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The following people are on the arrest log of July 7, 2017, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

BRIAN BARTON
JN1703346    BRIAN    MICHAEL    BARTON    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    INCUSTODY    48    SP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $5,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT/FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $2,500.00

ISAAC BJORKLUND
JN1703336    ISAAC    FOX    BJORKLUND    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170707    INCUSTODY    19    EDSO
459        F    BURGLARY    
460(B)        F    BURGLARY:SECOND DEGREE    

SALVADOR BRISENO
JN1703342    SALVADOR        BRISENO    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    INCUSTODY    34    PPD
11377(A)        M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $10,000.00

JOSHUA DIRICKX
JN1703344    JOSHUA    JOSEPH    DIRICKX    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    INCUSTODY    37    PCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $20,000.00

WAYNE DURSTON
JN1703333    WAYNE    BERTRAM    DURSTON    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    INCUSTODY    56    EDSO
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    $25,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT/FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $15,000.00

DONA JEAN FARLEY
JN1703332    DONA JEAN    DUSTIN    FARLEY    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    RELEASED    47    PPD
647(F)        M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

KASI FISHER
JN1703343    KASI    SUE    FISHER    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    RELEASED    30    EDSO
10980(C)(2)    F    FRAUD TO OBTAIN AID $400+    

BARBARA GIPSON
JN1703339    BARBARA    SUE    GIPSON    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    RELEASED    46    EDSO
11377(A)        M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $5,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $15,000.00
14601(A)        M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:RECKLES    $2,500.00
HANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $10,000.00

LOUIS KITCHEN
JN1703341    LOUIS    COLE    KITCHEN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    RELEASED    37    PCHP
23152(F)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/DRUG   $10,000.00

MARC MALONE
JN1703345    MARC    ALLEN    MALONE    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    RELEASED    36    EDSO
10980(C)(2)    F    FRAUD TO OBTAIN AID $400+    

ZACHARY MOORE
JN1703334    ZACHARY    KENDALL    MOORE    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    RELEASED    26    EDSO
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $2,500.00

ANDREA PARMA
JN1703337    ANDREA    ANTONIO    PARMA    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LP    20170707    INCUSTODY    50    EDSO
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    

CORY PLUMMER
JN1703335    CORY    LEE    PLUMMER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170707    TEMP RELS    21    EDSO
422(A)    F    THRTN CRIME:INT:TERRORIZE    

DONALD SOWERS
JN1703338    DONALD    ROBERT    SOWERS    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170707    RELEASED    48    PPD
288(C)(1)    F    L&L ACTS W/CHILD:AGE SPEC    $250,000.00

CAMERON WELLBROOK
JN1703340    CAMERON    CHASE    WELLBROOK    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170707    INCUSTODY    27    EDSO
459    F    BURGLARY    

EDSO Actvity Log for 7/7/2017

@ 0026 245(A)(1) PC ADW NOT FIREARM \ MARILYN DR, POLLOCK PINES EG1705810
THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =27
S01 ARRESTED DURSTON, WAYNE SEX=M AGE=56

@ 0048 5.56.100 CO VHR \ MOHICAN DR, MEYERS EG1705811
NOISE COMPLAINT, LOUD SUBJECTS

@ 0104 601 WI RUNAWAY JUVENILE \ DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1705812
15 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DID NOT RETURN HOME AFTER SCHOOL. UNKNOWN CURRENT LOCATION. SHE HAS A HISTORY OF RUNNING AWAY.
S01 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=15

@ 0908 27491 GC DOCTOR'S CASE \ DIAMOND SPRINGS EM1705818
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 88

@ 0920 INFO IN VERBAL DISTURBANCE \ GOVERNOR DR, EL DORADO HILLS EG1705820
A DEPUTY WAS DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A VERBAL DISTURBANCE THAT OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.

@ 1533 459 PC BURGLARY \ EMERALD BAY RD, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1705833
USFS LEO TOOK A VEHICLE BURGLARY REPORT FROM UPON FEDERAL LANDS AT VISTA POINT. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH EDSO FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =32
V02 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 32

@ 1957 13700 PC VERBAL DISPUTE \ CAMERON PARK EG1705842
GIRLFRIEND AND BOYFRIEND WERE IN A VERBAL DISPUTE ABOUT MONEY

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[PRpond]

In a major defeat for America’s gun lobby, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday (6/26/2017) to review a California law requiring that a person demonstrate “good cause” before obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The decision leaves standing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling from last year upholding a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department policy on concealed carry permits. That policy denies the issuing of permits unless the applicant can show a need for self-defense.

The Court’s 7 to 2 decision is “welcome news for California and gun safety everywhere,” said California Atty Gen. Xavier Becerra. “It leaves in place an important and common-sense firearm regulation, one that promotes public safety, respects 2nd Amendment rights and values the judgment of sheriffs and police chiefs throughout the state on what works best for their communities.”

Opponents of the policy have argued that California’s “good cause” law violates the 2nd Amendment by making it virtually impossible to carry a firearm in many parts of the state.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented Monday, arguing that the case should have been heard.

[Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle. Image: Michelle Morales, 28]

He was convicted as a 19-year-old in El Dorado County for having unlawful sex with a 15-year-old. “I have to Google search who hires sex offenders,” ...

SACRAMENTO — California’s sex offender registry didn’t protect Chelsea King. A registered child predator abducted, raped and murdered the 17-year-old high school senior after she set off for a jog on the trails around Lake Hodges in San Diego County in 2010.

Authorities used DNA to track down John Albert Gardner III, who confessed to killing Chelsea and another teen, Amber DuBois, who had gone missing near San Diego a year before on her way to school.

Chelsea’s father, Brent King, has been fighting ever since for stricter punishments and closer monitoring of sex offenders whose victims were children. So it might surprise some that he thinks California should end its practice of requiring all sex offenders to register with authorities every year for the rest of their lives.

“Right now, we treat all sex offenders the same, and they’re not,” said King, who moved to Chicago with his wife and son after Chelsea was murdered.

Photo: Dania Maxwell, Special To The Chronicle

Photographs hang on the living room wall where Morales lives with her mom and son in Los Angeles. She is opposed to SB421.

Questions over which offenders should register for life and which should come off the registry are at the center of a debate over legislation to overhaul the state’s extensive sex offender registry, used by law enforcement and largely available to the public online. Many law enforcement and advocacy groups are backing the changes, but victims and their families are divided. King said he has mixed feelings about the legislation.

SB421 by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, would allow most sex offenders to come off the registry 10 to 20 years after they are released from prison, so long as they have not committed another serious or violent felony or sex crime.

The bill, which already has passed the Senate, would remove lifetime registry requirements for even violent offenders. Offenders who have committed rape, lewd acts with children or forcible sodomy would be able to petition the court 20 years after their release to be removed from California’s sex offender registry.

Offenders who committed misdemeanor battery, indecent exposure and felony possession of child pornography would be allowed to petition for removal from the registry after 10 years if they keep clean records.

Lifetime registration would still be required for offenders convicted of repeat felony child molestation, kidnapping with intent to commit a sex crime and second offenses of violent or serious sex crimes.

The legislation allows for a one-time purge for those whose convictions are at least 30 years old if they have kept clean records and have not had multiple serious or violent offenses that would require lifetime registration. And offenders convicted as juveniles would be required to appear on the registry for five to 10 years, depending on the seriousness of their crime.

But while some critics find it unsettling that the state would stop monitoring rapists and child molesters, the bill has support from victim advocate groups, law enforcement and academics who point to studies that have shown that the risk to re-offend drops off precipitously over the years, and that law enforcement should focus their resources on those most likely to commit new crimes.

