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County launches $100,000 public campaign to oppose Fountain Wind; PIO reports high digital reach
Summary
Shasta County public information officer David Mung updated the Board of Supervisors on a county-funded campaign opposing the Fountain Wind project, reporting strong digital reach and 605 formal docket submissions; supervisors and members of the public urged continued legal and public-pressure strategies.
David Mung, Shasta County public information officer, briefed the Board of Supervisors on the county's community action campaign against the Fountain Wind project, a proposed large-scale wind-energy development in eastern Shasta County.
Mung said the county launched a marketing and outreach effort in November 2023 after the project applied to the California Energy Commission (CEC) under AB 205, which allows some projects to seek state approval despite local rejections. "To date from the beginning of the website's conception to last Friday, March 7, we've received 32,000 views of this website," Mung said. He told the board the county spent under $58,000 of an allocated $100,000 and had focused on digital ads, direct mail and an email blast. "Cumulatively, these ads have received just…
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