President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in Honor of President’s Day

President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in Honor of President’s Day

Gettysburg, PA…While it was delivered 5 years before our country officially started celebrated Decoration Day which became Memorial Day. The Gettysburg Address remains one of the most eloquent of tributes to those who gave their all that we might be free. The “Bliss Copy” of his address “Four score and seven years ago our fathers […]

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action Tomorrow

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action Tomorrow

San Andreas, CA….The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors (AKA the Fab Five) are back in Action Tomorrow. The agenda is below… Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting 2/20/2018 8:30 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet Call to Order Roll Call CLOSED SESSION AGENDA 1. Conference with legal […]

Governor Brown Signed Legislation In October Prohibiting Teachers or Others Designated by Local Districts From Being Armed Near Schools

Governor Brown Signed Legislation In October Prohibiting Teachers or Others Designated by Local Districts From Being Armed Near Schools

Sacramento, CA…(Updated)On October 14th, 2017 Governor Brown signed legislation that overrides local jurisdictional right to allow teachers or others designated by the district to be armed near a school. From AB 424, McCarty. Possession of a firearm in a school zone…”Existing law makes it a crime to possess a firearm in a place that the […]

Grand Jury Indicts Thirteen Russian Individuals and Three Russian Companies for Scheme to Interfere in the United States Political System

Grand Jury Indicts Thirteen Russian Individuals and Three Russian Companies for Scheme to Interfere in the United States Political System

Washington, DC…The Department of Justice announced that a grand jury in the District of Columbia today returned an indictment presented by the Special Counsel’s Office. The indictment charges thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere in the United States political system, including the 2016 Presidential election. The […]

13 Russian Nationals Indicted on Various Charges for Related to Election Meddling

13 Russian Nationals Indicted on Various Charges for Related to Election Meddling

Washington, DC…Today the DOJ announced that 13 Russian nationals have been indicted for efforts to sow discord in the American election process and in what the defendants called information warfare. Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein’s statement is below and full text is enclosed… PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE STAND BY. PLEASE STAND BY. >> THIS IS YOUR […]

Yosemite National Park Announces the Opening Date for the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias

Yosemite National Park Announces the Opening Date for the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias

Yosemite, CA…The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias will Open at 9:00 am on Friday, June 15, 2018. Yosemite National Park announces that the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias will reopen to the public at 9:00 am on Friday, June 15, 2018. The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias has been closed since July 2015 to complete […]

Calaveras County Cannabis Cultivation Ban Implementation

Calaveras County Cannabis Cultivation Ban Implementation

San Andreas, CA…The implementation of the commercial cannabis cultivation ban adopted by the Board of Supervisors in January 2018 is set to begin on Friday, March 9, 2018. The ordinance, which bans all commercial cannabis cultivation and limits and regulates personal cultivation of up to six plants (per State law), was posted in the paper […]

President Trump on the Shooting in Parkland, Florida

President Trump on the Shooting in Parkland, Florida

Washington, DC…THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, today I speak to a nation in grief. Yesterday, a school filled with innocent children and caring teachers became the scene of terrible violence, hatred, and evil. Around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, police responded to reports of gunfire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — a great […]

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-1123 APPEAL OF DENIAL FOR RECONSIDERATION OF APPEAL of Planning Directors Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application 2016-106 for APN: 044-006-028 Adrian Lambie, on behalf of Ralph Calderon and Mountain Farms, […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-976 APPEAL by Chrys Johnston of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application The site is abuts the northern boundary of 6411 Hawver Rd., Mokelumne Hill. APN: 016-021-028 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-965 APPEAL by Chrys Johnston of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application The site is located at 6411 Hawver Rd., Mokelumne Hill. APN: 016-024-012. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Calaveras County […]

