Eastern Plumas/Sierra Counties June Newsletter

NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn.

Mill Pond Graeagle Photo Courtesy of V. Walton

”Summer afternoon… the two most beautiful words in the English language” ~Henry James~ Contents

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Portola Office & The People Stayed Home

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Sales Statistic Reports Defensible Space Reminder If You Can’t Laugh, You Might Cry Calendar & Father’s Day Humor Fun Facts Flag Day

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NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn.

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And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.

And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed. ~Kitty O’Meara~ 1869 and re-published during 1919 Pandemic Kitty O'Meara is the poet laureate of the pandemic. Her untitled prose poem, which begins with the line, "And the people stayed home," has been shared countless times, on countless backgrounds, with countless fonts, since its first posting. It was most widely popularized by Deepak Chopra, and has since been shared by everyone from Bella Hadid to radio stations in Australia. The poem has become shorthand for a silver-linings perspective during the coronavirus outbreak—the hope that something good can come out of this collective state of "together, apart."

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NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn. This month’s reports are a 4 month look of sales by price range and the percent (%) of sales represented in those price ranges.

The table also shows number of current active listings by price range and approximate months of inventory represented.

The sales reported are for Single Family Residential and Condo/Townhouse sales in each of the areas.

(Time share and/or shared ownership are not included in the statistics presented.)

The data source is the Plumas Multiple Listing Service with data pulled on May 10, 2020

Full Market Overview RESIDENTIAL SOLD EASTERN PLUMAS/SIERRA COUNTIES January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD Residences Percent of PRICE RANGE Sold Sales

Current Active Listings

Months of Inventory

Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999

5 12 13

11% 27% 29%

1 18 28

1 6 9

$300,000-$399,999

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$400,000-$599,999

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$600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

3 0 45

7% 0% 100%

25 7 134

33 0

RESIDENTIAL SOLD EASTERN PLUMAS/SIERRA COUNTIES January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020

2%

7%

Under $100,000

11%

$100,000-$199,999 24%

27%

$200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999

29%

$400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

Dickson Portola Team 289 Commercial Street | Portola, CA 96122 | 530.832.1700

NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn. RESIDENTIAL SOLD BECKWOURTH January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD PRICE RANGE

Residences Percent of Sold Sales

Current Active Listings

RESIDENTIAL SOLD BECKWOURTH January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020

Months of Inventory

Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999

0 0 0

0% 0% 0%

0 0 0

0 0 0

$300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

1 1 0 0 2

50% 50% 0% 0% 100%

0 2 1 1 4

0 8 0 0

RESIDENTIAL SOLD CHILCOOT January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD PRICE RANGE

Residences Percent of Sold Sales

Current Active Listings

0% 50% 50% 0% 0%

0 0 2 1 0

0 0 8 0 0

$600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

0 0 2

0% 0% 100%

0 0 3

0 0

Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2

0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% 100%

Current Active Listings

$300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

Under $100,000

$100,000-$199,999 50%

0 0 4 0 0 16 0

50%

$200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

RESIDENTIAL SOLD CLIO January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020

Months of Inventory 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 8

$200,000-$299,999

50%

RESIDENTIAL SOLD CHILCOOT January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020

0 1 1 0 0

Residences Percent of Sold Sales

$100,000-$199,999 50%

Months of Inventory

Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999

RESIDENTIAL SOLD CLIO January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD PRICE RANGE

Under $100,000

Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 50%

50%

$200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999

$600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

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NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn.

RESIDENTIAL SOLD GRAEAGLE-BLAIRSDEN January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD PRICE RANGE Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

RESIDENTIAL SOLD GOLF COURSE COMMUNITIES January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD PRICE RANGE Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

Residences Percent of Sold Sales 1 1 6 7 0 1 0 16

6% 6% 38% 44% 0% 6% 0% 100%

Residences Percent of Sold Sales 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2

0% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 100%

Current Active Listings 0 6 12 14 10 6 1 49

Current Active Listings 0 0 0 2 11 13 4 30

Months of Inventory 0 24 8 8 0 24 0

RESIDENTIAL SOLD GRAEAGLE-BLAIRSDEN January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 6% 6%

Under $100,000

6%

$100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999

44%

$300,000-$399,999 38%

$400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

Months of Inventory

RESIDENTIAL SOLD GOLF COURSE COMMUNITIES Whitehawk, Grizzly Ranch, Gold Mountain

January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020

0 0 0 8 44 0 0

Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 50%

50%

$200,000-$299,999

$300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

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NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn.

RESIDENTIAL SOLD PORTOLA January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD PRICE RANGE Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

RESIDENTIAL SOLD LOYALTON January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 SOLD PRICE RANGE Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

Residences Percent of Sold Sales 4 10 4 1 0 0 0 19

21% 53% 21% 5% 0% 0% 0% 100%

Residences Percent of Sold Sales 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 100%

Current Active Listings

Months of Inventory

1 11 10 8 2 1 0 33

Current Active Listings

1 4 10 32 0 0 0

RESIDENTIAL SOLD PORTOLA January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 5%

0 0 12 8 0 0 0

$100,000-$199,999 $200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999

53%

$400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

Months of Inventory 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 7

Under $100,000 21%

21%

RESIDENTIAL SOLD LOYALTON January 1, 2020 thru April 30, 2020 Under $100,000 $100,000-$199,999 50%

50%

$200,000-$299,999 $300,000-$399,999 $400,000-$599,999 $600,000-$999,999 $1,000,000 +

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NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn.

