Village Life, Wednesday, January 26, 2022

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Kiley, county leaders slam Proposition 47 Thomas Frey Staff writer El Dorado County’s sheriff and district attorney say they stand behind legislation recently introduced to repeal Proposition 47, a ballot initiative that reclassifies a number of felony theft offenses as misdemeanors.

Assemblymember Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) earlier this month presented KEVIN KILEY Assembly Bill 1599, to which he and 13 other elected officials are credited.

Prop. 47, known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, was passed by California voters in 2014 and is a failed experiment, according to Kiley. He represents District 6, which includes parts of the Sacramento region as well as El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park.

“After years of failed policies and leadership, California is now experiencing an unprecedented surge in crime,” Kiley said.

If a theft involves less than $950 in losses, the crime is a misdemeanor with no prison time.

The assembly bill states 1599 would “repeal the changes and additions made by Prop. 47, except those related to reducing the penalty for possession of concentrated cannabis.”

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El Dorado Hills residents Daniel and Kendyl Carley, back left to right, enjoy the Browns Ravine Trail with daughters Carrington, front left, and Reagan. A proposal in the works could lead to pedestrians legally sharing the trail with mountain bikers.

BROWNS RAVINE TRAIL under multi-use evaluation “I have watched startled hikers stumble into the weeds or fall down the drop-off next to the trail and the mountain bikers rode by laughing at them.”

The 25-year resident went on to describe another Trail users are once again butting heads regarding the allowance of bicyclists on Browns Ravine Trail, biker who rode through his dog’s lead, ripping the lead from his dog’s neck. an unpaved, 11-mile track connecting Browns “I have no problem with mountain bikers being Ravine to the Old Salmon Falls trailhead. on the trail,” Finta insisted, mentioning e-bikes Although changes-in-use have been requested on as an added contributor to high nearly all trails within the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area where “I have no problem with velocity encounters. “The basic issue is the safety. bike use is currently not allowed, “However, in all these years, I the Browns Ravine Trail CIU mountain bikers being have never seen or even heard of a is being evaluated as a separate on the trail. The basic park ranger being deployed with a project due to its relatively gentle radar gun, stopping speeding bikterrain, good sight lines and conissue is the safety.” ers on the Browns Ravine Trail nection to other multi-use trails. and issuing citations, even though Efforts to allow bikes on the trail — EDH resident Mike Finta it has been off limits to bikes ... date back to 2000. the entire time,” he added El Dorado Hills resident Mike “A speed limit on the trail is incredibly diffiFinta has fought bike use on this stretch for almost as long as he has lived on his property, 1,200 feet of cult for us to try to enforce,” said Folsom Sector Superintendent Richard Preston-LeMay at a virtual which butts up against the Browns Ravine Trail. public meeting held earlier this month. “I think the “I have witnessed speeding, illegal mountain bikmodifications will help with some of the sight lines ers spook horses by zooming up behind them, in one case causing a horse to almost throw its rider ■ See TRAIL, page A3 onto a barbed wire fence,” Finta told Village Life.

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CSD hosts event for jobseekers Sel Richard Staff writer Looking to land your first job? Savvy seekers can get a leg up by attending a Job Skills Workshop hosted by the El Dorado Hills Community Services District, 6-8 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 31. The free event, geared toward teens and young adults, offers information on how to make contacts, prepare for an interview and increase your chances of getting hired.

“We’re really hoping to bring out high school and college youth for possibly their first job or one of their first jobs as they’re looking to get in the workforce,” said CSD Recreation Superintendent Sandra Montgomery.

“Giving them skills that they can take to any workplace, whether they decide to work for us or anywhere else.”

The workshop doubles as an opportunity for the CSD to recruit for its own multiple job openings. Each booth will be manned by recreation staff ready to instruct on the specific program areas, available jobs and skill and training requirements.