“This fixes a really terrible problem in existing law — which is the complete failure to make any distinction between people who are classified as having a sex offense,” said Ira Ellman, a law professor at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law and Society. “To throw them into one pot where they register until they die just makes no sense.”

King agrees. He said a system that accurately identifies who is a high risk for re-offending and purges low-level offenders “could have helped” in his daughter’s case. But, allowing a child molester to come off the registry is where the bill loses King’s support. The bill is expected to have a hearing Tuesday in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

“If you rape a child when you were 25 and you are now 45 and you’re wiped off the registry, yeah no thanks,” King said. “You should never come off.”

His daughter’s killer had been convicted of molesting a 13-year-old neighbor in 2000 in an attack at his home where he sexually assaulted and beat her. That landed him on the sex offender registry when he was released from prison in 2005. Supporters of the bill say the new system would allow law enforcement to better monitor sex offenders like Gardner, instead of spending most of their time and budget processing registration paperwork in their offices.

“Right now, there is a catchall concept, and that is overworking the entire system,” King said. “I like that there is a discussion about this, but it can’t be driven entirely by statistics because even a 1 percent failure rate is terrible.”

Photo: Dania Maxwell, Special To The Chronicle

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Michelle Morales, 28, studies for her nursing program at home on July 7, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. She says she wants to work as a sexual assault nurse. She was abused by her mother's boyfriend for ... more

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the state’s sex offender registry, which requires sex offenders to disclose where they live to law enforcement agencies. The 1947 state law was the first in the nation, and initially was used as a tracking tool for law enforcement.

A second registry was created as a public website in 2004 under Megan’s Law, which is named after a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a convicted child molester who lived across the street from her family without their knowledge. The public registry is intended to be a community notification tool and specifically states that it is not intended to be a punishment since offenders on the registry have already served their sentences.

Not all sex offenders are required to appear on the public registry, such as in some first-time offenses or in cases where the victim was a relative.

But law enforcement and scholars argue that California’s registry is so bloated — 100,000 sex offenders and counting — that it’s become unwieldy and meaningless and should be thinned out. As Ellman, the law professer at UC Berkeley, put it, California’s registry is a giant haystack hiding the dangerous needles.

“If you were to try to design a bill to reflect the data more accurately, no one should be on the registry for more than 20 years,” said Ellman, citing research that shows nearly anyone who has been crime-free for 20 years is a low risk to re-offend, regardless of their original offense.

“Legislators are moving the ball in the right direction, even if they aren’t moving the ball as far as it should go,” Ellman said.

The state is one of four in the country that requires sex offenders to register with local law enforcement each year, within five days of their birthday, for life no matter how many decades they are removed from their last sex crime. California’s registry includes 650 sex offenders whose last convictions were in the 1940s and 1950s, according to data compiled by the California Sex Offender Management Board. About 22,000 people have been on the registry for more than 30 years.

Law enforcement agencies say they spend two-thirds of their budgets for sex offender supervision on the registration paperwork sex offenders are required to complete. That’s time spent in an office that could be used to monitor high-risk sex offenders in communities, the Los Angeles district attorney’s office argued.

One longtime advocate for registry reform is Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who is chair of the California Sex Offender Management Board. Another supporter is the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

“We believe that the resources currently allocated to managing lifetime registrants could be more effectively used by focusing on those at the greatest risk to re-offend,” wrote Sandra Henriquez, executive director of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

One sex offender, a 40-year-old man who asked that his name not be included out of fear that he would be targeted, said each time he has moved, his Facebook feed is filled with people warning that he is in their neighborhood. He was convicted as a 19-year-old in El Dorado County for having unlawful sex with a 15-year-old.

“I have to Google search who hires sex offenders,” the man said. “I didn’t have a rich dad who could get this taken care of. When this happens, you are at the mercy of public opinion.”

An 88-year-old woman in Fremont said the bill the Legislature is considering is her last hope to help her 37-year-old grandson. The woman asked that her name not be included in fear that her grandson would be identified. She said her grandson is a heavily medicated schizophrenic who was convicted 15 years ago of battery on a child after he knocked over a store display while drunk and put his hand up the skirt of a 17-year-old clerk attempting to pick up the mess.

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Now, in failing health, she said she can’t move into a retirement home because her grandson would have no place to live.

“After 15 years, isn’t that long enough for what the offense was?” she asked.

Equality California, the LGBT advocacy group, is sponsoring the bill. Rick Zbur, executive director at Equality California, wrote in a letter supporting SB421 that LGBT people have been “targeted and often entrapped on charges” that required lifetime registration as a sex offender for “engaging in same-sex contact when that action was criminalized in the past.”

“California’s registry has gone too long without the benefits of reform,” Zbur wrote.

But not all victims agree. Michelle Morales, a 28-year-old sex abuse victim from Woodland Hills in Los Angeles County, said the registry should be for life and include anyone who commits a sex offense. As a child, she was repeatedly molested over seven years by her mother’s boyfriend. She didn’t report it to police until she was 25, but was able to work with police to record the man confessing to his crimes.

Just because a person on the registry doesn’t have a new conviction doesn’t mean they haven’t committed a new offense, she said.

“It may just mean that there is a victim who hasn’t come forward yet,” Morales said. “Staying on that list could save someone a lifetime of trauma.”

Melody Gutierrez is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email:mgutierrez@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @MelodyGutierrez

Melody Gutierrez

Political Reporter

[Serena Fuson]

The El Dorado Union High School District has released the following student registration information for the 2017/18 school year. School will start on Monday, August 7, 2017. Consult your respective school’s website for the starting times of your school.

EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

School location: 561 Canal Street, Placerville, CA 95667
Telephone: (530) 622-3634, ext. 1029 or 1028
Website: http://cougar.eduhsd.net/

The Counseling Office will be closed for summer break from June 9 through July 11, reopening on July 12. Counseling Office hours will be from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm (closed during lunch from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm). Counselors will be available starting Thursday, July 27. To make an appointment with the Registrar, contact the Counseling Office at the number above, or email Registrar Sandra Atkins at satkins@eduhsd.net.

Registration is available on various dates starting June 5 through August 4. Registration forms are available online at http://cougar.eduhsd.net , in the Counseling Office, or can be mailed upon request. Please complete the registration paperwork with the Registrar.

Course Selection with a counselor will be held on July 27 and 28. You will be given an appointment time when you complete your registration packet with the Registrar.

New Student Orientation will take place on Thursday, August 3, from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. More information will be mailed home to all new students in July.

New students may pick up their class schedule at Orientation on August 3. Returning students will be able to access their schedule on Aeries.net portal beginning August 7.

Students who do not access their class schedule on Aeries.net portal account may pick up their schedule on the first day of school, August 7, between 7:30 and 8:25 am, in front of the Multipurpose Room.

Schedule changes will be restricted to changes based on courses required for graduation. We are not able to accept requests for elective changes. All students must follow the class schedule they receive on the first day of school.

OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

School location: 1120 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Telephone: (916) 933-6980, ext. 3050
Website: http://orhs.eduhsd.net/

The Counseling Office will be closed for summer break from June 26 through July 18, reopening July 19 at 7:30 am. Counselors will be available after August 7 (by email). New student Registration: Kathy Schults, kschults@eduhsd.k12.ca.us or (916) 933-6980 ext. 3054. New Student Registration will take place in the Counseling Office, as follows:
Friday, July 28 Monday, July 31
8:30 - 11:30 am 8:30 - 10:30 am
1:30 - 3:30 pm 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Students are required to have their transcript, immunization information, and proof of residence (voter registration, driver's license address change, PG&E bill, etc.) available at time of registration. No individual appointments will be possible at this time.

