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At Black Oak Mine Unified School District Board of Trustees’ meeting on March 9, Director of Facilities, Maintenance, Operations and Transportation Mark Koontz presented an award to the team that has worked tirelessly to address the challenges presented by recent storms.
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Homeless Camp Removal Begins on Upper Broadway
The encampment cleanup in Placerville is being facilitated by Caltrans and specialized crews from American Integrated Services donning hazmat gear. The cleanup is part of a statewide operation on state-owned properties near highways.
County’s Shelter Now Open
Those experiencing homelessness in El Dorado County can utilize the new navigation center and shelter in Placerville. Approximately 511 of El Dorado County's residents are experiencing homelessness, according to the 2022 point-in-time count.
2022 was a year that needed a lot of explaining. And California Local was there. Here are our 10 most important explanatory journalism stories from the year gone by, from immigration to cryptocurrency to wealth inequality and more.
New laws banning toxicity testing on dogs and cats, and making rental housing more pet friendly are among a slate of new animal welfare legislation signed by Gov. Newsom in September.
The links between homelessness and crime are complex, and the idea that unhoused individuals present a danger to their community seems to be exaggerated.
Gov. Newsom and the state legislature should consider allocating $40 billion of the state's $97 billion surplus to subsidize the building of low-income housing.
How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.
In which we ponder how to make things better in a climate of no.
A State Senate bill would allow quick rezoning for multi-family housing, as a new research study reveals the high cost of single-family zoning laws.
California's homelessness numbers continue to rise despite new spending on housing, services. Here's where the fight to end the crisis stands.
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