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Supervisors hear hot issues today

A 25-year half-cent transportation sales tax. A report on a prison inmate re-entry facility. Big Sur post-fire rebuilding guidelines. The proposed Natividad Medical Center-Health Department merger. And, the most recent timeline for review of the county's long-delayed general plan.

Today's Board of Supervisors agenda includes a cross-section of some of the most high-profile issues, recent and ongoing, on the county's docket in the midst of a sparse summer schedule for the board. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m., and continue with an afternoon session at 1:30.

In the morning, the supervisors will consider placing the half-cent sales tax on the Nov. 4 ballot, and hear a report from state corrections officials on the progress made in finding a site for the proposed prison inmate community re-entry facility…

LINK - MontereyHerald.com