New Student Orientation will be held on Thursday, August 3 held in the Large Gym (see schedule below).

By Student last name
A - K: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
L - Z: 5:00 to 6:30 pm

** Freshman and new students will receive their class schedule at the New Student Orientation. New parent orientation will be held on Wednesday, August 2 in the Large Gym (5:30 pm) Returning Students will be able to print their schedules for the 2017-2018 school year from their Aeries account after 5:00pm on Friday, August 4.

The first day of the 2017/18 school year is Monday, August 7.

Counselors will be available after August 7 by email only.

Scheduling letters will be sent home June 23, in addition, freshman and new students will receive their Aeries account information so parent/student accounts may be set up prior to the first day of school. (August 7). In the rare circumstance that a student’s course request from Spring needs to be updated, the request is due to Counseling by July 17.

Drop in appointments will not be available at this time.

Student pictures will be taken on August 10 and 11; picture makeup days are August 18 and 28.

PONDEROSA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

School location: 3661 Ponderosa Road, Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Telephone: (530) 677-2281, ext. 2226
Website: http://bruin.eduhsd.net/

The Counseling Office will be closed for summer break from June 23 through July 14, reopening on July 17, from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm. Counselors will be available after July 27.

New student registration will be on July 25. There will be two registration drop-in sessions: Session 1 starts at 8:30 am; Session 2 starts at 10:30 am. Please arrive 30 minutes before to complete your registration paperwork. Walk-in registration will also be available on August 8. New parent orientation will be held on August 1, from 11:15 am to 12:45 pm, as follows:
Student last name A–I: Cafeteria
Student last name J–R: Theater
Student last name S–Z: M2

Freshmen will receive their class schedule at Orientation on August 1, from 11:00 am to 1:15 pm, in the Large Gym. A BBQ and music in the Quad will follow.

All other students will be able to print their schedules for the 2017-18 school year from their Aeries account after 4:00 pm on Friday, August 4.

Students are to follow the class schedule they receive on the first day of school. Schedule changes will not be made unless the change involves a course required for graduation. Students are to follow the class schedule they receive on the first day of school. No schedule changes will be made during the first week, with the exception of incorrect class placement. Email or voicemail requests will not be accepted. Preference or elective requests will not be accommodated.

UNION MINE HIGH SCHOOL

School location: 6530 Koki Lane, El Dorado, CA 95623
Telephone: (530) 621-4003, ext. 4210 or 4215
Website: http://umhs.eduhsd.net/

The Counseling Office will be closed for summer break from June 13 through July 10. The Counseling Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. Counselors will be available August 4 and may be contacted in writing or by e-mail, as follows:
Last names A – G, Director of Guidance: Mrs. DeRosa at dderosa@eduhsd.net
Last names H – Ri, Independent Study: Mrs. Secor at ksecor@eduhsd.net
Last names Ro – Z, AVID and EL Students: Mr. Ziegler at mziegler@eduhsd.net

Parents/Guardians must update Student Emergency Card and Registration Information via the Aeries Parent Portal before August 7. This update must be done annually.
https://Parentportal.eduhsd.net

Parents/guardians of new students should call Sam Felcher, Registrar, after July 11 at (530) 621-4003 ext. 4210.

Orientation for 9th grade students is on Friday, August 4 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm and includes the following schedule:
• 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm LINK Crew Orientation and BBQ for 9th Grade Students in Large Gym
• 4:30 pm – 5:15 pm 9th Grade PARENTS meet with Administration regarding school rules, Aeries Parent Portal, and helpful information for the new school year in the Theater.
• 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm 9th Grade STUDENTS and PARENTS attend Market Place in
Cafeteria to receive class schedules and information about Athletics, ASB, P.E., clothes, Band, Drama, and Boosters.

Orientation for new students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades is on Thursday, August 3 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm noon in the Administration Office.

All returning students can view their courses online by visiting the Union Mine home page and logging in to their Aeries Portal account. All students will receive their class schedules on the first day of school.

Returning students may make schedule change requests in writing by submitting their requests to the Counseling Office before August 2 or by email to their counselor listed above. Requests must include the course to be dropped, the course to be added, the reason for the change request, and PARENT PERMISSION (by signature on the form or by email address).

All students will follow the class schedule received on the first day of school. No schedule changes will be made during the first week, with the exception of incorrect class placement or an unbalanced academic schedule.

August 7 is the First Day of School. All students will report to the Large Gym at 7:50 a.m. for a Welcome Back Rally. Students will sit with their grade level class.

INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL (IHS)

School location: 385 Pleasant Valley Road, Diamond Springs, CA 95619
Telephone: (530) 622-7090, ext. 7132
Website: http://www.ihs.eduhsd.net

The office is open from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.

The office will be closed from June 22 through July 19.

First day of classes is August 7 and available at 7:45 am.

New students wh

o would like to enroll at Independence High School should contact the IHS office for an enrollment appointment starting July 19.

EDUHSD VIRTUAL ACADEMY

School location: 6540 Koki Lane, El Dorado CA 95623
(located on a separate campus next to Union Mine High School)
Phone: (530) 622-6212, ext. 7001
Website: http://www.edvirtualacademy.com

The office is open from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.

The office will be closed from June 26 - July 14 office staff returning July 17.

New students who would like to learn more about the Academy can contact Director Chuck Palmer at cpalmer@eduhsd.net.

For more information visit our website at http://www.edvirtualacademy.com/

New Parent and Student Orientation - Friday, August 11 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

[Cate Neal, RN]

Summer around Tahoe is the perfect time for outdoor activities with family and friends. For some, drinking alcoholic beverages is part of the fun-in-the-sun experience. But excessive alcohol consumption and summer activities don’t mix.

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma reports alcohol plays a role in half of all trauma-related injuries. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), alcohol relates to seventy percent of water recreation deaths and forty-eight percent of pedestrian fatalities. Here are a few scenarios for how alcohol can lead to tragic consequences on the water, on the road, and in the outdoors – and how you can avoid a tragedy.

The Sensational Swimmer

Alcohol decreases inhibition and impairs mental and physical capabilities, a risky combination for swimmers. In the frigid Lake Tahoe waters, a seasoned swimmer who’s had a few drinks may foolishly venture out too far.  A leg cramp makes it difficult to return to shore and even a chill can develop into hypothermia. Avoid going far from shore and stay within a beach’s designated swimming zone.

The Boastful Boater

Boating and drinking are not a healthy cocktail.  Alcohol impairs judgment, balance, and vision. It decreases reaction time and increases fatigue. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports sixty percent of boating fatalities involved alcohol and a boat operator with blood alcohol concentration of at least 0.1 percent is sixteen times more likely to die in a boating accident than a sober operator. Drinking passengers are also more likely to slip on the deck or fall overboard.

The Distracted Driver

Summer vacation drivers are out in force. Many are unfamiliar with the roads and have other distractions, such as hauling a boat or camper, or dealing with children and pets in the backseat. Adding alcohol puts the driver and passengers as well as other drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists in harm’s way. Thirty-one percent of vehicle crash fatalities, the CDC states, were connected to alcohol consumption in 2013.

The Inebriated Trail User

On the trail, heat exposure and alcohol can create trouble. Hot summer days increases sweat and alcohol causes additional fluid loss from increased urination. Together, excessive water loss can quickly lead to dehydration or heat stroke. Stay hydrated. Drink ample cold, non-alcoholic drinks when hiking or biking.

The Sober Survivor

The easiest safety tip is to avoid drinking, particularly in the risky situations suggested above.  Or, if you do drink, find a sober driver, drink plenty of water, and avoid operating any motorized vehicle.