“A lot of teens don’t know that we hire as young as 15 years old,” noted Montgomery. “We hire for our summer jobs starting in January.”

Volunteer positions are available for participants younger than 15 or those looking to add to their résumé and contribute to community programs.

One valuable feature of the workshop includes the application corner where CSD human resources staff will walk jobseekers through filling out applications as well as impart helpful tips. “Sometimes applications (we get) are completely blank because individuals don’t think

How much did the county grow?

Eric Jaramishain Staff writer Data from the 2020 Census was released last year but what changes in population did it show for El Dorado County?

Most new residents were counted in El Dorado Hills but here’s how it broke down countywide.

The county’s population increased by 10,127 residents from 181,058 in 2010 to 191,185 in 2020, an approximately 5.4% increase, according to U.S. Census data.

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Jan. 26: The Shingle Springs-Cameron Park Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cameron Park Country Club, 3201 Royal Drive in Cameron Park. To register and for more information visit sscpchamber.org/ mixers-luncheons.

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Holocaust survivor event Jan. 27: An Evening With Holocaust Survivor Dr. Erica Miller From Trauma To Triumph takes place at 7 p.m. at the Folsom Community Center, 52 Natoma St. For tickets and more information call (916) 608-9811 or visit jewishfolsom.org.

Art show in miniature Jan. 28: Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom presents Small Expressions: Handweavers Guild of America, Jan. 28 through April 7, an annual juried exhibition showcasing contemporary small-scale works using fiber techniques in any media. For gallery hours, private tours and more information visit folsom.ca.us.

Classic play comes to life Jan. 29: Sutter Street Theatre presents “Pinocchio,” Jan. 29 through Feb. 20 at 717 Sutter St. in Folsom.

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“Put it back into mental health facilities immediately. ”

“Water retention and the infrastructure around it is a big thing we need to focus on.”

“Save it — considering what we’ve been through.”

“If you want to keep people in the state of California you must reduce the tax burden on the average taxpayer. ”

CRIME WATCH Jan. 12 1 p.m. Grand theft was reported at a Golden Foothill Parkway business.

Jan. 13 8:48 p.m. Vandalism was reported at El Dorado Hills Town Center.

Jan. 14 7:09 a.m. A vehicle burglary was reported on Saratoga Way. 7:22 a.m. A vehicle burglary was reported on Town Center Boulevard.

11:16 p.m. Vandalism was reported at El Dorado Hills

The following information was taken from El Dorado County sheriff’s reports:

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5:17 p.m. A burglary was reported on Reem Court.

Jan. 15 9:21 a.m. A burglary was reported on Montrose Way. 11:34 a.m. A vehicle burglary was reported on Muse Drive.

4:12 p.m. Deputies responded to a person allegedly drunk in public on Vine Street.

Jan. 16 8:14 p.m. A battery was reported on Canterbury Circle.

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Jan. 17 8:03 a.m. A residential burglary was reported on Halifax Way.

Jan. 19 10:06 a.m. Grand theft was

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10:07 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Muse Drive.

10:07 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Calypso Circle.

Noon. Vandalism was reported at the Park & Ride on White Rock Road.

Census The county’s population increase in the 10-year span was lower than adjacent counties like Placer County, where population increased by 15% from 348,432 to 404,739, and Sacramento County’s 11% population increase from 1,418,788 to 1,585,055. Smaller Amador County saw its population rise 6%, going from 38,091 in 2010 to 40,474 in 2020.

Veterans counted for approximately 7% of the entire county population from 2015-19. Foreignborn residents, including anyone who was not a U.S. citizen or a U.S. national at birth, counted

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7:27 a.m. A burglary was reported on Suncast Lane.

9:41 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Rocky Ridge Way.

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El Dorado Hills contributed 8,439 to that 10-year span’s increase.

Overall, El Dorado Hills’ population grew from 42,108 to 50,547.

