Key Points

Lake California children are NOT safe riding the bus to school on Lake California Drive because it is too narrow for the buses. The road is not up to safety standards and hasn't been since its creation.
Over 6000 vehicles drive on Lake California Drive per day. The main intersection needs to be widened and built to Caltrans standards as well.
Residents are NOT safe in the case of a fire or emergency. The Camp and Carr fires and the snow have brought a new awareness of how unsafe it is to only have one exit.
It seems that Lake California was developed prior to regulations requiring more exits, but current fire regulations require more exits and a properly constructed main road. (We are researching this.) See SRA regulations from CalFire.
Tehama County collects approximately $2.49 million dollars from Lake California property taxes every year and only has to maintain Lake California Drive which they do poorly. We are the largest paying unincorporated area in Tehama County.
POA board members have presented our safety concerns to the County many times for many years, yet the County did not include LC in the Regional Transportation Plan for 2019.
Lake California Dr. is not wide enough for school buses or emergency vehicles to pass safely.
Building a second road will require eminent domain because other property owners own the surrounding land.
Leviathan owns much of the land inside and outside of LC and wants to develop the 1017 tract, but can't without a second exit. Leviathan is willing to help LC get a second exit.
Eihnard Diaz, land use developer, works for Leviathan and is studying the land for a second exit.
One possible second exit would cross over to Jellys Ferry and would only cross through two properties that belong to Wild Thyme Ranch LLC who do not respond to letters. Nobody lives on the land. The owners live in Utah and the land is not developed.
The County says they don't have the money to build a second road nor fix Lake California Dr. but have been collecting property taxes and gas taxes for years.
The Board of Supervisors stated that they will not utilize eminent domain unless it is absolute necessary (which it is).

Our current safety plan for fire or disaster is to stay and seek shelter. Many residents of Lake California do not believe this is a safe plan. Here is the map of the evacuation areas for the residents.

Here's how Paradise ignored warnings and became a deathtrapAfter California’s worst wildfire, local and state officials said the tragedy of the Camp fire was unavoidable. But a Times investigation found authorities ignored repeated warnings of a wind-driven fire and never planned for an evacuation of the entire town of Paradise at once.

Lake California needs to heed the warning signs.

We don't want to be trapped.

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