Lakota Mikulicich, Mammoth Lakes Town Council Candidate

Name: Lakota Mikulicich, Mammoth Lakes Town Council Candidate
Address: Mammoth Lakes, CA, 93546, US
Telephone: +17609372647

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Lakota Mikulicich, Mammoth Lakes Town Council Candidate

This town raised me, now its time to give back. Workforce housing. Bear Conservation. Small Business Support. Investing in the New Generation. November 3rd 2026

Local roots, global perspective, ready to serve! See you at the ballot box Mammoth!

09/25/2026

🧹 Community Cleanup Recap 🧹

Yesterday I joined Trashy Thursdays, one of many events the Mammoth Lakes Trail System has hosted all summer long in partnership with the Town of Mammoth Lakes and the Inyo National Forest as part of their Summer of Stewardship for community clean up.

It truly takes a village to keep our home this beautiful, and it was so great to see neighbors turn up for the betterment of our town. Overall, I was really impressed by how clean our town is, but the microplastics truly suck! Cigarette butts, gum, wrappers, and broken glass added up fast, but it’s clear our community takes pride in keeping things clean.

Swipe to see some of the more frustrating finds but also just how beautiful our little town is. 💙

Grateful to live here, and grateful for such an active, caring community. Thank you to the Mammoth Lakes Trail System for hosting these cleanups all summer!Already looking forward to next season!

09/21/2026

Bear cubs playing right outside my driveway today 🐻 as cute as they are, I know a bigger mama bear is near by. I tried clapping loudly from my car to scare them off, and they didn’t budge. A bear that isn’t afraid of humans is a bear that could end up dead. That’s the sad, hard truth but it's exactly why I'm committed to doing what I can to protect these amazing creatures.

We are so lucky to live alongside these incredible animals, but they’re wild, and we owe them our respect and distance.

A few reminders for all of us in bear country:
🐾 Keep your distance, never approach
🐾 Lock your trash cans
🐾 Never leave food in your car
🐾 Make noise while hiking to avoid surprise encounters

Let’s do our part so these bears stay wild, and stay alive. 💛

09/18/2026

🚔 Last Saturday night, I rode along with the Mammoth Lakes Police Department. I wanted to see firsthand, what our officers deal with on a given shift. Not the stereotype, not the politics, just the job. A few hours in a patrol car taught me more than any council meeting could. Here’s what stood out to me:

🏠 Staffing & housing are linked. MLPD is funded for 19 officers but running with ~12. The Town’s leaning on signing bonuses & housing incentives to encourage staffing, because officers need somewhere to live too.

📸 Police access to Flock cameras are more limited than people assume. ALPR ≠ facial recognition, and every search is logged. Regardless, resident privacy concerns are very real and deserve to stay a public conversation. What I came away with is a clearer picture of the actual limitations on what officers can access and search. But the bigger question, in my view, isn’t just what MLPD can see, it’s what Flock, the company, does with our data beyond our town. That’s worth digging into further. And according to the last Town Council Meeting, some of these Flock cameras will be removed. Though exact # of cameras to be removed was not shared.

🌲Jurisdiction gets blurry fast. Forest Service cutbacks + understaffed CA Fish & Wildlife wardens mean calls that aren’t technically MLPD’s job land on their desk anyway.

💰 Measure L: voters said yes to funds going toward housing, public safety, road repairs, disaster preparedness, recreation, and snow removal. Yet in the 2025/26 budget, 100% of Measure L revenue went to housing. Public safety was not funded through this revenue stream, even though they were named as eligible uses when voters approved it. That’s a gap worth considering.

Bottom line: our officers are doing hard work with thin staffing, blurry jurisdiction lines, and tech that’s more nuanced than the headlines. Ultimately MLPD deserves a Council that listens!

📖 My latest blog dives into these topics in greater detail — link in bio.

Thanks MLPD, we appreciate all you do. 🙏

CommunityFirst

One Question to Propose to the Public: Do you think Flock has a place in our community?

09/12/2026

Your voice on the Bell Parcel matters, survey closes Sept 30!

I’m attaching the Town of Mammoth Lakes survey on the Bell Shaped Parcel. The Town is exploring turning this land into a new park, and they want to hear from residents before moving forward.

