California Communities Lose Control

Over-riding County Zoning Rules

El Dorado County (EDC) is a wonderful place to live. Our EDC plan and zoning ordinances help maintain our quality of life. We have seen large migrations of people moving up into EDC due to this quality of life. Residents depend on EDC to help maintain that quality of life for all the communities that make up EDC.

The legislation that authorizes both the Community Care Expansion (CCE) program and the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) have sections in their Bills that “authorize” these program administrators to override local county or city zoning permitted use (references). 

At a high level, his Community Care Expansion program has great intentions, but they are ignoring the “Community” since they can ignore community zoning and build facilities that significantly impact the surrounding residents. The Rescue, California facility described on this website is a perfect example

Some questions to consider about these planned projects – 

• How can a State-funded project, with very questionable execution, really run roughshod over county regulations?
• What is the State oversight that ensures rogue developers don’t overreach and obtain approval for projects that clearly don’t fit the “community” and actually bring significant dangers to the existing residents? 
• How can the State program ensure that an overzealous developer doesn’t negatively impact a community, and worse, bring significant safety risks to existing residents?

This can happen ANYWHERE in the State of California!

Clearly these state programs don’t want to be encumbered by local zoning or usage requirements. This means that this can happen anywhere in this state! Any developer can get a program approved through these programs, then place their large commercial medical facility right in the middle of a rural residential zoned neighborhood.

Get informed! If you don’t think a state analyst should have the right to override your community zoning and regulations, then help us take action! Donate funds to our legal action, write your state representatives, demand change!