Homeless Shelter Location Support Evaporates in Light of Alternative Options
By Eric Jaramishian, Mountain Democrat
(PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA) Aug 25, 2022 — It appears El Dorado County’s proposed homeless shelter/navigation center on Perks Court in Placerville will not break ground this fall. […]
District 4 Supervisor and Board Chair Lori Parlin, who had previously supported the emergency shelter, put in a no vote this time around … “I want to have the county do its due diligence” […]
District 3 Supervisor Wendy Thomas … recused herself. […]
District 2 Supervisor George Turnboo, maintaining his opposition to the project, also did not vote in favor of the Perks Court shelter. He was instead in support of Sheriff John D’Agostini’s tabled HOSTESS managed homeless encampment plan that would put a camp on a lot next to the El Dorado County Jail in Placerville.
The sheriff brought the plan, now called HOME […]