The BoS will consider its response to the BGN on Dec 10, 2024 1:30 pm

They are looking at three options:

Option 1 (Reject the proposed Name Change, adopting the result of the Advisory Measure): In response to Advisory Measure U, Lake County residents demonstrated their Opposition to the proposed Name Change.  Members of this Board remain concerned moral questions raised by this matter are not resolved by either option.  However, it is our collective Recommendation your Committee Reject the proposed Name Change.

Option 2 (Approve the proposed Name Change): In response to Advisory Measure U, Lake County residents demonstrated their Opposition to the proposed Name Change, and members of our Board have concern changing a longstanding and valued town name is a non-trivial matter.  However, our collective awareness of the violent acts committed by Kelsey and Stone demand change.  Therefore, it is our collective Recommendation your Committee Approve the proposed Name Change.

Option 3 (no Formal Recommendation): In response to Advisory Measure U, Lake County residents demonstrated their Opposition to the proposed Name Change, and members of our Board have concern changing a longstanding and valued town name is a non-trivial matter.  However, our Board is also aware of the violent acts committed by Kelsey and Stone, and cannot endorse keeping the name.  Therefore, our Board will not be making a formal Recommendation in this federal process. 

Members of the public will be allowed to comment during the meeting -- this might be 2 or 3 minutes. Written comments ahead of the meeting can be submitted either by eMail (to all supervisors), or as an eComment on the agenda page at https://countyoflake.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx


Changing the name is a question of morals, not a majority.

We have a detailed commentary on Measure-U:
Measure U

Details

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We are anticipating a meeting of the Lake County Board of Supervisors in December to address this issue. At this moment we recommend that you do NOT email the BGN or BoS .... yet. Please join our c4h@groups.io mailing list for details.

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The most important things you can do to help change the name are

• Send an email of support to the Board on Geographic Names
• Tell your friends

See the Get Involved Page, which also has links to our Facebook Page and our online petition.

Citizens for Healing has petitioned the US Board on Geographic Names to change the name of Kelseyville to Konocti.

The unique name of Konocti honors our beautiful mountain and the native people who have lived in sight of it for fourteen thousand years. The beautiful name "Konocti" evokes images of nature, art, music, spirituality, and recreation.

The town of Kelseyville was named after Andrew Kelsey. However, historic records reveal that this same man and his brothers enslaved, brutalized, raped, starved, and murdered many local natives.

Giving the town a new name will create a more healing environment for the whole county.

Elders from all seven tribes in Lake County have given their approval of the new name Konocti.

Citizens for Healing (C4H) is a local group of volunteers who came together to change the name of the town of Kelseyville to Konocti. See our About Page

The core of our formal proposal is on our Why Page The full proposal and status is on the Application Page The procedure is on the How Page

Our case has been referred to the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names (CACGN) which solicits input from diverse local groups. Input from the Board of Supervisors, and all Lake County Tribes has also been requested. The CACGN then sends a recommendation to the BGN, which makes the final decision.

The BoS is considering its response to the BGN on Tuesday Dec 10, 2024 at 1:30 pm.

On Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 - 2 pm - we are holding a supporters/members-only meeting at Dallas' house in Upper Lake. For details see the c4h@groups.io or c4h-members@groups.io mailing lists.
(apply to join c4h-members as described on our C4HA page https://admin.citizensforhealing.org/c4h_membership.php)