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History of the
X-15 program
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Hot Issue: Redistricting Alternatives for El Dorado County Board of Supervisors |
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El Dorado
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Directory to
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Traffic:
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Measured data gathered In 2003 by the Sacramento County Airport System and what it means. |
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Waterford
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Civics -- Fact Finding on public policy issues Causes of the Mortgage Meltdown & Great Recession: Not CRA Congressman Tom McClintock versus reality on Cap & Trade Policies |
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Laguna Seca open track days |
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Archive:
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result: The recall prevailed, due to the campaign wrongfully
asserting board culpability for a very large set of fauls which
variously either do not exist or were caused by the recallers
themselves. A contributing factor was the usual low response from
homeowners other than the organized faction. In this writer's opinion,
this is a pathetic reflection on public affairs, where now even at the
neighborhood level arbitrary political belief has replaced reality and
reason. To any Waterford residents considering suing the Owners Association: Please be aware that I am placing on record with the Association documents on the factual history of the roofing fiasco. The Board is now under control of the faction which has a very §large record of making false claims and which for years has advocated violation of the California Civil Code §1354 requirement that CC&Rs are unenforceable if unreasonable. Anyone concerned should be aware of the facts and should have access to them, especially in the event of litigation. In my opinion the recall has made litigation much more likely to occur. Anyone with questions is welcome to contact me by email. |
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HOA
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El Dorado Hills, California -- CA 95762 |
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El Dorado Hills is the largest city in El Dorado County, California, but is still unincorporated. It is registered legally as a census-designated place (CDP) with a total population of 42,108 in the 2010 Census. El Dorado Hills (EDH) is located in El Dorado County 22 miles (35 km) east of California's State Capitol, Sacramento. The combination of El Dorado Hills and the adjacent community of Cameron Park had a total population of 60,336 in 2010, 1/3 of the total population of El Dorado County. El Dorado Hills residents and businesses are most closely affiliated with El Dorado County, a generally rural area. However, El Dorado County is part of the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. EDH and has strong ties in commerce to the City of Folsom, in Sacramento County. El Dorado Hills is recognized nationally for its high median household income, ranking 77th in CNN Money Magazine's best places to live in 2007[3]. Census Bureau estimates for 2007 placed EDH as nearly tied nationally for having the second highest median household income among cities and Census Designated Places with population greater than 40,000.
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El Dorado Hills (EDH), as defined by the 2010 Census Designated Place, is at the western border of El Dorado County, between the City of Folsom and the unincorporated community of Cameron Park. The northern limits of the CDP are Folsom and the South Fork of the American River, where river rafters use Skunk Hollow and Salmon Falls as takeout landings. West of Latrobe Road, the south edge of the CDP follows railroad tracks formerly used by the Southern Pacific between the cities of Folsom and Placerville. East of Latrobe Road the south edge follows topography running roughly east/west.
The 2010 CDP has a land area at least double the size of the 2000 CDP, which included 17.9 square miles (46.4kmē). Updated data from the 2010 Census was not yet available at the time of the latest edit of this page.
US 50 is the major east-west highway running through El Dorado Hills. The portion of EDH north of US 50 is mainly residential. The portion south of US 50 includes the 885-acre El Dorado Hills Business Park and the Town Center Commercial area, as well as additional housing. The greatest extent of planned future development, both residential and business, is south of US 50. Significant residential buildout remains to be completed in two large developments north of US 50.
The overall character of El Dorado Hills is that of a somewhat upscale community. Demographic data from the 2000 Census showed that if El Dorado Hills had been an incorporated city its average household income would have tied Danville, California for being second highest in the nation among cities with a population ofat least 40,000.
El Dorado Hills was preceded in history by the Sierra Nevada Goldfields of the California Gold Rush and the small historic town of Clarksville (circa 1855 to 1934). The center of modern El Dorado Hills lies about 13 miles from the 1848 gold discovery site in Coloma and about 20 miles from the northeast end of the Mother Lode in the Georgetown area. Gold was washed downstream by the south fork of the American River, into the areas of modern El Dorado Hills and Folsom. Portions of two Pony Express routes from 1860-1861 in this area survive as roads in modern El Dorado Hills. From a later time, part of El Dorado Hills includes the longest surviving section of the Lincoln Highway still in existence. This part of its Pioneer Branch, the predecessor of the modern US 50 route.