Comparatively, Cameron Park’s population increased by 653 from 18,228 in 2010 to 18,881 in 2020. County seat Placerville’s population is up by 349 from 10,389 to 10,747 in that same timeframe.

Diamond Springs grew from 11,037 to 11,345.

Pollock Pines’ population grew from 6,871 to 7,112 and South Lake Tahoe experienced a meager population decrease by 73, bringing it to a total of 21,330.

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for 9.2% of the population from the same fouryear period.

Approximately 20% of the county population is younger than 18, census data shows, while 21.9% were shown to be 65 years old and older.

The race breakdown for the entire county was 77.2% white, 13.2% Hispanic or Latino, 4.8% Asian, 1.3% American Indian or Alaskan native and 1% Black or African American.

El Dorado County’s housing units totaled 91,660 with a median value of owner-occupied housing units at $460,900 in 2019, data shows. Median mortgage payments were calculated at $2,281 the same year.

Median gross rent was $1,260 from 2015-19.

The median household income in the county from 2015-19 was $83,377. Approximately 8.4% of the population was reported living in poverty.

The U.S. Census report also gives more information on education, economy, businesses and geography for both the county and its individual communities.

To view a detailed breakdown visit census.gov/ quickfacts.

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“I wholeheartedly support AB 1599,” said El titled The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson.

D’Agostini said. “There also needs to be an effort to stop erroneously titled ballot initiatives like the simi“Prop. 47 has failed us largely because the voters were purposefully misguided by the proponents of that inilarly decriminalizing Prop. 57. Prop. 47 and 57 both tiative.” did nothing of the sort, but rather, the exact opposite.

Instead of spending money on “non-serious, nonIt’s time to start being truthful with the voters.” violent crime,” the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Proposition 57, the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, allows parole conAct proposes to “invest the savings generated into prevention for nonviolent felons, “Prop. 47 has failed us largely sideration and support programs in K-12 changes policies on juvenile schools, victim services and prosecution, and authorizes senbecause the voters were tence credits for rehabilitation, mental health and drug treatpurposefully misguided by the good behavior and education, ment,” according to the law’s text. to the law’s text. proponents of that initiative.” according “We should continue to seek The Public Policy Institute of creative ways to rehabilitate and California released a report that — EDC District Attorney Vern Pierson found a relationship between treat those with addiction and Prop. 47 and “a rise in larmental illness,” Pierson said.

“But we must also protect victims of crime from those ceny thefts, especially thefts from motor vehicles.” who repeatedly victimize our communities. A repeal Researchers found no relationship between violent of Prop. 47 would be a step in the right direction.” crimes and Prop. 47.

El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini agreed “We estimate that Prop. 47 led to a rise in the larthe name is deceiving and said he supports Kiley’s ceny theft rate of about 135 per 100,000 residents, an effort to repeal Prop. 47. increase of close to 9% compared to the 2014 rate,” “It was a lie to begin with when it was falsely the report states.

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that they have experience when they do,” explained Montgomery.

“HR staff will remind them about leadership experience in school, babysitting jobs, mowed lawns, leadership in sports, working with kids or leading peers.”

In addition, participants can opt to sign up for a mock interview with CSD supervisors, answer sample questions, gain postinterview feedback and receive coaching with both one-on-one and group interviewing techniques on standing out. “If they go into a real interview for a position, they’ll have a step up against everyone

else applying,” said Montgomery, warning that nabbing a spot on the CSD staff can get competitive.

“We get more applications than we have positions. It’s a fun job.

You’re outside working with kids.

You get paid to play.”

Jobs available through the CSD include lifeguards, swim instructors, sports programs, parks maintenance aides as well as Adventure Zone staff, Teen Center staff, Senior Center recreation leaders — positions that offer employee development and promotion opportunities. “No matter what they decide to do, these are the stepping stones

for any career,” Montgomery assured.