Barton Health is committed to keeping our community and visitors safe. One example in place is the Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) program. Patients admitted with a trauma-related injury, such as a concussion or broken limb, complete a brief questionnaire on their drinking habits. Depending on the score, patients receive a counseling session regarding drinking behavior and how it may be related to the injury.

“Teachable moments” like this following a trauma incident greatly reduce hazardous drinking habits. Alcohol SBI program participants experience less DUI arrests, healthcare costs, and hospital visits related to drinking. In the long run, less trauma incidents also make Tahoe safer for all to enjoy.

Cate Neal, RN is the Trauma Program Coordinator at Barton Memorial Hospital.

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of July 8, 2017, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

BENNY AGUON
JN1703348    BENNY    DIAZ    AGUON    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    INCUSTODY    57    EDSO
11379(A)    F    TRANSP/ETC CNTL SUB    $30,000.00

CAMERON FINDLAY
JN1703356    CAMERON    MITCHELL    FINDLAY    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    RELEASED    48    EDSO
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00

MARK HABERMAN
JN1703347    MARK    RAYMOND    HABERMAN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    INCUSTODY    62    PCHP
23153(A)/23153(B)    F    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    $50,000.00

DAVID HERNANDEZ
JN1703357    DAVID    MICHAEL    HERNANDEZ    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170708    INCUSTODY    66    TCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $15,000.00

ADAM LEE
JN1703349    ADAM    MICHAEL    LEE    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    RELEASED    24    EDSO
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT - BAIL PURPOSES    $10,000.00

RONALD MILLER
JN1703351    RONALD    SHON    MILLER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    INCUSTODY    43    EDSO
3056    F    VIOLATION OF PAROLE:FEL    
290.011(A)    M    TRAN FAIL 30 DAY UPDATE    $10,000.00

BRYAN MIZUTANI
JN1703350    BRYAN    MASANOBU    MIZUTANI    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    INCUSTODY    45    EDSO
368(B)(1)    F    HARM/DEATH:ELDER/DEP ADLT    $75,000.00

MOHAMMAD NIKBAKHT
JN1703358    MOHAMMAD        NIKBAKHT    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    INCUSTODY    25    PCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $15,000.00

JORJ PERRY
JN1703353    JORJ    JEFFREY    PERRY    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    INCUSTODY    46    EDSO
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE   $50,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $10,000.00

MARK PICKARD
JN1703355    MARK    ALLEN    PICKARD    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    INCUSTODY    47    EDSO
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $30,000.00

JACK WILCOX
JN1703352    JACK    ALLEN    WILCOX    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    RELEASED    70    PCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS   $10,000.00

ZACHARIAH WRIGHT
JN1703354    ZACHARIAH    THOMAS    WRIGHT    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170708    RELEASED    32    EDSO
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC   $10,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $7,500.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $5,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 7/8/2017

@ 0947 CASE UNFOUNDED EG1705836
VICTIM REPORTED THE CUSHIONS FROM HER PATIO FURNITURE STOLEN.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 64

@ 1458 14601.1(A VC DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ \ DUROCK RD, CAMERON PARK EG1705863
ADULT MALE ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE WITH THREE PRIOR CONVICTIONS
S01 ARRESTED WRIGHT, ZACHARIAH SEX=M AGE=32

@ 1644 594(A)(1) PC VANDALISM:DEFACE PRO \ MOUNT AUKUM EG1705866
FEMALE JUVENILE BROKE OUT WINDOWS TO VEHICLES.
S01 JUVENILE ARRESTED SEX=F AGE=11

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Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[Dr. Jade Keller]

The trafficking of humans and terrorism seem like two different policy spheres, and often are approached and treated as such, but they are increasingly interlinked. Terrorist groups like ISIS/ISIL engage in human trafficking, and the organized crime groups that traffic humans also aid and abet terrorists. Here are just a few of the ways they feed each other:

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• This post is part of a series called “Let’s Get Intersectional” where we highlight all the ways in which trafficking is related to other industries and areas of concern. From economic development to minority rights, mental health issues to climate change, human trafficking affects and is affected by a wide variety of concerns—and to tackle one area means to grapple with the other, and vice versa. Today’s piece is on the relationship between trafficking and international terrorism and the ways in which the two feed each other.
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Trafficking as a Source of Terrorists’ Funding

As Western governments have sought to combat terrorism by cutting off supplies of funding, terrorist groups like the Taliban, ISIS/ISIL and Boko Haram have had to turn to other illicit ways to fund their operations. Trafficking women and children from the villages they capture is one lucrative way they’ve been able to diversify their revenue. They sell these women and children on the open market as sex slaves or forced day laborers. It’s not just militant Islamic groups who do this. For example, a separatist group, the PKK (Kurdish Worker Party) in Turkey has been a source of trafficking and terrorism, and Marxist guerrillas in Nepal have trafficked women and children to India. Anywhere that violent conflict, corruption, and systemic exclusion of minorities exists is ripe for the exploitation of people for financial gain and violent means.

Trafficking as Recruitment

Terrorist organizations have also used human trafficking as a means of acquiring more militants. For example, Boko Haram has been using girls and Pakistani terrorists have used children who have been kidnapped as slaves in suicide bombings. Trafficked boys and young men are forced into labor as soldiers, as part of the armed struggle.

Another way this tactic might operate is when terrorist organizations recruit women from the West. The strategies they employ to recruit women from the West as soldiers might be viewed as classic entrapment and trafficking techniques.

Trafficking as Terror Tactic

Human trafficking is also a weapon in the terrorists’ arsenal. Combined with rape, the beheadings of children with axes, pillaging, and bombings, terrorists have used the kidnap and sale of women and children as a method of “demoralizing the conquered.” It decimates entire communities and reduces resistance.

Nadia Murad, a victim of ISIS/ISIL/Daesh sex trafficking and terrorism and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, has said girls as young as 8 were taken as sex slaves. She herself had been gang raped in a practice called “sexual jihad.” In her words:

“It was a genocide,” she said of the campaign against Yazidis by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. “They sought to force us to deny our religion, as they considered us to be nonbelievers. And they killed men and enslaved women, and abducted children in order to transform them into terrorists.”

Trafficking as the Result of Terrorism

As as been obvious with the current crisis of refugees displaced by terrorism and sectarian violence in places like Syria, when people are terrorized, they try to flee–by any means necessary. If proper government channels aren’t in place, desperate people turn to underground channels–where they are easy targets for exploitation. Their desperation makes them easy prey to traffickers who extort exorbitant costs for the promise of safe passage. But passage is not always safe and they may end up running from terrorists only to end up in the hands of traffickers who then sell them into sexual slavery or other types of forced labor.

Trafficking Networks Facilitate Terrorist Movement

As Western governments have brought down intense scrutiny on terrorist activity, terrorists have begun to turn to human smuggling networks to pursue their aims. The organized crime networks that smuggle humans (as well as drugs and weapons) have long developed the expertise and access necessary to provide concealed passage, forge documents, and move money and material across black markets. Terrorists are able to tap into these organized crime networks, and for the right fee, secure what they need to move and operate.