KEEP YOUR PROPERTY LEAN AND GREEN TO HELP PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND HOME Creating defensible space is essential to improve your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire. It’s the buffer you create between a building on your property and the grass, trees, shrubs, or any wildland area that surround it.

This space is needed to slow or stop the spread of wildfire and it protects your home from catching fire—either from direct flame contact or radiant heat. Defensible space is also important for the protection of the firefighters defending your home.

Defensible Space Zones Two zones make up the required 100 feet of defensible space.

Zone 1 Zone 1 extends 30 feet* out from buildings, structures, decks, etc.

• Remove all dead plants, grass and weeds (vegetation).

• Remove dead or dry leaves and pine needles from your yard, roof and rain gutters.

• Trim trees regularly to keep branches a minimum of 10 feet from other trees.

• Remove branches that hang over your roof and keep dead branches 10 feet away from your chimney.

• Relocate wood piles into Zone 2.

• Remove or prune flammable plants and shrubs near windows.

• Remove vegetation and items that could catch fire from around and under decks.

• Create a separation between trees, shrubs and items that could catch fire, such as patio furniture, wood piles, swing sets, etc.

Zone 2 Zone 2 extends 100 feet out from buildings, structures, decks, etc.

• Cut or mow annual grass down to a maximum height of 4 inches.

• Create horizontal spacing between shrubs and trees. (See diagram) • Create vertical spacing between grass, shrubs and trees. (See diagram) • Remove fallen leaves, needles, twigs, bark, cones, and small branches. However, they may be permitted to a depth of 3 inches.

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2019: Stay away from negative people

2020: Stay away from positive people. ~The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house, and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors! ~You think it’s bad now? In 20 years our country will be run by people homeschooled by day drinkers ~This virus has done what no woman has been able to do… cancel all sports, shut down all bars, and keep men at home!!! ~Does anyone know if we can take showers yet, or should we just keep washing our hands??? ~I never thought the comment “I wouldn’t touch him/her with a 6 foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are! ~Me: Alexa what’s the weather this weekend? Alexa: It doesn’t matter – you’re not going anywhere. ~I swear my fridge just said “what the hell do you want now?” ~When this is over … what meeting do I attend first … Weight Watchers or AA?

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JUNE 2020 SUN

Each color of rose offers a distinct meaning: red, the lover's rose, signifies enduring passion; white, humility and innocence; yellow, expressing friendship and joy; pink, gratitude, appreciation and admiration; orange, enthusiasm and desire; white lilac and purple roses represent enchantment and love at first sight.

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Dave Attell "When you’re young, you think your dad is Superman.

Then you grow up, and you realize he’s just a regular guy who wears a cape."

Rita Rudner "I gave my father $100 and said, “Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.” So he went out and bought a present for my mother."

Erma Bombeck "We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, 'He wants his mother.'"

Jerry Seinfeld "You can tell what was the best year of your father’s life, because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out."

Mark Twain "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

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NEWS YOU CAN USE JUNE 2020 MARKET NEWSLETTER EASTERN PLUMAS & SIERRA COUNTIES Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Graeagle-Blairsden, Loyalton, Portola & Golf Course Communities of Whitehawk, Grizzly & Gold Mtn.

6 Important Facts You Might Not Know About Flag Day

Kathryn deBros, Author

June 14th is National Flag Day.

Flag Day is the birthday of our Stars and Stripes.

Although this holiday doesn’t get a lot of attention, once you’ve given these Flag Day facts a read, you’ll hopefully want to fire up your grill to celebrate.

Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th, because that was the day that Congress officially recognized it as the flag of the United States in 1777. Apparently, it wasn’t such a big deal at the time — the flag discussion was the fifth order of business that day. I wonder what was so important about the first four items?

Flag Day was invented by a teacher.

Nineteen-year-old Bernard J. CiGrand walked into his one-room schoolhouse in Wisconsin in 1885, stuck a 10-inch flag in an inkwell, and asked his students to write an essay on its meaning. CiGrand spent the next 50-ish years writing in support of making Flag Day a national holiday.

He died of a heart attack 17 years before congress sealed the deal in 1949. However, parts of the U.S. celebrated Flag Day prior to congress making it an official holiday. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson recognized Flag Day in a statement.

The Flag Day inventor was destined for greatness.

Bernard’s parents were from Luxembourg, a tiny European country between France, Germany, and Belgium. The name “CiGrand” comes from a variation of the French for “so grand.” It only makes sense that he would be the one to champion our “Grand Ol’ Flag!”

It’s not just the flag’s birthday.

June 14th, 1775 is the date that congress formally authorized the enlistment of soldiers into what was then called the Continental Army.

Flag Day is not a federal holiday.

It’s a national holiday, but you won’t get the day off work unless you live in Pennsylvania, which recognizes it as a legal state holiday. It seems fitting that Pennsylvania would be the only state to do so, since that’s where the flag was born.

The National Flag Day Foundation spreads Flag Day awareness.

The foundation teams up with local groups like 4-H and VFW Scouts to spread the good word about the holiday and to keep the tradition going. They hope to have a flag in every classroom, cultivate a respect for this symbol of our country, and teach the history behind the flag. In fact, you may check your local community organizations to find events planned for the 14th in your own hometown.

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