“And if there was an object of scorn in the crowd, it was the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, a powerful bi-state environmental land use agency charged with managing the resources of the basin.”
This is what happens when you allow an unelected, unaccountable gang of bureaucrats write law, enforce the law and judge the law.
The Russians called these regional councils soviet socialists.
This might wake up a few folks to realize they are living under a dictatorship, where their natural right to be represented via the ballot box has been nullified.
We always figured it was sorta like the District of Columbia, another Federal Colony and that residents shouldn't be allowed to vote in El Dorado County issues, but NOoooooooHo Ho Hooooooo they get bites a both apples everytime!!!
In other words, the Tahoe Basin is a Federal Colony that has assigned governing duties and land use control to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, aka TRPA. Even though the area of the fire was totally in El Dorado County, the Sheriff was the only one there from the county with any authority whatsoever and that pertained only to law enforcement other than traffic!
The County's Master/General Plan maps have a big blank spot on the northeastern end that says... "other jurisdiction!" This is another fabrication of Democrats who feel that they redeemed this "Holy City" as the Mecca for the EnvironMental gods (read Sierra Flub members), safe from the rampant forces of the free markets in the 1970's!!!
Just to be sure all this worked out, the State of CA established the Tahoe CONservancy as a state agency to oversee the erosion controls, etc., to facilitate the "Keep Tahoe Blue" campaign. The state employees of this CONservancy enjoy all the benefits of state employment including a defined benefit pension that private sector employees can only dream of these days!!!
Done to the tune of "Pave over paradise and put in a parking lot, doot, doot, doot..."