The Lake Tulloch Alliance

Dedicated to the protection and the responsible growth of the Lake Tulloch Basin

For Immediate Release                                                            

March 2, 2005 (Updated August 5, 2005)

Lake Tulloch Leaders Form New Group to Support Better Planning

(Copperopolis, March 2, 2005) Community leaders in the Lake Tulloch Basin in Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties have announced the formation of a new organization devoted to promoting smart growth in the region and the protection of Lake Tulloch. The Lake Tulloch Alliance (LTA) is composed of the leaders of all of the homeowners associations on Lake Tulloch from both counties and will involve others from the business community and public agencies dedicated to the protection and responsible land use planning in the Lake Tulloch Basin.

The Alliance founding leadership, in a statement, declared that the organization believes that in considering future growth in the basin there must be recognition that “the lake is a finite resource and must be protected from irresponsible growth that damages the ecology, recreation, property values, and life style in the area.”

The new organization’s founding statement also noted that the Alliance “is opposed to a no growth policy in the area.” The statement continued “We recognize the property rights of land owners but we also believe that land owners do not have an intrinsic right to increase their development densities at the expense of the destruction of the environment, quality of life, and property values of the region.”

The Alliance is committed to the implementation of land use and lake policies that will protect the lake and insure future appropriate land use policies. The organization will be announcing specific policies in the next 30 days that it will be supporting.

The Alliance has invited the participation of representatives from the Calaveras and Tuolumne County Boards of Supervisors, the Tri Dam Authority, the Sheriffs Offices of both counties, and other appropriate agencies in the work of the new organization representing the area’s residents.