Dean Getz
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Policy Hawk & Founder. Influencing Good Government through Public Records & Comparative Data.
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𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐅𝐃 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩! Yet Directors Mattock, Martinelli, and Hannaman continue to torpedo agenda items—removed in October, the November meeting canceled, and the December…
𝐄𝐃𝐇𝐂𝐒𝐃’𝐬 ‘𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭’ 𝐄𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫: 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 I’ve repeatedly explained—both at the podium and in written public comments—that using Oakridge Village as an example, forcing 57 homeowners next to…
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐒𝐃 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐓𝐀/𝐋𝐨𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐅𝐃 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗-𝟎𝟏 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 In early 2020, now indicted former GM Loewen told the EDHCSD Board that CFD 2019-01 (a "public services" special tax) complied with all District goals and policies.…
𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐁: $𝟐.𝟕𝐌 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭! The County Supervisors have cemented their understanding of a devastating pattern: public funds are paying for private assets, breaching…
$𝟏 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 “𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜” 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 It’s really simple: public ownership is required before a developer can be reimbursed with Mello-Roos (CFD) dollars. Yet the County reimbursed Serrano over $1,000,000 for…
𝐄𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐂𝐒𝐃 𝐯𝐬. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 It’s shocking: the EDH CSD is suing County Auditor-Controller Harn for doing his job—upholding the California Constitution—while pushing CFD 2019-01 as a condition of development…
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐌 𝐋𝐨𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐓𝐀’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 EDHCSD can trot out all the paid and unpaid advocates—lawyers, cheerleaders, whoever—but here’s the truth they don’t want residents to…
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟔𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐔𝐩 𝐂𝐒𝐃’𝐬 𝐂𝐅𝐃 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 It’s becoming increasingly clear that Director Martinelli, Director Mattock, and Director Hannaman have no real interest in addressing the systemic problems affecting this…
𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐋 𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐗𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 We’ve submitted formal notice that EDHCSD’s (former GM & DTA created) Community Facilities District 2019-01 (“Districtwide”) was formed…
𝐄𝐋 𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆! Guess who just got called out? The County's external auditor, LSL CPAs, is now facing the heat over publicly-identified issues that seemingly they’ve tried to sweep under the rug? That’s right—every…
𝐄𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤—𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠? We already know that former Promise Foundation’s CEO, Kevin Loewen, left behind a mess of paperwork at…
𝐋𝐨𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐄𝐇𝐃𝐂𝐒𝐃 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 In October, Hannaman and board member allies gutted the CSD agenda—stripping out items tied to former GM Kevin Loewen. Now Loewen’s been indicted for…
𝐂𝐒𝐃 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 At the October 2025 meeting, the EDH Promise Foundation (formed using CSD public funds and operating as the…
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐔𝐩 — 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲 Let’s be clear: Board President Steve Ferry is trying to fix problems the community didn’t create — problems that trace back to decisions made under former GM Kevin Loewen,…
𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐝—𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐫 “𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬” 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 With $10 million in restricted park, fire, and road funds already flowing to lawyers in the Austin case, we now turn to the question of where the refunds owed to “fee…
𝐄𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 $𝟏𝟎𝐌 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 & 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬? Most people haven’t heard about this — but they should. El Dorado Hills just lost $25 million that was supposed to build parks, fire…
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 “𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 & 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭” 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 The Board of Supervisors has directed the “Town & County Project” (Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan) back for further review! The…
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬! Yesterday (Oct. 21, 2025), the Board of Supervisors’ Consent Calendar quietly included a request to hand $1,750,000 from the El Dorado…
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors and El Dorado Hills CSD are removing items from meeting agendas without allowing public comment, effectively blocking the public from…
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 “𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞,” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐬 — 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬. The El Dorado Community Foundation, which charges local nonprofits around 7% in processing fees and…
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