{"id":9438,"date":"2015-08-29T00:29:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T07:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=9438"},"modified":"2015-08-29T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T18:39:21","slug":"do-you-feel-there-are-areas-in-your-county-government-or-its-operations-that-can-be-improved-in-order-to-better-serve-the-community-do-you-wonder-where-the-watchdogs-of-the-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=9438","title":{"rendered":"Calaveras County Grand Jury Needs Your Input"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">San Andreas, CA&#8230;Do you feel there are areas in your county government or its operations that can be improved in order to better serve the community? Do you wonder where the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">watchdogs<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">of the county are and what they are doing to ensure that county departments and agencies are operating efficiently?\u00a0 If you answered yes to any of these questions, you can help your community become a better place by contacting the Calaveras County Grand Jury. They ARE the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">watchdogs<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and they represent all citizens. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calaverasgov.us\/Departments\/AG\/GrandJury.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9439 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/calgj.jpg\" alt=\"calgj\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/calgj.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/calgj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/calgj-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Grand Jury is comprised of 19 Calaveras County Citizens who serve for a term of one year. Although these jurors have different backgrounds and experiences, they have one thing in common: they share a concern for the well-being of the county. Every effort is made to uncover all the facts of each case to assure investigations are completed thoroughly and without bias. At the end of each fiscal year the Jury<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">s findings are published in the Grand Jury Final Report. How well the Grand Jury<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">s process works relies largely on citizens identifying areas of concern.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">s where YOU can help! If you are aware of anything that you feel may need to be investigated, you are encouraged to fill out a complaint form and mail it to the Calaveras County Grand Jury. All correspondence and complaints are strictly confidential and held to the highest standard of secrecy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A written complaint form is preferred and can be requested by writing to the Grand Jury at the address below or it can be found online at <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/calaveras.gov.us\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">calaveras.gov.us<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> along with full details and instructions. You may also call the number below to request a complaint form. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Filling out a complaint form anonymously is an option, but it can prevent the jury from contacting you regarding your concern which can result in the inability to investigate further.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mail completed form to:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">P.O. Box #1414<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">San Andreas, CA <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">95249<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">(209) 754-5860<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Andreas, CA&#8230;Do you feel there are areas in your county government or its operations that can be improved in order to better serve the community? Do you wonder where the \u201cwatchdogs\u201d of the county are and what they are doing to ensure that county departments and agencies are operating efficiently?\u00a0 If you answered yes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","category-san-andreas","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/calgj.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}