Calaveras Planning releases draft 2015 draftHousing Element

Housing Element Update. The 2015 Draft Update to the Calaveras County Housing Element is now posted on the Planning Department Page.  This Update will be discussed at apublic hearing at the Planning Commission April 23, 2015, at 9 a.m.  The meeting agenda and staff report will be posted on the Planning Commission page the Friday prior to the meeting.  Read More

Save the Community Plans

Tom Infusino, facilitator for the Calaveras Planning Coalition, submitted an article to the Calaveras Enterprise on the importance of including community plans in the updated general plan. “The community plans will help county government to implement the countywide general plan that focuses new development, new infrastructure and new services in and around existing community centers.” Read More Here – Save the community plans  Read More

Calaveras Planning Coalition Submits Comments on Draft General Plan

Comments on the Calaveras County 2014 Draft  General Plan  – Submitted by the Calaveras Planning Coalition March 20, 2015 – CalaverasGPComments  Read More

General Plan Action Alert! Comment Deadline Friday March 20.

The end of the 90-day public review and comment period for the 2014 draft General Plan is this Friday.  Your comments need to be submitted by then to be included in the Planning Department report to the Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission.  All plan documents and maps can be viewed on the County’s General Plan Update page.   All Community Plans have been removed but could be put back in if there is enough community and Supervisor... Read More

Save Calaveras County Community Plans

When Calaveras County Planning Department staff members released the text of the draft general plan for public comment in December of last year, they disappointed many people by not including the community plans prepared by local citizens. To save your community plans, you need to again ask the planning director and the county supervisors to adopt community plans at the same time that they adopt the updated general plan.  Read More  Read More

As the drought worsens, LA water agencies offer cash to Sacramento Valley farmers:

“With the drought stretching into its fourth year, a heavyweight water agency from Los Angeles has come calling on Sacramento Valley rice farmers, offering up to $71 million for some of their water.  The price being offered is so high, some farmers can make more from selling water than from growing their rice. Many are willing to deal: Nine irrigation districts, mainly serving rice growers along the Feather River basin, have made tentative deals... Read More

Board of Supervisor’s vote to ease regulation of Stanislaus fish flows

Officials in Calaveras County discuss water allocations for fish and farms and the effect on local water supply, while some also call for more growth in the very areas most affected by the drought. Calaveras Enterprise, March 13  Read More

Calaveras County Announcements

Attention: Calaveras County Draft General Plan Comment period closes Friday, March 20, 2015 The 90-day review period for the draft General Plan ends on March 20, 2015 . Comments may be submitted to: Peter Maurer, Planning Director 891 Mountain Ranch Road San Andreas , CA 95249 Or by e-mail to: gpupdate@co.calaveras.ca.us   All written comments received by 4:00 p.m. on March 20, 2015 will be compiled and included in a report to the Planning Commission... Read More

Central Valley, Delta water rights under scrutiny

Hundreds of property owners across California’s Central Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are scrambling to prove they have a right to divert water from the region’s streams, the result of a state order that comes due in just four days. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article11882384.html#storylink=cpy  Read More

More Water News

In California water news today, Central Valley, Delta water rights under scrutiny, Salmon hold on, but heat & drought may take toll next year, Beavers are saving California’s wild salmon, Bill would double federal funds to restore SF Bay, Congress to consider Sites Reservoir, Woodland to participate in Mayor’s Challenge to save water, Winter storm brings showers, hail, and thunder […] (Mavens Blog)  Read More