Fair warning: the survey language is a little dense in places. If you’re opposed to any development and would like to see the space left as-is, make sure to select “no” on Question 2.

That said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion on how this space should be utilized. So please share whatever feedback feels right for you. This is genuinely open for town discussion, and it’s on all of us to help decide the future of this space. Take a few minutes, make your voice heard, and share it with your neighbors too. 👇

Survey closes September 30, 2026.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FutureParkAmenities

09/11/2026

Spent my birthday this year doing what I love most, exploring our home with a climb up Mt. Tom, one of the most picturesque (and no-easy-feet) peaks in the Eastern Sierra. There’s something about standing above 13,600+ feet, looking out over the place I’ve called home my whole life, that puts everything in perspective.

But even at the summit, I found something that didn’t belong: half a soda can. Packed it out, along with other trash found on the trail. Always a bummer to see…

This land has found its own balance over millions of years. When humans disturb that natural balance, we all suffer for it. We owe it to these mountains to leave no trace, every time.

This is our backyard. The trails, the peaks, the wildlife that share this place with us. They’re part of what makes Mammoth and the Eastern Sierras home, and part of what draws people here in the first place. Protecting that isn’t just an environmental issue, it’s a quality-of-life issue and an economic one too.

As I keep talking with locals about what matters most, conservation keeps coming up. I’ll keep pushing for practical ways to keep our public lands clean and protected, because a thriving Mammoth Lakes starts with taking care of what’s already here.

Grateful for another year, another summit, and another reminder of why this place is worth taking care of. ⛰️♥️

Learn more about the campaign at lakotaformammoth.com

08/27/2026

Grateful for the chance to meet with Jennifer Kreitz Jennifer Kreitz , Chair of the Mono County Board of Supervisors, and dig into a range of issues facing our region, including local housing. 🏘️

Jennifer brought so much insight and perspective to our conversation, and it’s clear how much thoughtful leadership matters when it comes to the challenges we’re tackling together. The interests of Mono County and the Town of Mammoth Lakes are deeply intertwined, and building strong relationships like this one is how we move real solutions forward.

It’s also just plain inspiring to see women leading at this level, shaping policy and driving change for our community. Walked away smiling big, hopeful for the road ahead. Thank you for your time, Jennifer, looking forward to continuing this conversation! 🙏

08/21/2026

Today I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Steve Searles ~The Bear Whisperer~ himself. Wow, I can’t tell you how informative this conversation was!

Truly, the bears here in Mammoth deserve better than what’s been happening. We’ve got a gap in enforcement across the board, for those who don’t secure their campsites or close their trash cans, as well as a serious lack of education for tourists and locals alike when it comes to living alongside bears.

Steve taught me so much, not just about the bear lifecycle, but about who they really are. Did you know bears can pass down generational knowledge and are considered as smart, if not smarter, than dogs? That means they can learn commands, learn words, learn who to be afraid of, and pass that knowledge on to their offspring. What Steve did for years was make sure the bears in our town understood their boundaries with humans, and made sure they stayed afraid of us. Because a bear that isn’t scared of people is a bear that doesn’t survive.

It was great to pick Steve’s brain. I’m inspired to work on real solutions for bear-human coexistence and to fight for Mammoth to reinstate the kind of support for these marvelous creatures that Steve provided.

The bears deserve better. Mammoth, never forget: don’t feed OUR bears. 🐻

Steve Searles

**Side note: This isn’t a criticism of MLPD/USFS, who continue to do great work while stretched thin. Looking at the history, this funding cut happened back in 2020, and I think it’s worth revisiting.**

08/18/2026

This town raised me. Now it’s my turn to show up for it. Workforce housing, protecting the land (& critters) we love, supporting small businesses, and making sure families here can actually afford to stay, that’s what I’m fighting for. Local roots, global perspective, ready to serve. 🏔️ ✨

See you at the ballot box, Mammoth. 🗳️
November 3rd! 🇺🇸

Lakota Mikulicich | Mammoth Lakes Town Council | Nov 3, 2026

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Mammoth Lakes, CA
93546

Telephone

+17609372647

Website

http://www.lakotaformammoth.com/

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