Clearlake Animal Services: New Leash On Life

Examines the new animal-services contract, shelter conditions, operating resources and oversight. Eight findings and eight recommendations address funding, policies, clinics, an advisory board, maintenance and police response. Alleged crimes and regulatory deficiencies are jury claims, not independent legal determinations. Located on physical PDF pages 24–31 of the unchanged 385-page annual; all report downloads open that same complete original. No current-cycle final agency response was supplied or verified; this gap does not establish nonresponse.