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. San Andreas State Route 49 Commercial Gateway and Corridor Study: Calaveras County, in coordination with Caltrans and the Calaveras Council of Governments, is proposing to adopt a transportation and land use study […]

Calaveras-Mariposa Community Action Agency Request For Propasal

Calaveras-Mariposa Community Action Agency Request For Propasal

San Andreas, CA…CALAVERAS-MARIPOSA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CALAVERAS-MARIPOSA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY (hereinafter “CMCAA”) requests proposals for funding, and will receive proposal packages at the Calaveras Department of Health and Human Services up to the hour of 4:30 p.m. on the 27th day of November, 2017. […]

National Parks Commemorate Veterans Day With Free Admission Nov. 11 & 12th

National Parks Commemorate Veterans Day With Free Admission Nov. 11 & 12th

Washington, DC…The National Park Service will commemorate Veterans Day and the service of American military members past and present with special events and free admission in parks throughout the country on November 11 and 12. The National Park Service’s American Military website contains a list of events as well as other military-related outreach and information. […]

President Trump at APEC CEO Summit | Da Nang, Vietnam

President Trump at APEC CEO Summit | Da Nang, Vietnam

Da Nang, Vietnam…What an honor it is to be here in Vietnam — in the very heart of the Indo-Pacific — to address the people and business leaders of this region. This has already been a remarkable week for the United States in this wonderful part of the world. Starting from Hawaii, Melania and I […]

Angels Camp To Hold Special Meeting on Marijuana Ordinance November 13

Angels Camp To Hold Special Meeting on Marijuana Ordinance November 13

Angels Camp, CA…The Angels Camp City Council is wading into the Marijuana issue within the City. On Monday evening November 13th at 6pm they will be meeting at the Bret Harte High School Theater to handle any expected crowd size. The main agenda item is to consider the adoption of an urgency moratorium ordinance concerning […]

Cannabis Sellers Must Register with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Cannabis Sellers Must Register with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Sacramento, CA…Individuals planning to sell cannabis or cannabis products beginning January 1, 2018, must register with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) for a seller’s permit. Cannabis cultivators, processors, manufacturers, retailers, microbusinesses and distributors who make sales are required to obtain and maintain a seller’s permit as a prerequisite for applying for a […]

Governor Brown Calls on Faith Leaders to Help “Awaken the World” to Climate Dangers at Vatican Symposium

Governor Brown Calls on Faith Leaders to Help “Awaken the World” to Climate Dangers at Vatican Symposium

Vatican City…In keynote remarks at a symposium on climate change hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. called on global faith leaders to help “awaken the world” to the threat of toxic carbon pollution. “Until religious leaders from every part of the globe and from every denomination […]

More JFK Assassination Records Opened to the Public, JFK & MLK Behaviors Alluded To

More JFK Assassination Records Opened to the Public, JFK & MLK Behaviors Alluded To

Washington, DC….553 Newly Released CIA Documents Posted.  In the third public release this year, the National Archives today posted 676 records subject to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act).  Last week, President Donald J. Trump ordered all remaining records governed by section 5 of the JFK Act be released to […]

California Gubernatorial Candidate Delaine Eastin to Visit Calaveras County on November 13th

California Gubernatorial Candidate Delaine Eastin to Visit Calaveras County on November 13th

San Andreas, CA…California Gubernatorial Candidate Delaine Eastin will be the featured speaker at the Calaveras Democrats monthly meeting on November 13. Meeting time is 6:30 pm at the Calaveras County Public Library in San Andreas, with Eastin scheduled to speak at 6:45. It is recommended to arrive early, as seating is limited. “Calavera County may […]

Bills Move as Congressional Focus on Wildfire Prevention Intensifies

Bills Move as Congressional Focus on Wildfire Prevention Intensifies

Washington, DC…This week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to streamline environmental reviews of forest management practices on federally managed lands in order to enhance wildfire prevention efforts nationwide.  H.R. 2936, also known as the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017, is the latest bill introduced by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) to tackle wildfire […]

