County proposes temporary ban on new and expanded marijuana farms

Officials hope to head off land rush by would-be cannabis growers New medical marijuana gardens will be temporarily banned in Calaveras County under a draft urgency ordinance that county officials released on Tuesday. The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors will consider adopting the urgency ordinance when it meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday in its chambers, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas. Read Here  Proposed urgency ordinance regulating medical marijuana  Read More

Planners say best way to preserve open space is by thinning forests

Commission to vote Thursday on new goal, policies, measures By Sonia Waraich sonia@calaverasenterprise.com / March 7, 2016 Top of Form Bottom of Form The Calaveras County Planning Commission has decided the best way to conserve open space in the county is to thin the forests rather than attempt to reach state mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate for the loss of native vegetation. At the March 3 meeting on the conservation element... Read More

As rain falls in California, tensions rise over who gets the water*

Sen. Feinstein and farmers want more water pumped south, feds say they can’t pump more legally, fishing families hope to restore failing fisheries. Sacramento Bee, March 12  Read More

State lifts water connection moratorium in San Andreas and Mokelumne Hill

Calaveras Public Utility District continues to work on pipeline to connect with Schaad’s Reservoir, convinces state to drop water hookup moratorium. Calaveras Enterprise, March 14  Read More

CCWD staff urges board to reject rate increase

A rate increase that would fund capital improvement projects on the district’s list are unnecessary according to staff. Calaveras Enterprise, March 10  Read More

State, county fall short of water goals

Calaveras County Water District customers in January slacked off on their water conservation efforts, reducing use by only 14.7 percent compared to the same period in 2013. That was short of the 16 percent conservation target the state mandates for the district. Calaveras Enterprise  Read More

Campaign donations and the asphalt plant

I would like to thank Muriel Zeller for the opinion piece published on Feb. 19 in which she captured correctly and succinctly the attitude of the board of supervisors majority, Steve Kearney, Michael Oliveira and Cliff Edson. Read Article Here  Read More

Next Planning Commission meeting March 10th

Next Planning Commission meeting March 10th –link below will take you to agenda (when posted) : http://planning.calaverasgov.us/PlanningCommission.aspx Items scheduled to be heard: -Conservation & Open Space Element- new Goals, Policies and Implementation measures which were brought forward by Commissioner Wooster will be discussed for inclusion. -2 regular PC agenda items -Circulation Element – changes to be reviewed -Technical Background... Read More

New Fire Fees and Planning Fees on BOS agenda Tuesday

Fire Mitigation Fees Ordinance and Planning Fees Resolution first on BOS Regular Agenda Tuesday Feb. 23 Click the link below for complete Board agenda, reports, and ordinances: http://calaverascountyca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=1957     REGULAR AGENDA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE Introduce, after a waiver of the reading requirements, an Ordinance relating to Fire Mitigation Fees* The staff report for the Fire Mitigation Fee Ordinance... Read More

General plan update drags

After devoting much of three meetings to the element, the Calaveras County Planning Commission has been unable to come up with a draft that both complies with state law and pleases the majority of commissioners who are philosophically hostile to state mandated efforts to conserve open space and historical sites. Read Calaveras Enterprise Article  Read More