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State Board of Forestry is moving Tuolumne County towards a “No Build” Community
The State Board of Forestry decided to move the March 15, 2021 draft of Revised State Fire Safe Regulations ahead, without revision, into a 45-day public comment period, ultimately intending to adopt them as State law. This will dictate oppressive requirements for development and construction in our county. Within high fire zones (which the majority of our county and rural California fall under), if any type of building permit is taken out, the landowner would be required to bring roads up to modern standards all the way from their property out to the next fully-conforming collector road. This would be unattainable for most folks as the costs would be astronomical. Numerous parcels would instantly be (administratively) undevelopable, and therefore instantly worthless. In March, our Board sent a letter of opposition to the Board of Forestry (https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/u
Creative DeSoto Couple Have Found Ways To Thrive In Business
There’s simply no holding back the creative mind.
And when there’s two such minds working together – as in the case of Daniel and Laura Markum of DeSoto – even something as serious as the COVID-19 pandemic can’t stand in their way.
“I’ve always been on the more artistic side. My mom taught me to paint, and I also love to draw and write,” Laura said. “I’m really visual, and I try to bring that into my gardening too, from the way I design the space to the varieties of vegetables I grow. One of my goals is to provide a really colorful and visually appealing produce box that is not only super good for you but also beautiful.