Beware The Assumption……"WHAT HAPPENS IN ONE REGION OF THE WORLD IS UNRELATED TO OTHERS"

“Trafficking affects virtually every country in the world. The largest numbers of victims come from Asia, with over 225,000 victims each year from Southeast Asia and over 150,000 from South Asia. The former Soviet Union is now believed to be the largest new source of trafficking for prostitution and the sex industry, with over 100,000 women and children trafficked each year from that region. An additional 75,000 or more are trafficked from Eastern Europe. Over 100,000 victims come from Latin America and the Caribbean, and over 50,000 are from Africa. Most of the victims are sent to Asia, the Middle East, Western Europe and North America. The U.S. Department of State has estimated that at any given time, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the trafficking pipeline, being warehoused by traffickers, waiting for new routes to open up or documents to become available — and their primary targets include the United States, the European Union, and Canada.” (Source: Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center, George Mason University)

With technological advances in an increasingly globalized world, crime and terrorist networks span the globe and can move quickly across borders. Turning a blind eye to hot spots for either terrorism or trafficking on the other side of the globe becomes less and less defensible as the results end up on our doorsteps, affecting us at home–wherever home may be. However, serious efforts to curb terrorism helps reduce trafficking and vice versa. Collaboration across governments, across law enforcement agencies, and across non state actors like NGOs, church and community centers becomes ever more indispensable.

 Dr. Jade Keller is the Thailand Program Advisor and Editor for The Freedom Story. After receiving a PhD in Political Science from UC Santa Barbara, she moved with her family to northern Thailand to work in child trafficking prevention, education, and helping to raise awareness. She is half American, and half Thai.

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of July 9, 2017, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

LORI ADAMS
JN1703359    LORI    LEE    ADAMS    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170709    RELEASED    45    TCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $15,000.00

SHANNON ANGI
JN1703368    SHANNON    KAY    ANGI    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    RELEASED    50    EDSO
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $7,500.00

DAVID BAKER
JN1703375    DAVID    DOUGLAS    BAKER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    40    EDSO
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    $25,000.00
243(D)    F    BATT W/SERIOUS BODILY INJ    $50,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $10,000.00

GARY BALLINGER
JN1703361    GARY    EUGENE    BALLINGER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170709    RELEASED    57    TCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $15,000.00
23247(E)    M    DRIVE W/O INTERLOCK DEV    $3,000.00
14601.2(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:DUI:VIO    $7,500.00

SCOTT CAMPBELL
JN1703364    SCOTT    LUCIFER    CAMPBELL    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    INCUSTODY    44    EDSO
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00
422(A)    F    THRTN CRIME:INT:TERRORIZE    $50,000.00
417(A)(2)    M    EXHIBIT FIREARM       $10,000.00

BLAKE CLARK
JN1703374    BLAKE    WILLIAM    CLARK    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    26    PPD
530.5(C)(1)    M    POSS PRSNL ID WIT DEFRAUD   
530.5(C)(1)    M    POSS PRSNL ID WIT DEFRAUD    
148(A)(1)        M    OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFCR/ETC    

JONATHAN COYNE
JN1703372    JONATHAN    MICHAEL    COYNE    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    RELEASED    38    EDSO
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $2,500.00

ALEXANDER GRIFFIN
JN1703370    ALEXANDER    NMN    GRIFFIN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    INCUSTODY    29    EDSO
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

CHRISTIAN HARRISON
JN1703371    CHRISTIAN    TOD    HARRISON    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170709    INCUSTODY    24    SLPD
459    F    BURGLARY    $25,000.00
978.5    M    BENCH WARRANT:FTA:MISD    $5,000.00

JONATHAN JEFFERS
JN1703360    JONATHAN    RICHARD    JEFFERS    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170709    RELEASED    35    EDSO
14601(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:RECKLES    $2,500.00

MOHAMMAD NIKBAKHT
JN1703358    MOHAMMAD        NIKBAKHT    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    RELEASED    25    PCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $15,000.00

DONALDO PELIA
JN1703366    DONALDO        PELIA    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170709    INCUSTODY    39    SLPD
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

WILLIAM RAWSON
JN1703362    WILLIAM    GERALD    RAWSON    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170709    RELEASED    55    SLPD
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:UI/DRUG    $500.00

SCOTT RAY
JN1703367    SCOTT    ALAN    RAY    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170709    RELEASED    49    TCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $15,000.00

KENNETH RICHARDS
JN1703363    KENNETH        RICHARDS    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    RELEASED    19    EDSO
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $2,500.00

PAUL TVETEN
JN1703365    PAUL    OMAR    TVETEN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    INCUSTODY    25    EDSO
10851(A)    F    VEHICLE THEFT    $250,000.00

WILLIAM WITTER
JN1703369    WILLIAM    JEAN    WITTER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170709    INCUSTODY    44    SP
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION   
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $30,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 7/9/2017

@ 1039 14601.2(A VC DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:DU \ PLEASANT VALLEY RD, PLACERVILLE EG1705889
AN ADULT MALE WAS ISSUED A CITATION FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVERS LICENSE.
S01 ARRESTED HAMILTON, JOHN SEX=M AGE=39

@ 1528 14601.1(A VC DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ \ EL DORADO HILLS BL, EL DORADO HILLS EG1705894
A DEPUTY CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE. A MALE WAS ARRESTED FOR A DRIVING OFFENSE.
S01 ARRESTED RICHARDS, KENNETH SEX=M AGE=19

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[Dina Gentry, Image: Students participate in engaging activities, like stacking blocks, at the Montessori Preschool at Valley View Elementary in El Dorado Hills.]

The Child Development Program at the El Dorado County Office of Education (EDCOE) is pleased to announce that they have moved their Montessori State Preschool program to the Valley View campus in El Dorado Hills for the 2017-2018 school year, and the traditional State Preschool program at Valley View moved to the Blue Oak campus. The Child Development Program currently operates a total of six State Preschools, Head Starts and Inclusion programs on Buckeye District campuses. 

“We are fortunate that Buckeye administration values school readiness and that we have a collaborative relationship with Buckeye and their leaders that supports the school readiness of our youngest learners,” Mary Viegas, Executive Director of EDCOE Child Development Programs, explained. While working hand-in-hand with Buckeye Unified School District, the programs have cultivated strong relationships with their students and families. 

Mary went on to further describe these offerings that generations of students have experienced throughout the County, “The EDCOE Child Development Programs – like Head Start, Early Head Start, and State Preschool – use researched-based curriculum and assessments that support the best environment and instructional strategies for early learning. Our teachers and instructional staff make the difference! Teachers are highly qualified professionals who ensure children’s experiences in our programs foster school readiness and the social skills needed to succeed.”

Applications are currently being accepted for all Head Start, State Preschool and Home Visiting Programs throughout El Dorado County for the 2017-2018 school year.  We are asking families to please call the main Child Development Program phone number at 530-295-2270 or 530-543-8242 for the South Lake Tahoe office. Please call us for more information about our 23 preschool programs or home visiting programs available throughout the county.

For more information about EDCOE and Child Development Programs, visit edcoe.org 

[CountyNews]

As if the pilfering of $60,000 in campaign funds wasn’t bad enough, it turns out that Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson will also keep the bulk of his county pension funds.  Peterson is expected to take home $128,000 in retirement payouts to start -- just $22,000 less than he would have sans the felony perjury conviction.

This sort of thing was supposed to be quashed by the pension reform bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2012. It contains a provision barring public employees convicted of job-related felonies from accruing a pension in the years since they committed their crimes. But Peterson was able to strike an advantageous deal with prosecutors. Had he not, he would only be taking home about $76,000 to start.

It’s not clear whether the pension implications were on anyone’s mind when Peterson and prosecutors struck the plea deal. But as usual, it’s wise to follow the money.

Ultimately, this aspect of Peterson's deal with prosecutors could be rendered moot. Multiple legal challenges against the pension forfeiture provision are currently pending in the courts.

[PRpond]

Last Modified on July 10, 2017

Axel Fire

[PRpond]
   
Just as record precipitation over the past year has raised the level of Lake Tahoe, rescuers around the Lake are trying to raise safety awareness in the wake of a handful of drownings and near drownings.

