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Shelter delayed Eric Jaramishian Staff writer El Dorado County will have to wait a couple more weeks before opening its temporary homeless navigation center/shelter in Placerville. County leaders now expect the old juvenile hall site at 299 Fair Lane to be ready by the beginning of February once a memorandum of understanding has been finalized between the homelessness solutions nonprofit Volunteers of America and El Dorado County, according to county spokeswoman Carla Hass. It was originally anticipated the facility would open mid-January. Volunteers of America, contracted by the county Health and Human Services Agency, will provide operation and case management services for homeless individuals at the 60-bed shelter. County staff will not assist in running the navigation center, but HHSA’s Housing and Homelessness Services staff will collaborate with VOA’s case managers to guide shelter occupants to community resources and support as well as provide outreach services to those not utilizing the shelter, Hass states in an email to the Mountain Democrat. Additionally HHSA’s Behavioral Health team will provide onsite support one day per week to link occupants to services, Hass added. VOA is currently conducting orientation to prepare new and existing staff for trauma-informed care and de-escalation and health and safety protocol. VOA will go through additional training on a regular basis in order to help prepare navigation center occupants for long-term housing sustainability, Hass explained. County staff has completed all building renovations and VOA is currently furnishing the facility and finishing painting the interior to create a “welcoming” environment for the shelter’s occupants. n
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EDH cityhood advocates aim for the ballot Sel Richard Staff writer The prospect of El Dorado Hills’ incorporation is once again being promoted as several factors spur cityhood advocates into action, including the prospect of Costco and Parker Development’s plans for the defunct golf course. At the January El Dorado Hills “ … we’re talking Community Services District Board of about hundreds Directors meeting, of thousands resident Lewis Hampton, of dollars in who recently lost a bid for a CSD board seat today’s money to incumbent Michael to get millions of Martinelli, presented a comprehensive plea dollars every year for the CSD to move forever.” forward in what he terms “the road to — Lewis Hampton, El independence.” Dorado Hills resident Hampton pressed the board to kickstart the process, which he said would give the area a longterm sense of community. He called for the CSD to be the lead agency to allocate the funds to put the cityhood issue on an upcoming ballot. “Let’s not worry about who at the county level will oppose our stake on independence, or which n
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A Good Samaritan, above, checks to make sure there are no occupants inside vehicles that were crushed when a tree fell in the W.S. Kirk Lot in downtown Placerville at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The afternoon saw heavy rain, strong winds, thunder and lightning before the tall cypress came crashing down. Recent storms are causing flooding, sinkholes and downed trees across El Dorado County and much of Northern California but the weather is forecast to let up Wednesday into Thursday. Once standing along Hangtown Creek between the Mustard and Ketchup Buildings and The Supply Sergeant, the approximately 60-foot tree landed on top of seven vehicles, right photo. Mountain Democrat photos by Krysten Kellum
Tensions flare as Camino school trustees walk out of meeting Odin Rasco Staff writer “Do these meetings usually go like this?” Jamie Reyes, the new president of the Camino School Parent Teacher Organization, asked the question aloud at the Jan. 10 Camino Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees meeting. Minutes prior to Reyes’ question two of four trustees present, Bob Van Gilder and Pat Kernan, got up from their seats and left the school’s cafeteria mid-meeting as a California Teachers Association representative attempted to speak. Their absence led to an unplanned break that lasted close to 10 minutes. The CTA representative is now alleging that the board’s conduct
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Camino Union School District Trustees Bob Van Gilder, left, and Pat Kernan returned to the school board meeting after leaving for close to 10 minutes. constitutes a violation of a number of rules and laws, including the Brown Act and the First Amendment. “They
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