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West Roseville and Dry Creek candidates should vote this fiscally responsible candidate into the 1st District supervisorial seat.<\/p>\n
Emily Curiel<\/p>\n
ecuriel@kcstar.com<\/p>\n
Residents of Placer County expect a certain kind of lifestyle: Safe and secure neighborhoods, good schools, outdoor recreation, open spaces and a balance of rural and suburban attributes. Over the past decade, the county \u2014 especially the cities of Roseville and Rocklin \u2014 have seen tremendous growth and transformation, but not always in that direction.<\/p>\n
Residents have had a grounded, responsible leader in Placer County 1st District Supervisor Bonnie Gore to help weather any changes.<\/p>\n
Elected to the Placer County Board of Supervisors in 2018, Gore previously served on the Roseville City Council from 2012-2018. She also currently serves on multiple committees, including the Western Placer Waste Management Authority and the California State Association of Counties.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you are a county supervisor, it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re red or blue, we\u2019re all addressing the same issues,\u201d Gore said of her position representing Placer on the California State Association of Counties.<\/p>\n
The 1st District encompasses parts of West Roseville and Dry Creek, and Gore is running unopposed in her bid for re-election. The last time she faced a challenger was when she first ran for the board of supervisors in 2018, when she unseated the incumbent, Jack Duran.<\/p>\n
Gore has a razor-sharp focus on fiscal responsibility. When it comes to building housing, for example, she pointed to the city of Elk Grove\u2019s self-inflicted problems around building affordable housing, and how it turned into a costly nightmare for taxpayers<\/a>. (The city settled with the state in 2024 for $150,000<\/a>, and reached a multi-million dollar settlement<\/a> with developers.)<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not a good use of taxpayer dollars,\u201d Gore said. \u201cWe are mandated to zone \u2026 let\u2019s do it thoughtfully.\u201d<\/p>\n Recently, the Placer County Board of Supervisors approved, but did not allocate, funding to<\/a> a 240-apartment development in Penryn. Gore said she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d that the board ultimately did not fund the project.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had lots of residents who didn\u2019t like the idea of having a large apartment complex right near them,\u201d she said. \u201cAt the same time, I reminded people that we all lived in an apartment complex once, and we all need apartments to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n Locally, the county has approximately 72,000 residents who receive MediCal benefits. House Resolution 1<\/a> is expected to result in a cost to the county of between $8 million to $9 million, according to numbers provided by Gore. The task at hand for the county is figuring out how to address those costs, she said.<\/p>\n We believe Gore, who previously worked in healthcare at Kaiser Permanente and has worked on a number of county and city budgets, is one of the best local officials equipped to take on this new challenge.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the county is a little over a year into work on the Placer 2050 General Plan Update, which will take an estimated three to five years to complete. Gore said officials are currently working with local groups on community plans and holding smaller focus groups.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to make sure we preserve our (agricultural) and our open space,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The county supervisor also serves on the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, and says Sacramento\u2019s success is important to Placer \u2014 not only because Placer residents commute to the state capital (and vice versa), but because \u201cwe prosper as a region.\u201d<\/p>\n Gore has an encyclopedic knowledge of county inner-workings, but she is also able to remain focused on the big picture: Keeping her residents safe, employed, happy and thriving.<\/p>\n BEHIND THE STORY MORE <\/a> What are editorials, and who writes them? <\/p>\n Editorials represent the collective views of the editorial boards of McClatchy Media\u2019s California opinion teams.<\/p>\n They do not reflect the individual opinions of board members or the views of reporters in the news sections of The Sacramento Bee and its sister publication, the San Luis Obispo Tribune. 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