Politics
Dunsmuir has a City Manager form of government with an elected 5 person Council, a Chamber of Commerce and two school districts. The current Mayor is Arlis Steele, the City Manager/CFO is Brenda Bains. Four of the 5 members of the City Council were ordered to stand trial in the fall of 2012 on charges of conflict of interest actions in violation of several state laws.
The Dunsmuir Fire Department and The Dunsmuir Fire Protection District operate together under a JPA, also the department has an automatic aid agreement with the Castella Fire District and all three are overseen by a single Fire Chief. The fire department runs on average 400 to 500 calls per year. The original city fire department was founded in 1897.
In 1992 the City of Dunsmuir Police Department was disband and law enforcement services for the city were contracted to the Siskiyou County Sheriff Department. Dunsmuir contracts for 7,200 hours of service per year which provides the City with a Sergeant and four Deputy Sheriffs. The sheriff department answers around 2,500 calls for service annually.
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“Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.”
—Kate Millett (b. 1934)
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—Rebecca West (1892–1983)
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—P.J. (Patrick Jake)