Shasta County supervisors have decided to hire Chriss Street as a healthcare consultant, despite his polarizing reputation.

Shasta County supervisors voted Tuesday to hire a new health care consultant to help address the shortage of providers in the county. But the person they chose has a controversial history.

Executive Officer David Rickert shed some light on what led him to recommend Chriss Street, but he still did not identify who else applied for the job.

The for-profit organization is registered to an activist who helped funnel PAC funding that shifted Shasta County's politics ...