Placer Grants Available For Mental Wellness

Placer Grants Available For Mental Wellness

Grant applications for the Innovative Community Grants Program will be accepted until April 21st by the Placer County Department of Health and Human Services. Thousands of people in Placer County get their mental health needs met every day, either directly or indirectly, through their natural networks of family, friends, faith groups, and community groups. Many […]

Board Of Supervisors Approves Contracts For Mental Health Servics Funds

Board Of Supervisors Approves Contracts For Mental Health Servics Funds

The Placer County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved two contracts Tues., Feb. 8, 2011, that will strengthen the county’s efforts to provide mental health services in cooperation with a coalition of community partners. The board agreed to distribute $507,392 in state mental health funds to two locally based foundations: the Placer Community Foundation and the […]

Supervisors OK Voter-Approved Raises For Public Safety Employees

Supervisors OK Voter-Approved Raises For Public Safety Employees

The Placer County Board of Supervisors heard an item at its regularly scheduled Feb. 8, 2011 meeting regarding salary adjustments for law enforcement personnel represented by the Deputy Sheriffs Association (DSA) and other public safety personnel not represented by the DSA. In all, about 225 employees are covered, including sheriff’s deputies, sergeants, district attorney’s investigators […]

Work Continues On Updating Of Granite Bay Community Plan

Work Continues On Updating Of Granite Bay Community Plan

The Granite Bay Community Plan will be the focus of regular monthly meetings of the Granite Bay Municipal Advisory Council Subcommittee Working Group. Started in December 2010, the Working Group will review the goals and policies of the Community Plan and provide feedback on changes to the document to the Board of Supervisors. Updating the […]

Public Comment Period Open: Neighborhood Stabilization Program 3 (NSP3) Application

Public Comment Period Open: Neighborhood Stabilization Program 3 (NSP3) Application

Washoe County is eligible to receive $1,735,918 from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of stabilizing neighborhoods that are experiencing high rates of foreclosure. The county has successfully partnered with other local jurisdictions to help bring $25 million in similar grants to the region from the NSP1 and 2 programs. […]

Applications Available for the 2011-12 Grand Jury

Applications Available for the 2011-12 Grand Jury

The opportunity for citizens to submit their names for possible nomination for the 2011-2012 El Dorado County Grand Jury is now available. The Grand Jury acts as an investigative body to ensure that county, special district, and city government is being effectively run. The Grand Jury is NOT a jury for a trial. The Judges […]

Free Emergency preparation and response training offered by Sheriff’s Citizen Corps

Free Emergency preparation and response training offered by Sheriff’s Citizen Corps

Washoe County residents who want to be better prepared for an emergency are invited to participate in free Community Emergency Response Team training offered by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps during the first two weekends in March. Community Emergency Response Training is conducted by Citizen Corps staff and volunteers along with appropriate subject […]

Grammy Winner, Bonnie Rait, Coming to Grand Sierra Resort!

Grammy Winner, Bonnie Rait, Coming to Grand Sierra Resort!

With nine Grammys under her belt Bonnie Raitt is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose unique style blends blues, R&B, rock, and pop. After 20 years as a cult favorite, she broke through to the top in the early 90s with her Grammy award winning albums, Nick of Time and Luck of the Draw, which […]

Governor Sandoval Appoints Luis Valera to PUC

CARSON CITY, NV – Governor Brian Sandoval today announced he has appointed Luis Valera to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). As a Commissioner, Valera will help regulate public companies engaged in electric, natural gas, telephone, water and sewer services; gas and electric “master meter” service at mobile home parks; some propane systems; the PUC is […]

Facility Services Updates Supervisors On Regional Sewer Efforts

Facility Services Updates Supervisors On Regional Sewer Efforts

The Placer County Department of Facility Services on Tues., Feb. 8, 2011, gave the Board of Supervisors an update on efforts to reach compliance with treated sewage discharge standards. The update was for Sewer Maintenance District 1 in North Auburn. Currently, sewer service for the District is provided by the SMD 1 Wastewater Treatment Plant […]