Secretary Mattis Travels to Finland, Belgium, and the United Kingdom

Secretary Mattis Travels to Finland, Belgium, and the United Kingdom

Washington, DC…Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will embark on Sunday, Nov. 5, to re-affirm key partnerships and alliances in Europe. Secretary Mattis will begin his engagements with a meeting with the Northern Group, a multilateral forum of 12 countries, including the five Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway), the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, […]

Economy Added a Robust 261,000 Jobs in October & Unemployment Drops to 4.1%

Economy Added a Robust 261,000 Jobs in October & Unemployment Drops to 4.1%

Washington, DC….Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 261,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in food services and drinking places increased sharply, mostly offsetting a decline in September that largely reflected the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey. In October, job […]

House GOP Tax Plan Summary

House GOP Tax Plan Summary

Washington, DC…The GOP has released their tax plan. A few light details are below… Lowers Rates for Individuals and Families The framework shrinks the current seven tax brackets into three – 12%, 25% and 35% – with the potential for an additional top rate for the highest-income taxpayers to ensure that the wealthy do not […]

CIA Releases Nearly 470,000 Additional Files Recovered in May 2011 Raid on Usama Bin Ladin’s Compound

CIA Releases Nearly 470,000 Additional Files Recovered in May 2011 Raid on Usama Bin Ladin’s Compound

Langley, VA…The CIA today released to the public nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in the May 2011 raid on Usama Bin Ladin’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. CIA Director Mike Pompeo authorized the release in the interest of transparency and to enhance public understanding of al-Qa‘ida and its former leader. The files released today are available […]

Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders for November 1, 2017

Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders for November 1, 2017

Washington, DC…MS. SANDERS: Let me just start by offering our thoughts and prayers today with the people of New York City — some of the toughest, most resilient people on Earth — in the wake of yesterday’s cowardly terrorist attack. This attack underscores that the terrorist threat is real. And as we defeat ISIS and […]

President Trump on New York & More at Cabinet Meeting

President Trump on New York & More at Cabinet Meeting

Washington, DC…THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Today we mourn the horrifying terrorist attack in New York City, just blocks away from the site of the World Trade Center. A man drove a truck into a pedestrian bike path and murdered eight people, and injured very, very seriously at least 11 more. All of America […]

The Annual Stone Soup & Halloween at Calaveras Government Center with Video & Over 190 Photos

The Annual Stone Soup & Halloween at Calaveras Government Center with Video & Over 190 Photos

San Andreas, CA…We had the honor to be one of the Judges at the Annual Stone Soup festivities at the Government Center. This day and fundraiser for the local food bank was originally promoted by the late Chief Probation Officer Michael Kriletich and former CAO Jennie Boyce. It’s goals were to enhance the community spirit […]

Mustafa al-Imam Captured for His Alleged Role in the September 11, 2012 Attacks in Benghazi, Libya Resulting in the Deaths of Four Americans

Mustafa al-Imam Captured for His Alleged Role in the September 11, 2012 Attacks in Benghazi, Libya Resulting in the Deaths of Four Americans

Washington, DC…Yesterday, on my orders, United States forces captured Mustafa al-Imam in Libya. Because of this successful operation, al-Imam will face justice in the United States for his alleged role in the September 11, 2012 attacks in Benghazi, which resulted in the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith, and Tyrone Woods—four brave […]

Attorney General Becerra Takes Action in Defense of Same-Sex Couple Denied Wedding Cake

Attorney General Becerra Takes Action in Defense of Same-Sex Couple Denied Wedding Cake

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today joined Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, Hawai’i Attorney General Doug Chin and the attorneys general of 18 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission in Masterpiece Cakeshops, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case involves […]

Clarification on Availability of Discretionary Funds in the County Treasury By CAO Timothy Lutz

Clarification on Availability of Discretionary Funds in the County Treasury By CAO Timothy Lutz

San Andreas, CA…During the October 17 and 18 Board of Supervisors’ Hearings to consider the adoption of an ordinance to either ban or regulate cannabis cultivation in the County, there was some confusion regarding how much unobligated funds Calaveras County has available at its disposal. Specifically, it was stated that there was an excess of […]