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After Heated Hearing, Yuba Supervisors Confirm Abatement Costs but Slash Administrative Penalty

Yuba County Board of Supervisors · January 27, 2026
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Summary

Following a contested public hearing about a Plumas Lake property with animal‑welfare and biological‑hazard findings, the board confirmed abatement and liening costs but reduced the administrative penalty by half, resulting in a confirmed assessment of $17,864.70 (motion passed 3–2).

After a lengthy public hearing, the Yuba County Board of Supervisors confirmed abatement costs for the property at 1406 Sundance Drive in Plumas Lake but directed a 50% reduction in the administrative penalty. Code enforcement staff had presented a cost accounting of $28,364.70 tied to abating what staff described as pervasive biological hazards (approximately 160 live cats, 46 deceased cats, pervasive cat urine and feces) and associated abatement work. Harrison Bierstacker, code enforcement administrative analyst, described health and safety findings and said the certificate of occupancy had been revoked during the enforcement process.

Property owner Valerie Arons contested the process and elements of the…

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