Wiyot Tribe Emerges Victorious as Lawsuit Over Eureka Parking Lot Dismissed

EUREKA, California – A retired judge in Humboldt County has dismissed one of four lawsuits filed by Citizens for a Better Eureka, a special interest group funded by security National. This group aims to block several multi-family housing developments in downtown Eureka in order to preserve parking lots. The lawsuit dismissed by Judge John T. Feeney concerned a vacant parcel at the corner of Fifth and D streets, where the Wiyot Tribe plans to construct multi-income housing projects through its community land trust, Dishgamu Humboldt. The City of Eureka had already awarded contracts to the … Read more