Get Involved! Here’s how you can help:
Get Involved! Here’s how you can help:
Get informed! Read all you can about the Ridge at Trinitas project here on the KIRC website; review the EIR documents and public comments, including letters from state and federal agencies. See original documents on the County website.
Call or write the Planning Commissioners and Supervisors
Attend the Planning Commission’s public hearing on Trinitas March 19 at the San Andreas Town Hall, 24 Church Hill Road
Write a letter to the editor
Explain to your friends why the Ridge at Trinitas project should NOT be approved as proposed.
Contribute financially to help cover KIRC’s expenses
Planning Commissioners:
District 1: Ted Allured
Ph:768-6760
District 2: Fawn McLaughlin
Ph: 286-1573
District 3: Suzanne Kuehl
Home Ph: 795-4234
Office Ph: 795-3310
Fax: 795-0141
District 4: Bill Mason
District 5: Steve Kearney
Email the Planning Commission:
Phone: (209) 754-6394
Fax: (209) 754-6540
Or Mail to Commissioners:
Planning Commission
891 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, CA 95249
Board of Supervisors:
District 1: Gary Tofanelli
District 2: Steve Wilensky
District 3: Merita Callaway
District 4: Tom Tryon
ttryon@co.calaveras.ca.us
District 5: Russ Thomas (Chair)
Fax: (209) 754-6540
Or Mail to supervisors at:
Board of Supervisors
891 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, CA 95249
Be sure your concerns are entered into the public record. Email copies of all official correspondence regarding Trinitas to:
Letters to the Editor:
A. The Valley Springs News, published Wednesday and Friday
Hits the newsstands Tuesday and Thursday late afternoons) Web site: www.valleyspringsnews.com/
The Valley Springs News, P.O. Box 1297, Valley Springs, CA 95252
Phone 772-2234
Email, Letters to the Editor: info@valleyspringsnews.com (maximum 375 words)
B. The Calaveras Enterprise Web site: www.calaverasenterprise.com
Office hours: M-F 8:30-5. Located at 15 N. Main Street, San Andreas
Mail to: P.O. Box 1197 San Andreas, CA 95249
Phone 754-3861 or 1-888 811-3861 FAX Newsroom 754-4396,
Email, Letters to the Editor: editor@calaverasenterprise.com (maximum 350 words)
C. The Stockton RecordWeb site: www.recordnet.com
Dana Nichols, Mother Lode Reporter, dnichols@recordnet.com, cell 607-1361
39 Main Street, San Andreas, CA 95249
Email, Letters to the Editor: editor@recordnet.com (1 letter per 30 days) (maximum 250 words)
D. The Sonora Union-Democrat Web site: www.uniondemocrat.com
Letters to the Editor: letters@uniondemocrat.com (1 letter per 30 days; no letters submitted to other newspapers, signed/current address/phone number) (maximum 275 words)
Phone 532-7151; Newsroom fax: 532-6451
Copyright 2009 - Keep It Rural Calaveras (KIRC)
Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are the property of KIRC.
Documents were obtained from Calaveras County under the Public Records Act, and from cited news sources.
Masthead photo:
Llama grazes across the road from Trinitas, where it helps to protect the sheep from predators. Who’s protecting our agricultural land and residents in rural neighborhoods from developers who build incompatible projects on Natural Resources land?