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Tahoe Daily Tribune Rep. Tom McClintock on Friday sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling for him to fulfill the promise he made to assist the victims of the Caldor Fire when he visited the scene on Sept. “… when FEMA 13. “When denied the officials from governor’s request El Dorado County and for individual the California assistance for Governor’s the Creek Fire in Office of Emergency Fresno and Madera Services counties, President apprised you Trump immediately of the need to assist these reversed the displaced decision.” families, you said, ‘we’re — Tom McClintock, going to take representative for California’s care of them 4th congressional district … there’s a lot that we can do, and it starts off being a federal responsibility, in my view,’” the letter states. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appeal for individual assistance for Caldor Fire victims. The fire is the 15th largest and 16th most destructive fire in the history of California. Hundreds of homes were destroyed when the fire tragically n
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Residents of Grizzly Flat were treated to a Thanksgiving feast Sunday — a community boost spearheaded by CaldorFire-displaced residents and county leaders. The event took over the Forni Building at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds with tables each set and uniquely decorated, above. The Thanksgiving meal came together thanks to community volunteers as attendees of the Grizzly Feast filled up the event hall, right photo. Courtesy photo
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Supes narrow redistricting maps Payne named Eric Jaramishian Staff writer El Dorado County is another step closer to curating redistricting lines after its Board of Supervisors chose to make tweaks to the second revision of the El Dorado Hills
Community Draft alternative map. The El Dorado Hills Community Draft alternative second revision splits the community of El Dorado Hills along White Rock Road. North of White Rock Road, District 1 would include Serrano, Lake Hills and the Bass Lake communities. District 2 would retain the El Dorado Hills population south of White Rock Road, including Blackstone, Heritage and Four Seasons, along with Cameron Park and much of south county, including Somerset, Pleasant Valley and Grizzly Flat. District 3 includes Placerville, El Dorado/ Diamond Springs and the Missouri Flat area to the west, south to Sly Park Road and
the North Fork of the Cosumnes River, east to Camino and Cedar Grove, and north to the South Fork of the American River. District 4 combines Shingle Springs, Rescue and communities that make up and the majority of north county. District 5 would get the Pollock Pines and Sly Park communities along with with South Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Basin. Based off a city-based map and the El Dorado Hills Community maps from the Nov. 3 redistricting workshop, four revised alternative county redistricting maps were presented to the supervisors for consideration. At the Nov. 16 public hearing, supervisors immediately dismissed the first revision for
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the El Dorado Hills Community alternative map with almost no discussion, also tossing the first revision of the city-based alternative map since it would lump Bass Lake into District 2. District 4 Supervisor Lori Parlin pointed out that the area where Malcom Dixon Road meets with Green Valley is put into her district in the second revision of the city-based alternative map. “In my mind, that’s not keeping El Dorado Hills in one district, so that’s problematic,” Parlin said. Supervisors set aside the second city-based revision to discuss the clear favorite of the four revised maps among the supervisors, the second revision of the El Dorado Hills n
District 2 planning commissioner Eric Jaramishian Staff writer The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted Nov. 16 to appoint longtime community member Kris Payne as the new El Dorado County District 2 planning commissioner. KRIS PAYNE Payne replaces Cheryl Bly-Chester, who was removed from the county Planning Commission in August. Supervior George Turnboo first chose Camino resident and building designer Sue Taylor as his district’s next planning commissioner but that nomination failed to get enough support from the board. Payne is a retired engineer who worked with county public works and the Department of Transportation as a supervising civil engineer and program manager for 33 years. Paynes’ career throughout the West Slope and the Tahoe region required him to collaborate
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