Modern history of El Dorado Hills dates from its origin in the early 1960s when original developer Alan Lindsey began its development as a master planned community. The original master plan, prepared by architect Victor Gruen, covered the area generally north of U.S. Highway 50, and part of the area south of US 50 now considered to be part of the community. El Dorado Hills was envisioned as a large-scale master-planned community that would be completely planned from its inception as a group of residential "villages". Other land uses in the master plan included a business park, two 18-hole golf courses, community parks, schools, a community shopping center, and small commercial centers in each village. The master plan emphasized open space between villages and opportunity for outdoor recreation.
Between the late 1960s and mid-1990s growth occurred at a moderate pace as new families relocated, especially from Sacramento, Southern California and the Bay Area. At first this growth was almost entirely residential housing. The original villages of El Dorado Hills include Park, Ridgeview, Saint Andrews, Crown, Governors, Stonegate, Marina, Lake Hills Estates, and a number of smaller villages. Development mainly in the 1980s and 1990s created numerous additional villages, most as Common Interest Developments. As of July 9, 2011, the El Dorado Hills Community Services District had recorded web-accessible copies of 105 village-specific CC&R documents.
By the 1990 census, El Dorado Hills had an estimated population of 6,395 residents.[4] Growth slowed during the early part of the '90s due to an economic recession throughout California, but resumed as the recession eased. The 2000 Census reported 18,016 residents, tripled from 1990. Population growth accelerated in the early 2000's, especially through construction in the Serrano development. Construction rates peaked in 2003, eroded slightly in 2004 and 2005, then crashed in 2006 and 2007, reaching near-zero in the "Great Recession". Nevertheless, growth in the housing-boom years produced a population of 42,108 in the 2010 Census, more than double the 2000 population.
Commercial/retail growth proceeded slowly in the 1990s, then accelerated in the first decade of the 21st Century with development of Town Center. Some of the earliest significant businesses in Town Center are Mercedes-Benz of El Dorado Hills, Target, Regal Cinemas El Dorado Hills Stadium 14 and IMAX, Nugget Market, and Holiday Inn Express. Business development proceeded mainly in the El Dorado Hills Business Park and in an adjacent major office facility built and occupied by Blue Shield. The largest of the early Business Park firms was DST Output, whose automated billing and mailing operations at times made it the busiest post office in the United States.
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Businesses began to set up operations in the El Dorado Hills Business Park south of Highway 50.[5] Many of these were in business sectors involving new and emerging technologies. In 1995, the Parker Development Company acquired 3,500 acres (14 km2) along the eastern boundary of El Dorado Hills to create Serrano, one of the largest master planned communities in Northern California. Serrano was the site of an innovative case of recycled water irrigation on a large scale. http://www.owue.water.ca.gov/recycle/WCN/Green-Grass_WCN1002.pdf
Efforts to incorporate El Dorado Hills as a city began in 1996. The first incorporation process failed due to difficutly in funding the project for the LAFCO incorporation process. (LAFCO is the County's Local Agency Formation Committee). The second incorporation process reached a vote as Measure P in November, 2005. It was defeated by a margin of 56.3% to 43.6% following a short and contentious campaign, in which anti-incorporation advocates outspent incorporation advocates by 3 to 1. FPPC filings showed that about 98% of campaign funding to defeat incorporation came from special interests supporting development.The 2010 United States Census reported that El Dorado Hills had a population of 42,108. The racial/ethnic makeup of El Dorado Hills was:
| 35,089 | 83.3% | White | |
| 3,802 | 9.0% | Hispanic or Latino of any race | |
| 3,563 | 8.5% | Asian | |
| 1,893 | 4.5% | Two or more races | |
| 681 | 1.6% | Other races | |
| 615 | 1.5% | African American | |
| 196 | 0.5% | Native American | |
| 71 | 0.2% | Pacific Islander |
Additional detailed data from the 2010 Census does not appear to be available yet at the date of the most recent update to this web page.
