Wide view of Lake Mendocino bordered by rolling hills and oak trees under a partly cloudy sky, with calm water stretching toward distant ridgelines.
FILE – High water levels are seen at Lake Mendocino near Ukiah, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District (USACE) began a series of high-flow releases from Coyote Valley Dam at Lake Mendocino starting midday on Jan. 16 in response to reservoir levels and improving downstream conditions on the Russian River. (Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 1/8/26 — After months of debate, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved using the term “climate change” in a county document to take a stance on its environmental perspective during President Donald Trump’s administration. 

The alteration was made in the county’s 2026 legislative platform, which is a document outlining the county’s positions on state and federal legislation. 

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.