Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on June 7, 2017.

The Taxpayers Association of El Dorado County requests that funding for Senior Legal Services not be removed from the budget.

The Taxpayers Association recognizes the difficult position the BOS is in as it attempts to allocate limited resources to a large list of services and programs. However, Senior Legal Services has provided direct assistance to a large number of seniors at a very modest cost. In addition Senior Legal Services has provided, again at a relatively low cost, negotiated and /or civil remedies to problems that could very well have impacted workloads in other departments that deal with elder issues.

We believe it would be fiscally prudent to maintain Senior Legal Services.

Respectfully,

Bill Carey, vice president El Dorado County Taxpayers Association