The Amador County General Plan committee will meet this week to review draft policies. This task will occupy the for the next two meetings. The General Plan is in a review and revise period that was begun by the county near the end of 2005. The General Plan is a document that is the "constitution" or foundation upon which future land use and development decisions will be based for the unincorporated areas of the County.
District Attorney Todd Riebe says eight people have entered guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges of contracting without a license. The defendants were caught during an undercover sting investigation that took place earlier this summer by investigators from the Contractors State License Board, the Amador County District Attorney’s Office and the California Department of Insurance, Fraud Division and the Jackson Police Department. At the sting house, located in Jackson, investigators posed as homeowners and the defendants…
Last week Calaveras County Sheriffs Department Detectives, Narcotics and Probation Departments teamed up with Agents from California Department of Corrections and Alcohol Beverage Control and conducted Probation searches and parolee contacts. Caught up in the sting operation were several West Point residents. Michael Blaine Alec was arrested at his residence on Blue Mountain Road in West Point for felony probation violations and misdemeanor probation violations out of Calaveras County. He is currently being held without…
More than 2,700 recently paroled sex offenders in California have been told they have to move because they are violating a new law that bars them from living near schools and parks. On Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation finished notifying 2,741 sex offenders that they have 45 days to find legal housing, or they will be sent back to prison for violating their parole, said spokesman Bill Sessa.
As some homeowners face crisis in terms of making their mortgage payments from rapidly skyrocketing adjustable loan payments- at least one major bank, Wells Fargo, has decided to become part of the solution instead of part of the problem. Wells Fargo & Co., the nation's second-largest mortgage lender, announced Friday that the bank will help borrowers struggling to make payments and, in some cases, will change loan terms rather than foreclose on properties. "We try…
Since the early 1980s, family income has increased 170%, inflation has risen 95%, the cost of healthcare climbed 225%, and the price of a college education has soared above it all- increasing 375%. Congress is now offering some relief to students and families with the passage of a bill on Friday that is considered the largest overhaul of education funding in more than 60 years. The bill creates a $20.9-billion program that will boost financial…
Senator Dave Cox has some strong feelings about the end of the California state legislative session. Here is Senator Cox.Hello, this is Senator Dave Cox, with another Capitol Report. Next week is the final deadline for all proposed measures to be reviewed by the Legislature. This is the busiest time in the Legislature and I want to share some of the bills that will likely move to the Governor’s desk for his consideration: AB 881…
District Three Supervisor Ted Novelli has been elected to the Board of Directors of the California Association of LAFCOS -or Local Agency Formation Commissions.
Will Amador County be a “cool county” or not? That will be a question before the County’s Administrative Committee next Monday morning. The committee, made up of Supervisors Richard Forster and Louis Boitano, will look at making a recommendation to the full board of Supervisors regarding the acceptance of an invitation by Alameda County- to sign a declaration declaring Amador County a US Cool County for Climate Stabilization.
