Events and Reminders

Thank You to All Who Attended Concerts

Thank you to all of you who attended our recent concerts.  Your ticket purchase helps support this website and all of CAP and the CPC’s efforts to encourage public participation and community based planning in Calaveras County.  Watch here for more fun events.  Read More

Planning Updates

February 23 General Plan Study Session at Planning Commission

The Planning Commission will be reviewing various county initiated amendments to the current accessory dwelling rules of the zoning code.  The amendments are necessary to bring our current code into compliance with state law and the previously approved Housing Element of the General Plan. In addition the Planning Commission will host a study session focusing on the General Plan Land Use Map Draft #1.  This is a repeat of the presentation given at... Read More

Ranchers Vow Showdown on Wagon Trail

Alex George | Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 9:31 am Drive west on Highway 4, a couple of miles past Angels Camp, and you pass ranches that predate Mark Twain, harkening back to when the only roads were wagon trails. Clenching the steering wheel tight, pumping the brakes, you wind through sharp bends on your way to Copperopolis. If you get going too fast down a hill, a 25 mph curve corrals you back to the brake pedal. The scene is nondescript,... Read More

Board Divided Over Corraling 5-plus Acre Ranchettes

By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer February 16, 2012 12:00 AM SAN ANDREAS – The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors remains deeply divided over how and whether to reign in ranchette-style development, the 5- to 40-acre lots that have replaced cattle ranches in some areas. Board differences surfaced again this week as the supervisors took their first look since 2010 at proposed land-use maps for a revised General Plan. Supervisors Merita... Read More