Continue reading Looking back on ’25. Looking forward to ’26.