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Residents and county fire marshal press board as supervisors move into closed session on Avenal litigation
Summary
At a special Kings County Board of Supervisors meeting, residents urged support for Kings County Fire and denied official endorsements of a recall in Avenal; the county fire marshal asked the board for clear enforcement direction before the board convened closed session on anticipated litigation (City of Avenal v. County of Kings).
At a special meeting called in 2026, the Kings County Board of Supervisors moved into closed session to confer with legal counsel about anticipated litigation in City of Avenal v. County of Kings, a matter counsel said falls under Government Code section 54956.9. Before entering closed session, several residents and the Kings County fire marshal addressed the board.
Ginger Wallace, a resident of Avenal, said she has been working with neighbors on a recall effort but emphasized that "at no time has anybody from the board of supervisors, Richard Valle, or anybody from Kings…
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