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After heavy public comment, board directs staff to reaffirm 2016 stance on former Loran Station transfer
Summary
Following extensive public testimony from Middletown Rancheria and local veterans, supervisors signaled consensus to send GSA a letter reaffirming the county’s 2016 decision not to seek transfer of the 733‑acre parcel surrounding the former Loran/Coast Guard site and to continue conversations with the tribe and community partners.
Lake County supervisors discussed a March 18, 2026 letter from the U.S. General Services Administration asking whether the county wished to change its 2016 position declining transfer of roughly 733 acres surrounding the former Loran (Lorain) Station near Middletown.
Assistant County Administrative Officer Steven Carter outlined the history: congress authorized a transfer in 2000 of land surrounding the station but previous boards declined because the gift carried substantial obligations — surveys, legal descriptions, maintenance of firebreaks, fencing, and retained federal reversion rights if the land were used commercially or transferred without authorization.…
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