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________El__Dorado supervisors at the May 11 board ______ County O.K meeting authorized a .move to Cbring cameras WITH ORRbody-worn ECTIONS BY RRECTI GC-72649_1 (1 toOthe NS OSheriff : ____________ NLINE’s Office. 00%) As directed, Chief Administrative Officer Don Ashton ADVERTISER said he will include a partial element of the item in his : DOO DOO SQ UAD SALES PERSO development PROOF CR of the preliminary budget between now and N: GC0132 D AT: 1/ 8/2021 10 June. It willEA beTEpartial because the scal year will already SIZE: 2X3 :20:fi36 A NEXT RUN D be nearly halfAT over by/1the time a fi nal orMrecommended E: 01 4/ 21 PUBLICATIO PROOF is budget accepted in mid-to-late September. N: GC-FOLSO DU E: 01/12/21 M TELEGRAPH 12:59:summarized 55 Sheriff John D’Agostini data from a letter and presentation he had sent to the board. “It’s become very clear to me that it is time for us to adopt this kind of program,” he began. “Technology has caught up and the costs and extra duty for staff are warranted.” “It’s time to adopt He continued, “It’s the technology and expected in this day and age and the bottom line for the transparency ...” the board now is the cost.” Courtesy photo Studies were con— John D’Agostini, El Dorado Hills swimmer Patrick Sammon has his sights set on this summer’s Olympics. He will to compete with other ducted on two fairly top swimmers for a coveted spot on Team USA in early June. El Dorado County sheriff comparable systems, he said and recommended the county adopt the Watchguard system, noting, “Its technology seems more affordable and is the easiest to use.” Acknowledging budget issues, D’Agostini further explained, “It’s possible that downstream the district attorney and public defender would stream video eviCameron Park. Jana Rossi dence as well.” The V300 continuous-operation bodyIn early May his years of pre-dawn practices, dayStaff writer worn camera remains operational for more than 12 hours long swim meets and breathless minutes standing and includes a detachable battery, 128GB of storage space on blocks waiting for the start of the race signal — ak Ridge High School senior Patrick and wireless uploading, according to the Motorola webeverything Sammon worked so hard for was sudSammon jumped into the pool around site. denly recognized. While competing in the TYR 18 age 3 after his parents enrolled him in County District Attorney Vern Pierson called in to the and under Spring Cup in Irvine, he qualified for the water safety classes. When he was 6 he joined the meeting and shared, “I definitely think it’s time for it,” Olympic Trials in three swim events; the 50-meter, Tasmanian Devils Swim Team, but it wasn’t until adding that the public defender would probably agree. 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle races. he turned 12 that he said he realized his passion “Now is the time,” D’Agostini concluded. “It’s for the water could be more than just a hobby. ■ See SAMMON, page A5 ■ See CAMERAS, page A4 He began swimming year-round for AquaSol in PLEASE READ
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Depleted snowpack runoff lands 41 counties in drought Village Life staff SACRAMENTO — El Dorado County has been added to the state’s list of counties declared to be in a drought. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently expanded his April 21 drought emergency proclamation to include Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Tulare Lake watershed counties where accelerated action is needed to protect public health, safety and the environment. Forty-one counties are now under a drought state of emergency, representing 30% of the state’s population. Leaders say climate-change-induced early warm temperatures and extremely dry soils have further depleted the expected runoff water from the SierraCascade snowpack, resulting in historic and unanticipated reductions in the amount of water flowing to major reservoirs. “We’re working with local officials and other partners to protect public
health and safety and the environment, and call on all Californians to help meet this challenge by stepping up their efforts to save water,” said Newsom. In April Newsom signed an emergency proclamation directing state agencies to take immediate action to bolster drought resilience across the state and declaring a state of emergency in Mendocino and Sonoma counties due to severe drought conditions in the Russian River watershed. The expanded drought emergency proclamation adds the following 39 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo and ■
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Folsom Reservoir, which is filled by the American River watershed, is at 38% of its storage capacity with about 369,000 acre-feet of water. Last year at this time Folsom held 737,000 acre-feet.
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