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Letter: PG&E Stop our Shutoffs

June 15, 2022July 10, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

Dear PG&E, You turned our power off today (Tuesday, 6/14/22), and yesterday for a total of 6 hours. Last summer, you turned off our power for 10 days, and 200 hours with the excuse that your new “smart” sensor detected that something touched the power line feeding the San Lorenzo Valley. We waited as your crews did an 8-hour walk… Read More

Infrastructure Letters

Letter: SLV Residents Struggle through 5 PGE Outages this Past Week

September 13, 2021September 25, 2021 slvpost.com2 Comments

Dear Supervisor Bruce McPherson, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Assemblymember Mark Stone Stone, Senator John Laird, I’m sure you are well aware that we are on our fourth consecutive day of power loss. There have been five outages in the past week. Residents are weary of struggling to find ways to get work done; parents are tired of sitting in their cars… Read More

Letters

Letter: Community Council Steering Committee Responds

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Well, this is awkward. You know that thing a group of us said about the San Lorenzo Valley needing a community council? It seems that quite a few of you agree. More than 200 of our friends and neighbors have already signed a petition supporting the formation of a San Lorenzo Valley Community Council. More than 50 of those signers… Read More

Letters

Letter: Group Opposes Proposed San Lorenzo Valley Community Council

August 20, 2021August 21, 2021 slvpost.com1 Comment

An Open Letter to All Members of the San Lorenzo Valley Community Dear SLV Community Members, There are severe problems with the recent proposal for a “San Lorenzo Valley Community Council” that may well undermine the very community involvement it wants to provide. As a group of concerned San Lorenzo Valley residents, we are urging our neighbors to not support… Read More

Column: Antonia Bradford Letters

Letter: Comments to August 10 Board of Supervisors

August 10, 2021August 29, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Antonia Bradford’s comments to the Board of Supervisors during their August 10 meeting regarding agenda item #9 Hello, my name is Antonia Bradford. Before I begin, I would like to thank the offices of Bruce McPherson and Ryan Coonerty for hearing the needs of their constituents and putting this crucial item on the agenda. On August 20, 2020 my family… Read More

Bob Fultz San Lorenzo Valley Water District

Letters Local News

Letter: Future Water Bills a Concern

August 1, 2021August 12, 2021 slvpost.com1 Comment

Hi everyone, I’m a member of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District Board of Directors, but I’m speaking only for myself in this letter. I want our water bills to be affordable for everyone in our community. And for most of the money associated with rate increases to be applied to our capital obligations. We as a community face a… Read More

Letters Opinion

Letter: Water District Surcharge Necessary

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

I am writing to share both good news and bad news. The good news is that our San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) is currently guided by five smart and dedicated Board members. In recent months, I have watched closely as this Board has wrestled with the challenge of an estimated $5 million in unanticipated expenses resulting from the CZU… Read More

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Letter: Big Basin Water Company Concerns

April 9, 2021May 17, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

My wife and I bought our condo at the Boulder Creek Golf Course in 2014. When we were going over all of the details for purchasing, we were informed of the water company, but never considered reviewing its details (based on what we learned then, we would have bought anyway). We love the location between downtown and Big Basin SP,… Read More

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Letter: Fire Safety and Prevention

April 6, 2021August 29, 2021 slvpost.com3 Comments

Dear Bruce McPherson and fellow county supervisors, I write to you today as a woman who lost her home in the CZU fire. I am a proud San Lorenzo Valley citizen who is active in her community and is committed to rebuilding her home for her family which includes five children. As I wade through the immense costs and bureaucratic… Read More

Fire Recovery Letters Local News

Letter: Please Fund FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County to Help Reduce Rural Fire Risks

March 19, 2021April 2, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

Dear County Board of Supervisors, I am writing to ask that you direct the County Administrative Officer to allocate substantial revenues in the 2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Budget to provide funding for the FireSafe Council of Santa Cruz County. Your Board established the Council in 2016 but has stopped funding it. Two-thirds of Santa Cruz County lies within the Wildland Urban… Read More