Though diminished CSD staff from pandemic shutdowns prompted this year’s workshop, Montgomery said she hopes to hold the event annually. Parents are also invited to participate and learn how to help their child succeed.

The Job Skills Workshop will be held in the Norm Rowett Pavilion and CSD Gymnasium, located at 1021 Harvard Way in El Dorado Hills. CSD job applications will be accepted in-person at the event as well as online at edhcsd.org.

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and assist with the safety out there. I do not anticipate posting speed limit signs all over the trail.”

Modifications included in the CIU outline trail reroutes, reconstruction of trail segments and bridges as well as repair and installation of drainage features.

Preston-LeMay also displayed accident history for the Folsom Lake Trail system over the past 10 years. Five accidents occurred on Browns Ravine Trail: three solo bike accidents, one horse versus pedestrian accident and one solo horse accident.

Finta further cited the state park trails handbook specifies a multi-use trail must be 48 inches wide; on Browns Ravine Trail there are areas where the trail spans a mere 18 inches. “There are 100foot sections here and there that physically cannot be modified,” he said, referring to steep terrain.

State Park Associate Landscape Architect Jason Spann maintained that the trails handbook actually specifies a minimum width of 36 inches and assured that the inconsistency was due to an outdated appendices section. “We are looking at widening some locations to help better meet that standard,” he said, stating that the ability of users to safely yield to others is the ultimate goal. “A lot of times you may have very short dis-

tances where you can’t get 36 inches that doesn’t really create any sort of hazard.”

Although local mountain biker Jeff Barker concedes that there are bikers who ride too fast, he said they make up the minority. “That’s such a small percentage of the actual users,” he shared. “That’s not any reason to keep an entire user group from enjoying something that is perfectly fine to share.

It’s a public trail and public land.” He also notes what he sees as a lack of equity in bike-legal trail miles, 45 out of the 94 miles of trails within the Folsom Lake SRA. Regarding the narrow points on the trail, Barker asserted that a flat shoulder permits safe passing.

“On this particular trail, because of all the turns and some of the rough nature of it, there’s a lot of slowing elements like rocks or pinch points; you’re just not going that fast,” he said.

The trail is bookended by multi-use sections, requiring bikers who seek to legally link them in a single ride to navigate streets where there is often no shoulder. Barker said he’s excited the CIU will not only provide this connection, but also a better trail experience.

He looks forward to attending future events to promote trail etiquette.

“The high school and middle schools that are involved with the moun-

tain bike programs, they get a ton of education.

They’re the best behaved cyclists in the world,” he said.

“It’s been a popular bike trail. It’s been safe,” Barker added. “They’re just investing in this fear as reason to justify keeping something that actually works from moving forward. Haters are gonna hate.”

Finta isn’t alone in his aversion to trail bikers.

“I’m heartbroken that they’re considering it again,” shared equestrian Cathy Andrews, who has lived next to the trail for 20 years and rides it almost daily. “People have reported that there are no accidents but it’s just not true. You get tired of reporting it to the park service when they do nothing.”

Andrews has proposed a dual trail like the one developed at Jenkinson Lake.

On the other hand, marathon runner Krista Campbell has been using the trail for 35 years and welcomes the bikers. “I feel like it’s a really safe trail,” said Campbell, who finds poison oak and snakes more dangerous than the bikers. “I’m all for the bikes because there’s bikes already. It’s a space we all share.”

Nevertheless, Campbell expressed concern over what trail improvements may bring, including the possibility of increased traffic, litter and speed.

“Without those obstacles that once were there, the bikes are going to go faster,” she cautioned.

Comments regarding the CIU must be submitted to trails@parks.ca.gov

by Jan. 31. If passed, implementation of CIU modifications could start later this year and continue through 2024.

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Oak Ridge senior Olivia Chimienti fights for the ball with a Granite Bay defender in a game at Granite Bay Jan. 4.

