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El Dorado County Undersheriff Rich Williams spoke of the annual report, the department’s budget and more at the El Dorado County Taxpayer’s Association meeting on Feb. 11. Williams, who was to speak along with Sheriff John D’Agostini, first noted that the sheriff was ill and could not attend. He then launched into a short recap [...]
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department’s annual crime report was released to the public, showing a slight increase in most types of crime, along with detailing facts about the department as a whole. The Sheriff’s Office, which has 358 employees and six K-9 officers, spent about $49 million to cover the approximate 180,600 residents of [...]
It required at least a four-fifths vote, but El Dorado County supervisors were unanimous in their decision to extend the county’s two moratoria regarding cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana. Tuesday’s board meeting ended with the vote following testimony both for and against extension of the moratoria that have been in place for the past [...]
District 4 Supervisor Ron Briggs met with constituents at the Hindquarter House in Pilot Hill last Monday to address concerns residents might have. Questions ranged from fire department topics to medical marijuana and zoning issues. Many people wanted to understand what had happened with the fire department consolidation. Supervisor Briggs said “that after many months [...]
El Dorado County Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to extend the county moratorium prohibiting new medical marijuana dispensaries, cooperatives and collectives. The extension runs from Dec. 20 until Nov. 15, 2012 — that is 10 months and 15 days, as provided under state law. Supervisor John Knight opposed the action, which included a variation on the [...]
Despite three hours of emotional testimony by medical marijuana patients, El Dorado County Supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to impose a moratorium on new dispensaries and all outdoor gardens. Effective immediately, the moratoria will remain for 45 days or until the county crafts a set of ordinances governing the growing and distribution of medical cannabis. Under [...]
EDITOR: Regarding your story, “Supes may halt pot farms:” I can’t believe that this paper printed El Dorado County’s assertion that “In September 2005 the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance 4683, permanently prohibiting marijuana dispensaries in all zone districts in the unincorporated areas of the county” without an effort to check the facts. In reality, [...]
El Dorado County supervisors are expected to vote on an ordinance banning the outdoor cultivation of medical marijuana for 45 days at their next regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Recommended by county counsel, a three-part draft ordinance would not only set a moratorium on growing but also on the establishment of any new medical [...]
Mother Lode News El Dorado County SheriffÕs deputies conducted simultaneous raids on two homes owned by Nana ÒPattyÓ McPeak, the cofounder of RiceEx, a once prominent nutrition firm headquartered in the El Dorado Hills Business Park, last Thursday, July 29. Sgt. Jim Beyers told Mother Lode News that both McPeak, who lives at 100 Rock [...]