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-629 APPEAL by Stewart Alberts of Planning Commission Denial of Appeal 2016-629 for the denial of a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application. The site is located at 8429 Oak Ridge Rd., Mountain […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-599 APPEAL by Willie Kirkpatrick on behalf of Willie’s Buds of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application on APN 050-021-036. The site is located at 10420 Hogan Dam Rd, Valley Springs, CA […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-593 APPEAL by Willie Kirkpatrick on behalf of Willie’s Buds of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application on APN 050-021-035. The site is located at 10420 Hogan Dam Road, Valley Springs, CA […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-541 APPEAL by Kern Houghten of the Planning Directors Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application. The site is located at 19894 Cedar Way, Mountain Ranch, APN: 020-027-053. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that […]

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing

Board of Supervisors Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-540 APPEAL by Adam Ray of the Planning Director’s determination that a cultivation for a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application is over canopy for and therefore denied for failing to abate the […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-537 APPEAL by Kern Houghten of the Planning Directors Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application. The site is located at 201 Sierra Madre Road, Railroad Flat, T5N, R13E, Sec. 12, APN: 020-029-040. […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-152 APPEAL by Brian R. Chavez-Ochoa on Behalf of Daniel Benjamin Alexander of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application The site is located at 365 Old Prospector Trail, Mokelumne Hill. NOTICE IS […]

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

San Andreas, CA…PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. LEAD AGENCY: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd. San Andreas, CA 95249. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR 2008-58 TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP FOR TAD FOLENDORF Tad Folendorf, trustee of the Tad Folendorf Revocable Living Trust, filed a request for an extension of time to extend the expiration […]

Election Department Legal Notice

Election Department Legal Notice

San Andreas, CA…LEGAL NOTICE: Dates for issuing nominations for the June 5, 2018 Statewide Direct Primary Election are as follows: Nominations for all Candidates – filing fee must be paid at this time: Opens: February 12, 2018 Closes: March 9, 2018 Extension Period: March 14, 2018 – if incumbent does not file for re-election; the […]

Advisory for Don Pedro Lake in Tuolumne County Offers Safe Eating Advice for Five Species of Fish

Advisory for Don Pedro Lake in Tuolumne County Offers Safe Eating Advice for Five Species of Fish

La Grange, CA…A new state fish advisory issued today provides safe eating advice for black bass species, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Sacramento Sucker, and sunfish species from Don Pedro Lake in Tuolumne County.  The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) developed the recommendations based on the levels of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) found […]

An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of Calaveras County Relating to Cannabis Cultivation and Commerce

An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of Calaveras County Relating to Cannabis Cultivation and Commerce

San Andreas, CA…ORDINANCE NO. 20180110o3094. AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CALAVERAS COUNTY RESCINDING IN FULL AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 17.95 OF THE CALAVERAS COUNTY CODE RELATING TO CANNABIS CULTIVATION AND COMMERCE. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Calaveras does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1: Pursuant to its authority […]

Calaveras County Announces It Will Sue PG&E, Hires Major National Law Firm Baron & Budd to Represent Calaveras County Taxpayers

Calaveras County Announces It Will Sue PG&E, Hires Major National Law Firm Baron & Budd to Represent Calaveras County Taxpayers

San Andreas, CA…On February 13, 2018, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to retain the national law firm of Baron & Budd and the California Fire Lawyers to initiate litigation against PG&E for its role in causing the Butte Fire. The Board’s decision marks the next important step towards recovering “millions upon millions […]

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action This Morning

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action This Morning

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are back in action today. Kindness Week & yes, cannabis top the agenda. The agenda is below… Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting 2/13/2018 8:00 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet Call to Order Roll Call CLOSED SESSION AGENDA […]

President Trump’s Weekly Address…MS-13 A Focus

President Trump’s Weekly Address…MS-13 A Focus

Washington, DC…My fellow Americans, This week, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, homeland security officials, and lawmakers joined me at the White House to address a very vicious threat to our communities—the savage gang, MS-13. Glaring loopholes in our laws have allowed criminals and gang members to break into our country. For example, under current law, unaccompanied […]

President Donald J. Trump’s American Infrastructure Initiative

President Donald J. Trump’s American Infrastructure Initiative

Washington, DC…”We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land. And we will do it with American heart, and American hands, and American grit.” President Donald J. Trump BUILDING AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE: Today, President Donald J. Trump released his legislative goals to rebuild our Nation’s crumbling infrastructure. The six principles […]