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Resident accuses rescue mission staff of expelling a woman after a seizure, urges accountability
Summary
At Oroville's July 21 council meeting, resident Rhonda Magnuson alleged a woman with epilepsy was ejected from the Oroville Rescue Mission after having a seizure and criticized remarks she attributed to a council member. The speaker demanded accountability and said she plans legal action; the council cut off the comment when time expired.
Rhonda Magnuson told the council she wanted to correct a prior figure and said the Orville Rescue Mission receives federal and city funding totaling $8,550,000 over five years. She alleged that, after a seizure, a long-term resident was told to leave and that staff and other residents responded violently, and she said the mission's leaders showed no accountability.
"Their family, their friends, their church members, and there is no accountability for any of it," Magnuson said during the public comment period, later addressing a council member by name over social-media comments she described as inflammatory. The mayor and the presiding officer ended Magnuson's time after repeated interruptions.
Council did not take action on the specific allegation during the meeting. The mayor closed the comment and moved to the next speaker; the transcript records no immediate staff or council response beyond enforcing the public comment time limit.
