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City manager announces planner hire, housing-element work with Plan West and new RHNA figures

5793043 · September 10, 2025
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City Manager Amy Nelson told the Planning Commission that Katie Schmidt has returned as city planner, that building-inspector recruitment is nearly complete, and that the city is working with Plan West to address a letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development about housing-element implementation.

City Manager Amy Nelson told the Fortuna Planning Commission that the city has filled the city planner position with Katie Schmidt and continues active recruitment for a building inspector, and she updated the commission on housing-element compliance work with a state agency. Nelson said the city is working with Plan West to respond to a letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) that expressed disappointment in the city’s housing-element…

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