El Dorado County Land Use & Development Digest

The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.

In their August 20 meeting, El Dorado County Supervisors were updated on efforts by the Planning and Building Department to improve the often frustrating development permitting process.

Learn how the Ski Run community came together to build South Lake Tahoe's newest community park, celebrating its grand opening on September 6.

To comply with state law, the City of South Lake Tahoe is moving to a three-cart curbside refuse and recycling program.

With almost 95,000 acres of forest treated, work continues to thin forests and reduce fire hazard in the Lake Tahoe basin.

Backers pulled a $20 billion affordable housing bond off Bay Area ballots today, amid fears that it wouldn’t pass.

Some California agencies are offering incentives and hosting workshops for school districts that want to build affordable housing for teachers.

The new Central Mile Loop Trail is completed and open to public use, as discussions continue around other amenities to be build on the former Executive Golf Course site.

The process of crafting a long range plan for meeting affordable housing needs has begun by the El Dorado County Planning and Building Department, with public workshops to be held in coming months.

On August 3, a number of volunteers and staff from the Tahoe Resource Conservation District came together to clean up discarded debris in the Johnson Meadow in South Lake Tahoe.

The El Dorado Irrigation District investments in alternative energy projects is paying off.

The draft environmental impact report for the Town And Country Village hotel and event center project has been released for public comment by the El Dorado County Planning and Building Department-Planning Division.

Rosalie Herrera has been named the permanent deputy forest supervisor for the USDA Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

When California emerged from its colonial beginnings nearly two centuries ago and began coalescing into a distinct society, its towns and villages tended to be located either on navigable rivers, such as Sacramento, or around the 21 missions that Spanish explorer priests had established, such as San Diego.

Al Tahoe Firewise is hosting its annual neighborhood clean-up and chipping day get together this year on August 3.

What happens when voters take to the ballot to thumb their nose at state housing law? Courts haven’t offered a clear answer.

California Forever’s announcement July 22 that it has decided to pull a ballot measure that would have let voters decide on a controversial planned city in rural Solano County drew swift reaction from political leaders and opponents.

On July 22, California Forever announced it was withdrawing its initiative to amend the Solano County General Plan off the November ballot and would instead begin working with the county through the normal, though less expeditious, process.

A settlement agreement was reached in the suit filed by Mountain Area Preservation against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency workforce housing policy.

The future of a 62 acre parcel of land owned by El Dorado County in the middle of the larger BLM Cronan Ranch Regional Trail System is under discussion by county and BLM officials.

Completion of a fiber-to-the-home broadband Internet project was announced by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and technology partner Cal.net.

A five week workshop with information for landowners affected by wildfire is being offered by the
the University of California Forest Stewardship program team from July 16 through August 6. Sessions are once a week over Zoom.

Nearly every major environmental group in California opposes a bill that would modify the state’s signature environmental law to speed up upgrades to power lines. Supporters say it would help free the state from fossil fuels and make the grid more reliable, but opponents fear it would damage state parks.

The El Dorado County Planning and Building Department-Planning Division has released a draft environmental impact report for the 280 acre senior housing development proposed to be built on Green Valley Road near El Dorado Hills.

$24 million in federal funds have been granted to expand the popular trail.

In the June 16 meeting of the South Lake Tahoe City Council, the conclusions of the report commissioned by the city to explore the impact of the proposed vacancy tax were discussed, and disputed.

A push to bolster housing production in California's coastal communities in recent years has led to heated battles over potential state reforms. Below, a veteran elected official believes the debate has created a false choice between housing and protections. The opposing view: A former attorney for the Coastal Commission says the state Coastal Act has failed to deliver on what it envisioned.

On June 19, California YIMBY announced support for the California Forever project going to the Solano County ballot in November.

A new round of litigation began when environmental groups opposed to the Sites reservoir in Colusa County filed an appeal on a ruling which dismissed their suit seeking to halt the project from proceeding.

A recent court ruling exempted five charter cities from a controversial housing law. That’s given anti-density advocates across California an idea.

El Dorado County residents met to share their concerns and views about the massive development on 3,000 acres south of Highway 50.

On June 11, Solano County elections officials announced the verification of necessary signatures for the California Forever sponsored initiative to amend the county General Plan to be on the November ballot.