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EPISODE · Jul 20, 2026 · 58 MIN

#125. Planning, Housing, and the Push and Pull of Humboldt Growth | John Ford

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Send us Fan MailJohn Ford, Director of Planning and Building for the County of Humboldt, talks with Scott Hammond about how planning, permitting, and code enforcement work in a county shaped by cannabis, housing pressure, and community debate. They get into ADUs, complaint-driven code enforcement, the We Are Up project in McKinleyville, and the tension between growth and the desire to keep Humboldt small. Ford also shares the winding path that brought him from Fresno to Humboldt by way of planning, ministry, and back again. Support the showAbout 100% Humboldt with Scott HammondHumboldt County CA USA is the home of some of the most iconoclastic, genuine, and interesting folks in the world.We are getting curious about the movers, shakers, and difference makers in Humboldt County CA-Home of the giant redwoods, 6 Rivers, and the vast Pacific Ocean.We will discover what makes people live/evolve in the beautiful, diverse, isolated, and ever-changing North Coast of California 100%!Listen in and learn what it is to be 100% Humboldt! Find us on You Tube, Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok!

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Send us Fan Mail John Ford, Director of Planning and Building for the County of Humboldt, talks with Scott Hammond about how planning, permitting, and code enforcement work in a county shaped by cannabis, housing pressure, and community debate. They get into ADUs, complaint-driven code enforcement, the We Are Up project in McKinleyville, and the tension between growth and the desire to keep Humboldt small. Ford also shares the winding path that brought him from Fresno to Humboldt by way of pl...

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