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11/09/2022
Election night results for the El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors put longtime El Dorado Hills denizen Heidi Hannaman in a solid lead with 7,404 votes, almost 27% of the total as of Nov. 9.

11/02/2022
The El Dorado Hills Community Services District is taking its public fight with county Auditor-Controller Joe Harn to court, asserting that the assessor purposely left Lighting and Landscaping Assessment District fees charged by the CSD off property tax bills.

10/12/2022
Heritage Park’s construction fencing was recently whisked away after months of delays. “The construction work is completed at Heritage Park,” confirmed El Dorado Hills Community Services District General Manager Kevin Loewen.

09/27/2022
Incumbent Heidi Hannaman has 25 years of public policy experience at the California Legislature and was appointed to the EDH Community Service District board in June 2021 to fill a vacated seat.

09/27/2022
Lewis Hampton, who moved to El Dorado Hills in 2017, seeks to use his professional experience to help the area reach its full potential as an idyllic place for its residents to call home.

09/27/2022
Steve Ferry and his wife, Beth, moved from San Jose to El Dorado Hills in 2000. He now enjoys seeing his five grandchildren grow up participating in EDH Community Service District parks and recreation programs.

09/27/2022
After more than 40 years in construction management for Babcock and Wilcox, William Willman retired in 2008 and moved to be near his daughter. He designed and built his home in El Dorado Hills.

09/27/2022
A resident of El Dorado Hills since 2014, Mike Martinelli, his wife and two boys enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle. A professional in insurance and financial services, Martinelli recently relocated his small business to be closer to home.

09/14/2022
El Dorado Hills Community Services District board members accused the El Dorado County Grand Jury of subpar performance in a draft of its formal response to an investigation regarding the CSD’s management of Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts.

07/31/2022
The El Dorado County Grand Jury released the results of an investigation into the El Dorado Hills Community Services District’s management of Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts. Among its recommendations: an itemized list of improvements, more readable boundary maps, and usage surveys.

05/24/2022
Preliminary engineers’ reports on the annual assessments for El Dorado Hills Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts were approved at this month’s EDH Community Services District Board of Directors meeting, bringing changes to yearly fees for some residents.

03/22/2022
Mountain bikers gathered at a recent El Dorado Hills Community Services District board meeting where a bike park project was discussed and unanimously approved.

03/22/2022
The El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors has approved a raise for General Manager Kevin Loewen to adjust for nationwide inflation.

02/15/2022
The new Heritage Village Park faces another delay: Rust is seeping up into the concrete courts. Previously, residents challenged the park’s 50-foot-tall sport court lighting.

01/04/2022
El Dorado Hills Community Park patrons will soon have a new security guard watchig the grounds: the Knightscope autonomous security robot, weighing in at 398 pounds.

11/18/2021
The El Dorado Hills Community Services Board of Directors recently approved a second round of funding for education and outreach regarding a future bond measure.

09/21/2021
The latest in a tussle over 50-foot light fixtures at the future Heritage Park has developer Lennar Homes offering to remove the lights for free. But El Dorado Hills Community Services District board members remain unconvinced.

08/17/2021
More than 100 community members showed up for an Area Planning Advisory Committee meeting about the prospect of Costco coming to El Dorado Hills. The store is part of a a 31,000-square-foot retail component north of Silva Valley Parkway. For more info, visit edhapac.org.

08/10/2021
Local residents Wally and Jenny Richardson have partnered with the El Dorado Hills Community Services District on Love and Kindness Week—seven days of daily good deeds, kicking off Aug. 14. The challenge ends Aug. 20 at the Community Park Summer Concert.

07/22/2021
A special El Dorado Hills Community Services District meeting was held to count ballots to increase assessments in four Landscape and Lighting Assessment Districts. Voters nixed three out of four.