Board approves committee assignments but will reassess community warning system after public concern

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approved annual committee appointments and minor corrections to prior appointees, and the board agreed to revisit where oversight of the county’s community warning system should sit after public comment and supervisor discussion.

At the start of the business portion the board passed its consent calendar (items C1–C109) unanimously and then turned to board appointments. Chair Candace Anderson said she placed herself on the Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) and community warning system committee because she wants to focus on warning-system improvements countywide. She said she hoped the new District 5 supervisor, Chanel Scales Preston, would later be involved because many refineries are in Scales Preston’s district.

Several members of the public urged that District 5 be explicitly represented on the ISO committee because, they said, most refinery-related incidents and warnings…