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Syringe exchange more harm than good, leaders say Eric Jaramishian Staff writer Sierra Harm Reduction Coalition’s contract to operate in El Dorado County will be up Sept. 1 and county leaders are making an effort to stop its operation indefinitely. The Board of Supervisors voted to send a letter to the chief of the California Department of Public Health Harm Reduction Unit Alessandra Ross, signed by Board Chair Wendy Thomas and El Dorado County Sheriff Jeff Leikauf, which spells out reasons for the county’s desire to end the coalition’s activities on the West Slope. Sierra Harm Reduction Coalition exchanges dirty syringes and smoking pipes for clean ones in an effort to stop the spread of HIV, AIDS and other blood-borne diseases and reduce negative consequences associated with drug use. The goals of the coalition include assisting disadvantaged
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communities and building recovery-ready environments within the county, according to its website. The reduction coalition has operated under the authorization of the Department of Public Health since 2019. The letter states there is a lack of evidence to support SHRC’s syringe exchange program as local data shows no rapid spread of blood-borne diseases such as HIV or hepatitis. According to the state Department of Public Health HIV surveillance reports, in El Dorado County eight people were newly diagnosed with an HIV infection in 2021 and six were diagnosed in 2020. There were 181 cases of Hepatitis C reported in 2019, a number that went down to 145 in 2021, according to El Dorado County Communications Director Carla Hass. Furthermore, county officials claim in the n See Harm, page A3
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EDH dad advocates for bone marrow donors Noel Stack Managing editor This law could save lives — That’s the message El Dorado Hills resident Scott MacGregor took to Washington, D.C., last month when he met with lawmakers and urged them to support House Resolution 3024. The Life Saving Leave Act sponsored by Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, would update the Family and Medical Leave Act, created in 1993, to include bone marrow and blood stem cell donors. It provides up to 40 hours of nonconsecutive unpaid time off work, which is basic job security. Such protection is already provided for organ donors; however, at the time FMLA was signed into law bone marrow donations were relatively new and not very common. MacGregor was part of a group of 50 National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match volunteers at the U.S. Capitol building. Volunteers met with legislators, shared their personal bone marrow donation stories and touted the benefits of HR 3024. “My daughter Taryn found her life-saving donor hero Ben more than eight years ago through the n See donors, page A5
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El Dorado Hills resident Scott MacGregor joined other bone marrow donation advocates in Washington, D.C., last month to support new legislation that would protect donors from losing their jobs.
Tahoe planning to shape ‘the visitor we want’ n Collective responsibility
at heart of regional stewardship strategy Laney Griffo Tahoe Daily Tribune
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Representatives from organizations collaborating on the Lake Tahoe Destination Stewardship Plan sign an agreement to create the first stewardship council for the region.
ROUND HILL, Nev. — An unprecedented group of Lake Tahoe destination management, land management and nonprofits last week launched the Lake Tahoe Destination Stewardship Plan with the signing of an agreement to create the first stewardship council for the region. The plan outlines a framework and sets in motion action priorities to better manage outdoor recreation and tourism and ensure the sustainability and preservation of an iconic natural
treasure and its local community. The June 20 event capped a stakeholder engagement and community visioning process that began in 2022 after the community felt immense challenges initially brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan’s vision and actions were developed in collaboration with 17 regional organizations and participation of more than 3,000 residents, visitors and businesses through surveys, interviews and workshops. Speakers at the event included Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Executive Director Julie Regan, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Supervisor Erick Walker, North Tahoe Community Alliance President and n See Tahoe plan, page A6
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