Author: Rescue Deer Valley Road

  • Help Needed – Send a quick note!

    As we noted in the last post, our El Dorado County (EDC) leaders have submitted a significant challenge to the developer (HomeCA/Gina Wasdyke) and care provider (Native Directions) regarding their permit applications for one of the projects proposed in Rescue. This is a perfect time to demonstrate support for this challenge by sending an email…

  • Progress!

    Yesterday marked an important inflection in our battle to stop these misguided developments in Rescue. Supervisor Parlin released her newsletter which had a short article about the proposed Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD) facility development for 3335 Deer Valley Court (now 2761 Sands Rd) and referred to a letter from EDC to the contractor and developer…

  • County EIR Decision Pending

    Since the last blog post, the contractor (Ultimax Builders) for the perinatal substance use disorder (SUD) facility at 3335 Deer Valley Ct (now 2761 Sands Rd) has applied for a building permit. The developer now has two permits pending with EDC, grading and building. If you are interested in viewing the building plans for 2761…

  • Providing some County controls

    El Dorado County isn’t the only part of California that is concerned about the lack of State oversight on facility developments housing Substance Use Disorder (SUD) patients. We recently learned of a Bill submitted to the State Senate that would give cities and counties back some small level of control for guiding developments to ensure…

  • Requesting Environmental Impact Report – pending action

    The Rescue Deer Valley team is asking El Dorado County to require a comprehensive, and independent, environmental impact report (EIR) prior to granting any permits for the facilities proposed for 3335 and 3840 Deer Valley Court. This is an important request, as this rigorous process will investigate a number of significant areas of community concern,…