Safety experts are particularly stressing life jackets, cold water shock, paddling safety and the need to wear engine cut-off devices on power boats.

"We've seen a lot of water this year, and we expect many more people to head to Lake Tahoe and other waterways," said Chief Game Warden Tyler Turnipseed. "We don't want to see more people hurt because of unfamiliar conditions or a lack of preparation."

Wearing a life jacket is the single most important step a person can take to prevent drowning. The best way for boaters, paddlers and swimmers to stay safe is to always wear a life jacket.

"We want visitors to enjoy the uniquely beautiful scenery of Lake Tahoe, but also be aware of the conditions and prepare themselves for cold water," said Jay Howard, Park Supervisor at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park.

Life jackets are the key to water safety no matter what activity a person engages in at the lake. Last year, Lake Tahoe had several drownings by people who overestimated their swimming ability, but just carrying a life jacket is never enough. Life jackets have to be worn and they must fit properly to work.

"We've seen too many accidents where people fall off a motorboat and then are run over by their own propeller. These accidents are devastating, and we want to get the word out about the Nevada law that requires boaters to wear engine cut-off devices," said Fred Messmann, deputy director of the National Safe Boating Council.

Drowning incidents from boating, paddling and swimming often share the same cause, "cold water shock," an involuntary gasp reflex caused by sudden immersion in cold water. Swimmers and boaters suddenly exposed to the cold waters of Lake Tahoe may experience rapid breathing, gasping, fainting, muscle failure and immediate risk of drowning. Boaters should always be prepared for an accidental fall overboard, which is one of the most common fatal accidents every year at Lake Tahoe.

"No one ever thinks it will be them who falls overboard or who gets tired during a long swim, but we see it time and time again," said Turnipseed. "People don't expect to fall in the water, and they always overestimate their swimming ability. If we can get boaters, paddlers and swimmers to wear a life jacket, we can nearly eliminate fatal accidents at Tahoe."

Visitors to Lake Tahoe can learn about safe boating and swimming safety by listening to an NDOW podcast on the subject at http://www.nevadawild.org. Boaters are required to carry a life jacket for every person on board any boat, including stand up paddle boards, kayaks and rafts. Children under 13 years old are required to wear a life jacket on a boat at all times, unless in an enclosed cabin.

[Dan Dellinger]
   
Part One - Bad Judgment?...  Outright Corruption?...  or White-Collar Crime?

About five years ago community activists in the City of Bell California discovered that their elected officials had voted to give lavish salaries (two and three times higher than most cities pay) to themselves and top city employees like the police chief and city manager. Federal investigators moved in and several of Bell’s top officials were jailed for corruption. About the same time, local activists here discovered similar behavior in El Dorado County. Where instead of paying Bell’s easy to spot spiked salaries, some of El Dorado County’s elected officials were quietly pocketing extra bonus money for what amounts to re-election, ballot qualification, empire-building, and showing up for work.  

    Paying bonuses seemed like a good idea at the time… back in the early 1990’s the County of El Dorado had a problem keeping civil service employees. So in 1993 the Board of Supervisors instituted a retention program paying civil service employees (not elected officials) non-performance bonuses on a progressive scale of 5% - 16% of their base salary based on the number of years worked for El Dorado County, and an extra 10% of their base salary for earning specialized credentials such as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) certificate. Later, other bonuses were added including giving some high responsibility employees extra “management leave” (paid time off in addition to their paid vacation time) and allowing them to receive the unused portions equal to 4.6 % of their base salary at the end of the year, and “extra duty” pay following a departmental reorganization. Theses bonuses were calculated as a percentage of the employee’s base pay and then added to his or her salary giving the employee the extra benefit of pumping up their retirement pension as well. 

    During the summer of 2013 a comparison study of elected officials salaries and benefits posted on California State Treasurer John Chaing’s official website revealed that several El Dorado County elected officials were taking home significantly higher amounts of money than the salaries advertised for their office before they were elected. Digging further, community researchers soon uncovered the shameful fact that as early as 1994, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors had quietly added elected officials onto the salary resolution authorizing these bonuses for civil service employees. While several El Dorado County elected officials are enriching themselves through this non-performance bonus scheme, the three biggest abusers are the Auditor-Controller, District Attorney, and the Treasurer-Tax Collector. 

     Once the discovery of the non-performance bonus scheme became public, pressure began to build on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors to address the problem. By late 2013 two influential watchdog organizations the National Tax Limitation Committee and the California Taxpayer Protection Committee joined with local community activists to help bring an end to El Dorado County’s shameful Bonus Scandal. On November 18, 2013 then Supervisors Ron Briggs and Ray Nutting pushed through a long overdue vote abolishing bonuses for elected officials. Dozens of citizens packed the Board Chamber to witness that day’s historic 4-1 vote. Subsequent news reports praised Supervisors Nutting, Briggs, Veerkamp and Santiago for opposing their colleagues and doing the right thing. Trusting voters now believed that politicians elected to County office during the 2014 election cycle would only be paid the publically listed salaries advertised for each office. 

     All the while, the fix was in… with the past year’s Bonus Scandal behind them, all of the incumbents who ran in 2014 were re-elected. With just three weeks left before the beginning of the new four year terms for County elected officials, Supervisor Brian Veerkamp brought forth a new and more generous resolution restoring these non-performance bonuses for his recently re-elected colleagues. On December 9, 2014, Veerkamp’s resolution restoring the corrupt practice of giving non-performance bonuses to elected officials passed on a 3-2 vote. 

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Dan Dellinger is a locally based Government Relations and Political Campaign Consultant who can be reached at dandellinger@infostations.com

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The following people are on the arrest log of July 10, 2017, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

JOSE ACOSTA
JN1703385    JOSE    MARTIN    ACOSTA    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PP    20170710    INCUSTODY    25    EDSO
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    

DAVID BAKER
JN1703375    DAVID    DOUGLAS    BAKER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    40    EDSO
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    $25,000.00
243(D)    F    BATT W/SERIOUS BODILY INJ   $50,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F   ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $10,000.00

DENNIS BINGAMAN
JN1703388    DENNIS        BINGAMAN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    RELEASED    54    EDSO
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00

ELISSA BOLIN
JN1703384    MELISSA    CHERYLIN    BOLIN    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    RELEASED    21    EDSO
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $2,500.00

BLAKE CLARK
Booking Number    First Name    Middle Name    Last Name    Sex
JN1703374    BLAKE    WILLIAM    CLARK    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    RELEASED    26    PPD
530.5(C)(1)    M    POSS PRSNL ID WIT DEFRAUD    
530.5(C)(1)    M    POSS PRSNL ID WIT DEFRAUD   
148(A)(1)        M    OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFCR/ETC    

CAMERON COLVIN
JN1703378    CAMERON    LEE    COLVIN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LP    20170710    INCUSTODY    21    EDSO
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    
40508(B)    M    FAIL TO PAY FINE VEH OPR    

NICHOLAS DODD
JN1703393    NICHOLAS    OTIS    DODD    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170710    INCUSTODY    54    TCHP
236    M    FALSE IMPRISONMENT    $20,500.00
4024.2(C)    M    WORK RELEASE PROGRAM VIOL    

ALONSO FLORES-RAMOS
JN1703376    ALONSO        FLORES-RAMOS    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LP    20170710    INCUSTODY    36    EDSO
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    
20002(A)        M    HIT AND RUN:PROP DAMAGE    
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    

ANGELINA GOMEZ
JN1703379    ANGELINA    NAOMI    GOMEZ    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    RELEASED    37    EDSO
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $5,000.00

