El Dorado County Supervisor District V
General Election – November 8 2022

Community residents still live on county roads that have not been adequately cleared from the December storms. There will be more storms.  We need to be better prepared with better equipment, staffing and training. 

Vacation Rental (VHR) regulations need to be strictly enforced and reviewed regularly.  Taxes collected from VHR’s need to be allocated to a strong and effective enforcement program managed by a local enforcement officer/department with strong support from the Sheriff’s office.

Our local economy is built on tourism.  What attracts us to live and invest in our community also attracts our visitors:  natural beauty of our forests, rivers, and alpine lakes.  Striking a balance between our quality of life as residents and the quality of the experience of our visiting population is key.

Affordable housing options are not a priority of the county but they should be.  The strains on our residents today are real:  significant rise in the cost of living, increased cost of utilities, lack of affordable housing, cost, if available, of fire insurance.

Vehicle congestion all around the basin is problematic. New micro transit, bike and pedestrian trails, walkable-bikeable town centers, and water borne transportation are all in the works to attempt to address traffic congestion.

Forest management is critical to protecting our communities from fires.  Defensible space is how we help as residents.  The USFS manages over 75% of the land within the Tahoe Basin and they will need to ramp up their forest thinning efforts.

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EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – Each of the four candidates for El Dorado County supervisor for District V were asked the same set of 13 questions, and they have been published once per day this week in the order received. Here is the fourth and final candidate, Brooke Laine.

Community residents still live on county roads that have not been adequately cleared from the December storms. There will be more storms.  We need to be better prepared with better equipment, staffing and training. 

Dear District V Residents: I am running to serve as your local County Supervisor.

As a lifelong El Dorado County resident, I have years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Together we have survived fighting COVID and fires. We have supported one another in our communities making them a purposeful place to live, work, and play.

My economics degree is from UC Santa Cruz. I am a wife, mother, Soroptimist, retired bank manager, and former Mayor and City Councilmember. I work well with partner agencies having served on the Education Foundation, Ambulance System, Clean Tahoe, Tahoe Conservancy, TRPA, Waste Management, and the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for El Dorado County. I accept challenges and get jobs done.

I will tackle the issues and work with our residents throughout the district to provide solutions to many critical issues including:

Vacation Rental (VHR) regulations need to be strictly enforced and reviewed regularly.  Taxes collected from VHR’s need to be allocated to a strong and effective enforcement program managed by a local enforcement officer/department with strong support from the Sheriff’s office.

Our local economy is built on tourism.  What attracts us to live and invest in our community also attracts our visitors:  natural beauty of our forests, rivers, and alpine lakes.  Striking a balance between our quality of life as residents and the quality of the experience of our visiting population is key.

Affordable housing options are not a priority of the county but they should be.  The strains on our residents today are real:  significant rise in the cost of living, increased cost of utilities, lack of affordable housing, cost, if available, of fire insurance.