According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the median income for a household in the El Dorado Hills CDP was $113,927, and the median income for a family was $125,230.[8] Males had a median income of $75,369 versus $45,978 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $40,239. 1.7% of the population and 1.5% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 1.5% of those under the age of 18 and 2.2% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
El Dorado Hills is among the highest income communities of its size range in the nation, though this is seldom noted because of its unincorporated status. El Dorado Hills would rank 3rd highest by median household income in a list of places with population greater than 40,000, following only Potomac, Maryland and Danville, California.
In the state legislature El Dorado Hills is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Ted Gaines, and in the 10th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Alyson Huber, whose home is in El Dorado Hills. Federally, El Dorado Hills is located in California's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +10[9] and is represented by Republican Tom McClintock.
As an unincorporated area the local government of El Dorado Hills is that of El Dorado County. Three supervisorial districts include parts of El Dorado Hills. District 1 is represented by John Knight, District 2 by Ray Nutting, and District 4 by Ron Briggs. As of July, 2011, the Board of Supervisors have adopted a redistricting map which will dedicate District 1 entirely to El Dorado Hills and which will distribute the remaining approximately 6,000 residents of El Dorado Hills between Districts 2 and 4. This redistricting plan is a current source of controversy in El Dorado Hills: It represents a reduction in representation on the Board of Supervisors without recourse to representation in a city government.
A number of services are provided by a variety of local agencies which are not part of County government. These include the El Dorado Hills Community Services District (CSD), the Rolling Hills Community Services District (CSD), the Marble Mountain Community Services District, the El Dorado Hills County Water District (fire department)[6], and the El Dorado Irrigation District [7].
| Number of Students |
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| Oak Ridge High School | 1,628 | 869 | 10 | 4 |
| Marina Village Middle School | 731 | 906 | 10 | 4 |
| Rolling Hills Middle School | 941 | 897 | 10 | 5 |
| Lake Forest Elementary School | 383 | 930 | 10 | 5 |
| Jackson Elementary School | 316 | 924 | 10 | 4 |
| Lakeview Elementary School | 378 | 897 | 9 | 1 |
| Silva Valley Elementary School | 449 | 923 | 10 | 6 |
| Oak Meadow Elementary School | 510 | 933 | 10 | 7 |
| William Brooks Elementary School | 330 | 904 | 9 | 5 |
El Dorado Hills is home to Oak Ridge High School, historically known for its prestigious athletic program.
Trojan Football won the D-II California State Championship in both 2003 and 2004, led by two outstanding athletes: Austin Collie and Seyi Ajirotutu. Collie currently plays and starts for the Indianapolis Colts, and Ajirotutu plays for the San Diego Chargers. After several tough seasons, the Trojans won back-to-back league championships in the Sierra Valley Conference both in 2008 and an undefeated run in 2009, led by quarterback Connor Benander.
Oak Ridge Wrestling Team has had much success to receive two SJS DII Section Championships in 2008 and 2009. That claim may be disputable as the Sac Joaquin Section website displays Ponderosa High School as Section Champions in 2009. Leading the way was Oak Ridge Wrestling's most accomplished wrestler Kyle West. West is a 2X High School All American. West Placed 3rd in the Nation as a Junior and 5th in the Nation as a Freshman. West was Greco State Champion in 2006. West also placed in California State 2nd as a Junior and 4th as a Sophomore and ended his Senior year with injury. Then went on to Wrestle in D1 College UC Davis, which ended its wrestling program in 2010. West now wrestles for Utah Valley College.
Oak Ridge Basketball has had the most recent success as the Lady Trojans shocked the nation by running the table in 2010 with numerous upsets, until finally defeating 3-time defending CIF champion, Long Beach Poly in the D-I California State Championship, led by Stanford-bound Sara James. The boys won the D-II California State Championship in 2005 by upsetting Southern California powerhouse, Mater Dei, 60-44, led by current Orlando Magic player, Ryan Anderson.
Oak Ridge has a successful Track & Field program producing, among others, Alexandra Kosinski, a standout middle distance runner who set a National High School 1600m record in 2007.
http://cifsjs.org/sports/pastchamps/champssportpdfs/wrestlingteam.pdf
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