SPENCER HAMILTON
JN1703380    SPENCER    ANDREW    HAMILTON    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    27    PPRO
3455    F    POST RELEASE REVOCATION    

JUSTIN HERNANDEZ
JN1703381    JUSTIN    MANUEL    HERNANDEZ    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    32    EDSO
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00
529(A)(3)    F    PERSNATE:MAKE OTHR LIABLE    $10,000.00
529(A)(3)    F    PERSNATE:MAKE OTHR LIABLE    
HANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT   $50,000.00

RICHARD HERNANDEZ
JN1703386    RICHARD    ANDREW    HERNANDEZ    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    RELEASED    38    EDSO
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $2,500.00

BARRON HOOPER
JN1703377    BARRON    LEE    HOOPER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    RELEASED    31    EDSO
550(A)(1)    F    FALSE/ETC INS CLAIM F/PAY    
550(B)(1)    F    FLS/ETC INS INF F/PAY/ETC    

DANNY JORDAN
JN1703389    DANNY    WAYNE    JORDAN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    62    EDSO
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:UI/DRUG    $500.00

MYKALA MARTIN
JN1703382    MYKALA    KIANN    MARTIN    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    18    EDSO
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB   $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00
11378    F    POSS CNTL SUB FOR SALE   $20,000.00

DUTCH MCFADYEN
JN1703392    DUTCH    RICHARD    MCFADYEN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    27    EDSO
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    

ERIK SANCHEZ
JN1703383    ERIK    STEFAN    SANCHEZ    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170710    INCUSTODY    28    EDSO
236    F    FALSE IMPRISONMENT    $25,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT-FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY   $15,000.00

TAMMY SAUL
JN1703387    TAMMY    LEE    SAUL    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    RELEASED    59    EDSO
273.5    F    INFLICT CRPL INJ SP/COHAB    $50,000.00

TODD SEMINGSEN
JN1703373    TODD    JAY    SEMINGSEN    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170710    RELEASED    38    TCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $15,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT/ BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $2,500.00

GARRETT STROMBERG
JN1703391    GARRETT    ETHEN    STROMBERG    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    20    EDSO
484(A)    M    THEFT OF PERSONAL PROP    $10,000.00
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    
11350(A)    M    POSSESS NARCOTIC CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00

JOSEPH TIMMONS
JN1703390    JOSEPH    TOLBERT    TIMMONS    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170710    INCUSTODY    27    PCHP
3056    F    VIOLATION OF PAROLE:FEL   

EDSO Actvity Log for 7/10/2017

@ 0642 27491 GC DOCTOR'S CASE \ PLACERVILLE EM1705907
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =69

@ 1009 13700 PC VERBAL DOMESTIC \ SUNSET LN, SHINGLE SPRINGS EG1705913
DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A VERBAL DISTURBANCE.

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@ 1330 14601.1(A VC DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ \ HIGHWAY 49 , PLACERVILLE EG1705918
AN ADULT MALE WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVERS LICENSE.
S01 ARRESTED HERNANDEZ, RICHARD SEX=M AGE=38

@ 1558 FOUND IN FOUND PROPERTY \ HIGHWAY 49 , EL DORADO EG1705926
PROPERTY WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

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@ 2157 647(F) PC DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOH \ BORDEAUX CT, EL DORADO HILLS EG1705901
KNOWN SUSPECT WAS INTOXICATED AND WALKED AWAY FROM HOME. SUSP WAS LOST AND TOO INTIXICATED TO FIND HIS WAS HOME. SUSP WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO JAIL.
S01 ARRESTED GRIFFIN, ALEXANDER SEX=M AGE=29

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Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

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The Pollock Pines-Camino Rotary Club announced the winners of the club’s 2017  scholarships.  The honors go to Clarity Mitrisin, Karlee Cuddy and Amy Bryant. All are residents of Pollock Pines-Camino and graduates of El Dorado High School.  

Clarity plans to attend Folsom Lake College and transfer to the California College of the Arts to earn a degree in graphic design.  She intends to apply her degree to use design as a form of social activism.

Karlee plans to attend a four-year university to study chemistry and applied mathematics. She is interested in using her education to pursue a career in any of several fields including pathology, medical  process design and space technology.  

Amy plans to attend a four-year university to study psychology and biology or neuroscience. She is interested in pursuing a master’s degree in biopsychology and a career in research.

Founded in 1948, the Pollock Pines-Camino Rotary Club has served the local community for  66 years.  Through fundraising events such as  Strikes for Scholars Bowling Tournament and Evening in the Orchard Benefit Dinner the club has donated thousands of dollars through the years to school programs and for scholarships for graduating high school seniors.

http://www.pollockpines-caminorotary.org/
 

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For a limited time, El Dorado County Animal Services has lowered its adoption fee for adult cats at its shelters in Diamond Springs and South Lake Tahoe. Adult cats older than 1 be adopted at either shelter for only $20 through the end of July.

All adoptable cats at the shelters are spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated, tested for leukemia and given a health exam.

“The $20 adoption fee covers everything,” said Henry Brzezinski, chief of El Dorado County Animal Services. “We currently have lots of wonderful adult cats of all ages, breeds, colors and coats.”

The Animal Services shelter in Diamond Springs is located at 6435 Capitol Avenue and is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The shelter in South Lake Tahoe is located at 1120 Shakori Drive and is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Animal Services has additional information, including pictures of adoptable animals, on its website at edcgov.us/animalservices. The shelters may be reached by phone at (530) 621-5795 in Diamond Springs or (530) 573-7925 in South Lake Tahoe.

[TERRY L GHERARDI]

American Legion Hall, 4561 Greenstone Road, Placerville Doors open at 5:30 Meeting starts at 6pm

The El Dorado County State of Jefferson Committee invites you to a special meeting, on Tuesday, July 11th, at the American Legion Hall, 4561 Greenstone Road, Placerville. Doors will open at 5:30 pm, with the meeting beginning at 6 pm.  The agenda includes the announcement of the “Run for Representation”, a 500 mile run through 15 of the Jefferson counties.

Herve' Leconte, a 57-year old resident of El Dorado County has offered to make the Run, beginning in Tuolumne County, the southern border of Jefferson, ending 12 days later, in the northern border of Siskiyou County. Herve' is a native of France, who was raised in a Communist governed section of Paris. Herve' and his wife Julie head up the local Military Family Support Group as well as volunteer, assisting other Veterans needs.

Herve' appreciates all this country has to offer and is running to bring attention to the lack of representation that exists in the rural counties of Northern California. Herve' has also run to benefit local Veterans and County Sheriff's.

In May, Citizens for Fair Representation (CFR) dba State of Jefferson filed a lawsuit against the State of California for lack of representation and dilution of vote. The committees in each of the counties will be collecting donations to support Herve' and the State of Jefferson Formation Legal Fund.

Also speaking on the 11th, will be Steve Baird, the financial viability architect for the State of Jefferson. Most of his time will be allotted to field questions from the audience. Mike Thomas and Dianna Baird will also be talking about future events, one featuring Jefferson's key spokesperson, Mark Baird.

Admission is free and beverages &  snacks will be available, as well as Jefferson merchandise. Participants will also have the opportunity to purchase drawing tickets, with the chance to win a 50 Calibur  CVA-Optima v-2 Black Powder Muzzleloader Rifle, Ballistic Compound Bow and a FMK 9MM Side Arm. Winners will be announced at a later date, and you do not have to be present to win.