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Thomas Frey Staff writer Oak Ridge’s top scorer Emily Lieber was sprinting down the Whitney High School soccer field in overtime with the ball at her feet in the 2020 Division 1 Sac-Joaquin Section championship game. The Trojans were playing arch-rival Folsom and they were trying to create a play that would cement the team’s legacy forever.

Lieber — then a sophomore who scored 22 goals that season — saw the Bulldogs’ defense coming toward her and she looked for an open teammate. With a perfect pass Lieber found fellow sophomore Grace Goins who buried the ball into the back of the net for the championship-winning goal.

“We were literally on top of the world,” Lieber said. “Going into our junior season we were so pumped and ready to just go back and win the whole thing again.”

Current seniors Goins and Lieber, along with Iman Mustafa, Olivia Chimienti and Gabby Marsh, were sophomores on the title team.

Zero of the goals scored in the 2019-20 season were by seniors — 81% of them were by fresh-

Oak Ridge senior Emily Lieber has led the team in goals since her freshman year and has more than 40 in her career. man or sophomores.

“Then COVID struck and we didn’t really get a season,” Mustafa said.

“I was kind of upset that we didn’t get a chance to prove that we are the best by winning back-toback.”

It was supposed to be a season where the Trojans were fighting for a second consecutive section championship. Instead they got a shortened season with no playoffs where they went 2-4-3.

“There was definitely a stop in momentum because you had all this expectation and it just wasn’t fulfilled,” Lieber said.

The Trojans had multiple players missing in several of the games.

“I got hurt so I was

barely playing,” Goins said of the 2020-21 season. “There were a lot of people out that were hurt and not playing so our motivation really dropped. It was not a good year for any of us.”

Once the 2020-21 season ended, the team immediately got back to business.

“The commitment level is a lot higher,” Olivia said. “We’re pretty close because we’ve all been playing since freshman year together.”

Head coach Rino Chimienti said he has had great seniors during his tenure as the Oak Ridge head coach but none like the class of 2022.

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“It has the quality of players and the right attitude. They won it as sophomores so there’s a lot of expectations.”

Lieber has 44 career goals and is committed to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

“She typically causes a lot of problems in the backline because of her pace,” Rino said.

Mustafa was named Sierra Foothill League Most Valuable Player as a sophomore and is headed to West Virginia University. She excels on both sides of the ball, according to her head coach, who added she is great at creating counterattacks.

Rino said Olivia is a sound player who can get behind defenses constantly with the ability to score or create goals.

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Continued from B3 Goins is committed to San Diego State and is good with the ball while typically guarding the opposing team’s best player, according to her coach.

In net is junior goaltender Kate Plachy. As a freshman she was named Sierra Foothill League Goalkeeper of the Year in 2019-20. In the 76th minute of the 2020 section final against Folsom, Plachy made a slide save to keep the game scoreless, giving the Trojans a chance to win in overtime — which they did.

She didn’t allow a goal in Oak Ridge’s last three section playoff games.

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Goins said Plachy is really good at communicating because of her exceptional vision to see the entire field.

Oak Ridge is 5-0-3 this year and in seven of those games Plachy and the Oak Ridge defense of Goins, sophomore Kailey Dickey and juniors Samantha Torres and Tara Johnson shut out the opponent.

“Tara Johnson has really stood out to me,” Olivia said. “She wins every ball in the air and I feel like our whole team feels pretty safe with her back there.

The Trojans play in a league where any team can win on any day.

“The SFL is a strong division and every team in the league is good,” Rino said. “We have to make sure we recognize that and we have to be ready because once you win, everybody’s gunning for you so you have to match that intensity.”

Lieber has four goals already this season and said that while the team is on a mission to win another section title, her top goal is to have fun with a group of players she calls her sisters.

“You never know when it all could be taken away again so making the most of it is on top of our priorities right now,” Lieber said. “(We are) just playing our hardest every single game and not having any regrets in case it does go away.”

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