County of Monterey

After hosting a series of community discussions, a final draft version of the County's Gang Violence Prevention Strategic Plan is available for public review here. This report will be presented to the Board of Supervisors on May 21st. Meeting time and information for this item can be found here.
Calling Young Poets of Monterey County! Monterey County Free Libraries invites poets 18 years of age and younger to enter the annual Cowboy Poetry Contest. Send us your poems celebrating the best of the west and cowboy lifestyle. Entries can be in English or Spanish. For details and how to submit your work, click here.
Download your favorite tunes with your library card! Monterey County Free Libraries now offers Freegal which has access to millions of songs from around the world. Find out about Freegal at the MCFL website.
The Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum will host a Smithsonian traveling exhibit on the World War II Bracero Program, a guest worker program that brought two 2 million Mexican workers into the United States. The exhibit, "Bittersweet Harvest and the Bracero History Project," will be on display June 1st through July 28th at the museum in King City. For more information click here. En Español aqui.
The Carmel Lagoon Ecosystem and Scenic Road Protective Barrier Projects information page can be found here. This page includes community presentation power points, project options and feasibility studies.