Be sure to attend this important informational meeting, All ages are welcome to attend and be sure to invite your friends and neighbors. Visit the SOJ51.org website to learn more about the Citizens for Fair Representation,  to subscribe to the Jefferson Messenger newsletter or make a donation to the State of Jefferson Formation Legal Fund, earmark, Jefferson “Run for Representation.”
 

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The following people are on the arrest log of July 11, 2017, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

# In California, “Assault with a Deadly Weapon upon a Police Officer” is charged under Penal Code 245(c) PC. This crime is a straight felony that cannot be reduced to a misdemeanor. Any crime against a police officer carries devastating consequences. Prosecutors treat all crimes against police officers extremely serious under the rational that law enforcement risk their lives to protect and serve. Additionally, the prosecutor will allege this offense to be a “strike” applied to California’s Three Strike Laws. 

VALERIE BARRY
JN1703397    VALERIE    KATHLEEN    BARRY    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    INCUSTODY    49    EDSO
503    F    EMBEZZLEMENT $400+   

THOMAS BLIDE
JN1703408    THOMAS    SHEEHAN    BLIDE    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170711    RELEASED    56    TCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    `DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $5,000.00

RHONDA BUTLER
JN1703399    RHONDA    MARIE    BUTLER    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    RELEASED    49    PPRO
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CHAD ELSON
JN1703396    CHAD    EVERETT    ELSON    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PP    20170711    INCUSTODY    40    EDSO
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    

CODEY EMRICK
JN1703398    CODEY    SAGE    EMRICK    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    INCUSTODY    26    PPD
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $10,000.00

DONA JEAN FARLEY
JN1703395    DONA JEAN    DUSTIN    FARLEY    F
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    RELEASED    47    PPD
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

DANIEL FUSCO
JN1703405    DANIEL    JOSEPH    FUSCO    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170711    INCUSTODY    28    SLPD
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

JACOB GILBERT
JN1703407    JACOB    ULLRICH    GILBERT    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170711    INCUSTODY    29    SLPD
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    

MICHAEL MALDONADO
JN1703402    MICHAEL    ROY    MALDONADO    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170711    RELEASED    45    SLPD
11550    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00

ESTEBAN MERJIL
JN1703404    ESTEBAN    HERRERA    MERJIL    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    RELEASED    34    EDSO
29800(A)(1)    F    FELON/ETC POSS/ETC F/ARM    $25,000.00
11350(A)        M    POSSESS NARCOTIC CNTL SUB    $2,500.00

BRANDON MILLER
JN1703394    BRANDON    JAMES    MILLER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    INCUSTODY    27    EDSO
69    F    OBSTRUCT/RESIST EXEC OFF    $25,000.00
245(C)    F    ADW NOT F/ARM:PO/FIRE:GBI    $100,000.00
594(B)(1)    F    VANDALISM $400 OR MORE    $10,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $10,000.00

JOSE MIRANDA CASTRO
JN1703403    JOSE    ANGEL    MIRANDA CASTRO    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20170711    RELEASED    35    EDSO
245(A)(2)    F    ASLT W/FIREARM ON PERSON:ADDTL CHGS:417A2,166A4PC    $50,000.00

JACOB ROTHACHER
JN1703400    JACOB    CARLOS    ROTHACHER    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    INCUSTODY    24    PPRO
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    

DARRYL SAVAGE
JN1703401    DARRYL    SINJIN    SAVAGE    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PP    20170711    INCUSTODY    25    EDSO
23152(A)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    

DAMON THOMAS
JN1703406    DAMON    LEROY    THOMAS    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20170711    INCUSTODY    48    PCHP
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI:ALCOHOL/DRUGS    $20,000.00
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $7,500.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 7/11/2017

@ 0835 0000 IN INFORMATION REPORT \ RICHARD AV, GOLD HILL EG1705941
A CIVIL DISPUTE OCCURRED BETWEEN TWO ADULT NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS. NO PROSECUTION WAS DESIRED. THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =64

@ 0852 0000 IN INFORMATION REPORT \ WOODVIEW CT, GRIZZLY FLATS EG1705942
DURING A VERBAL ARGUMENT BETWEEN ADULT MALE FAMILY MEMBERS, ONE FAMILY MEMBER PUSHED THE OTHER AND FLED THE SCENE. NO PROSECUTION WAS DESIRED AND AN INFORMATION REPORT WAS TAKEN, PER THE VICTIM'S REQUEST.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =73
S01 SEX=M SUSPECT AGE=22

@ 1225 602 PC TRESPASSING \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1705915
TRANSIENT ASSIST

@ 1412 27491 GC DOCTOR'S CASE \ CAMERON PARK EM1705952

@ 1421 27491 GC DOCTOR'S CASE \ PLACERVILLE EM1705940
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 91

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Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[Jameylee Taylor, California Conservation Corps]

Hi,

My name is Jameylee Taylor and I am a recruiter for the California Conservation Corps. Our program offers both residential and non- residential opportunities for veterans up to age 29. 

We offer opportunities on veterans crews doing a variety of work projects throughout California. Our program is designed as a chance not only to serve communities but to gain skills, scholarships, receive minimum wage and benefits, take advantage of educational opportunities and internships, and much more. 

I will be in Placerville this week and would love to bring you some informational materials to provide a resource to some of the veterans you serve. Please let me know if this would be a possibility.

Thank you,
Jameylee Taylor, Recruiter
California Conservation Corps
1719 24th St., Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 341-3148 | Jameylee.Taylor@ccc.ca.gov

[Dan Dellinger]

    Placerville, CA – Respected taxpayer advocate Mike Owen today released the results of a public opinion survey on County Government he conducted at the El Dorado County Fair in June. Mike Owen conducted this survey to help local residents communicate their views on what they see are the real problems facing our County. Owen plans to keep soliciting input from the public, instead of established County insiders, to allow him to put forth better solutions to solve these problems as he campaigns to become our next County Auditor-Controller in June 2018. 

    “I was surprised to find out how unhappy our neighbors are with what many termed ‘business as usual’ in County government”, said Mike Owen, “or what many described as the self-dealing ‘good old boys’ fattening their paychecks with extra bonus money over and above their generous six-figure salaries”.

   “Overall, our survey found 100% opposition to the current County practice of paying extra bonus money to elected officials,” announced Owen, “with widespread dissatisfaction over our County’s business climate, deep frustration with the building and permitting process, and simmering resentment against some elected officials that many of our neighbors believe have been engaging in corrupt practices and abusing their offices”.

   When asked - What do I think are the most important issues facing our County today?, respondents listed their top issues as: 1.) the prohibitively high cost of building permits and fees, 2.) the excessively long and complicated building permit and zoning process, 3.) lack of accountability and responsiveness by County Department heads to the public, 4.) our County’s poor business climate hurting families trying to develop a business, 5.) losing local control to unelected Regional Government bureaucracies, 6.) our County’s deteriorating roads, 7.) the State shifting money from the Counties to fund special interest causes, 8.) protecting our water, 9.) continual turmoil in County government, and 10.) wasteful County spending.

    When asked - What would you like to see fixed in our County?, respondents answered with their top items being: 1.) the poor responsiveness of County elected officials to their constituents, 2.) poor business climate, 3.)  crumbling roads, 4.) the County’s yet-to-function multi-million dollar FENIX computer boondoggle, 5.) paying small businesses doing work for the County or special districts on time, 6.)  the bullying problem created by some elected officials in County government, 7.) the lack of affordable residential homes in our County, 8.) a growing homeless problem, 9.) high County employee turnover, and 10.) the permanent elimination of bonus money for elected officials. 

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    Prior to starting his family business, Crystal Basin Cellars in Camino, Mike Owen served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the El Dorado County Health Services Department and worked as a CPA for major corporations in Silicon Valley.