DRUG REHABILITATION SITES: STOP FURTHER DEVELO
Dear Neighbors,
The teams working on the substance use disorder (SUD) facilities on Bald Hill Road and Ridge Road want to let you know how to help with our collective concerns regarding these facilities.
We are and have been working to understand what these units are and provide information to you, our community.
Our teams live here too! We are upset, angry, frustrated, and fear for our families safety, our community, etc. The character of the community we have come to love, and treasure is being changed by these facilities.
The Bald Hill and Ridge Road teams have engaged with the business owners and staff members at these facilities. We are struggling to attain transparency and understanding of how these facilities can just be placed in a community with no notification to the current community members.
We are working through piles of documents and conversations with Placer County Health & Human Services (HHS) and California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to provide our community answers.
Your participation and action now is critical in our efforts to block further development of these facilities.
Read below to see how you can help.
Also, please sign up to receive updates at info@KeepOphirRural.com
Thank you,
Bald Hill Team & Ridge Road Team
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
Contact the Placer County Planning Department to ensure you are included on their contact list for the facility near you – PLN25-00410 (Bald Hill Rd)
Sign up to receive information directly from Placer County regarding meetings and activities with these proposed facilities now that each has applied for a Minor Use Permit (MUP) to upgrade the facilities to 16-beds.
To sign up, send email to cdraecs@placer.ca.gov
HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
CRITICAL:
Attend the Placer County Planning Meeting
NorCal Treatment Center Projects
Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
Time: 10:00-11:00 am
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WRITE TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND LOCAL MEDIA
Write your representatives, contact them, express your concerns, how the character of the neighborhood is now changing, what this can do to your property values – your primary investment!
Contact the newspaper, the mayor, the sheriff, the fire department – all of which are going to be impacted by these homes being in rural areas like ours. See the list below. We have tried to draft an example letter below. Feel free to write your own – the more you express your concerns the better!
Channel your frustrations by talking to your representatives and addressing your concerns with the services already under stress in our community.
SUGGESTED CONTACT LISTED AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
– call, email, or write – or do all!
EXAMPLE LETTER:
Sir/Madam, We the neighbors that adjoin and surrounding residents that are actively being converted into residential 6-bed or 16-bed substance use disorder (SUD) facilities for alcohol and drug use recovery have MAJOR CONCERNS not being effectively addressed. To date, many of us have heard of or had meetings with our communities and/or with the owners or staff working in these residences. We are upset, frustrated, angry, and we feel used due to no fault of our own other than living in a rural area. NO communication was given to the community prior to the purchase of these properties and now we are faced with a dramatic change in the character of our rural neighborhood. The owners, if they speak with us, are claiming there will be no difference, no change, they will be transparent, etc. Sadly, transparency is completely lacking and currently they have been less than forthcoming with our concerns. We have submitted questions, request responses in writing only, to receive a “sales” call or an offer to “chat” or come “visit”, AND we have been told by the facility representatives that we can’t stop this, the “license is in the mail”, “admitting clients in December”, etc. Are these threats to our community?
Our MAJOR CONCERNS start with the following:
- Safety for our neighborhood, families, and properties
- Proximity to schools and children
- Traffic on county roads so narrow the county won’t paint center lines
- Water wells and water supplies are very limited here
- Sewer systems are limited due to percolation requirements
- Financial impact on the value of our properties
- Change in the character of our community.
Many of us feel safe with our neighbors, we have known them for years. Many of us were born here, grew up here, and have been contributing to the community and society. While we are compassionate and caring for the concerns of those suffering from addictions, we also expect that the county and state will extend the same care to us the community. We expect communication, to protect our rights as residents and taxpayers in this community. We expect to know exactly how clients are vetted, we expect transparency as to what is being pushed upon us.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME AND CONTACT HERE….
REPRESENTATIVES AND LOCAL MEDIA CONTACTS
PLACER COUNTY: Placer County Planning Departmentcdraecs@placer.ca.gov –
specify PLN25-00410 (Bald Hill Rd) and
PLN25-00286 (Ridge Rd, Pescatore Winery)
Placer County Health and Human Services Department Director
Dr Rob Oldham
11434 B Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
530-745-3191
Placer County Sheriff
Sheriff Wayne Woo
2929 Richardson Drive, Auburn, CA 95604
530-889-7800
Placer County Executive Officer
Daniel J. Chatigny
175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
530-886-4601
Placer County Supervisors – Find your Supervisor - https://www.placer.ca.gov/7855/Connect-With-Your-District
The District Supervisor for Bald Hill and Ridge Road is:District 5 – Cindy Gustafson – online - https://www.placer.ca.gov/9799/Contact-Supervisor-Gustafson
Chief of Staff, Sophie Fox
175 Fulweiler Ave, Auburn, CA 95603
530-889-4010
District 1 – Bonnie Gore https://www.placer.ca.gov/9741/Contact-Supervisor-Gore
1211 Pleasant Grove Blvd, Ste 100, Roseville, CA 95678
916-787-8950
District 2 – Shanti Landon https://www.placer.ca.gov/9791/Contact-Supervisor-Landon
175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603 530-889-4010
District 3 – Anthony M. DeMattei https://www.placer.ca.gov/9794/Contact-Supervisor-DeMatteiChief of Staff, Cristina Rivera175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
530-889-4081
District 4 – Suzanne Jones https://www.placer.ca.gov/9795/Contact-Supervisor-Jones
Chief of Staff, Michael Spelis
2200 Douglas Blvd, Bldg A, Ste 240, Roseville, CA 95661
916-787-8960
All Placer County Supervisors
Placer County, Attn: Clerk of the Board,175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
530-889-4010
Placer County Fire Chief
Placer County Fire Department
13760 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603
530-889-0111
Auburn: City of Auburn Mayor
(Kelly Davis as of Dec, Sandy Amara till Nov 30)
Sandy Amara or Kelly Davis
1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603
530-823-4211 x384
City of Auburn Manager
Sean Rabe
1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 823-4211 x191
City of Auburn Police Department
Bryan Morrison
1225 Lincoln Way, Room 9, Auburn, CA 95603 530-823-4237 ext. 201
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
1103 High Street, Ste 100, Auburn, CA 95603
530-885-5616
Gold Country Media
Auburn Journal, Placer Herald, Roseville Press Tribune, Loomis News
1030 High Street, Auburn, CA 95603
Managing Editor: Bill Poindexter 530-885-5656
Online form for all papers - https://goldcountrymedia.com/live-content/form-letter-to-the-editor/
Sacramento Bee – letter to the editor and submit a news tip
California Representatives – find your representative
Assembly Member Joe Patterson - State Assembly District 5 online form
State Capitol, PO Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249
916-319-2005
District Office,
6030 West Oaks Blvd, # 145, Rocklin, CA 95765
916-435-0501
Senator Megan Dahle - State Senator District 1 – online form (for Bald Hill)
1021 O Street, Rm 7230, Sacramento, CA 95814
916-651-400
1120 N Auburn Street, Ste 214, Grass Valley, CA 95945
530-271-7412
State Fire Marshal
Daniel Berlant
916-653-7772
Congressional Representatives:
Congressman Kevin Kiley – California District 3 – online form 6538 Lonetree Blvd, Ste 200, Rocklin, CA 95765
916-724-2575
