The future of our Senior Center is in jeopardy.
Local seniors need to get involved or they may lose the Senior Center !
Seniors can make a difference by participating in public meetings, phoning representatives for support and writing letters to the:
- South Lake Tahoe City Council -530 542-6005 – 1901 Lisa Maloff Way, Suite 206, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 – email: sblankenship@cityofslt.us
- El Dorado Board of Supervisors (530) 621-5390 -330 Fair Lane, Building A
Placerville, CA 95667 – Phone Toll Free: (800) 491-6642 – email: kim.dawson@edcgov.us - South Tahoe Now – https://southtahoenow.com/submit-a-story
- Tahoe Daily Tribune – https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/submissions/letter-to-the-editor/
For more information, please contact Trudy Morgan at: (530) 721-0201 or Email: trudi@the bottomlinetaxservice.com
Why Seniors need to be concerned about the future of the Senior Center –
There is no solid commitment from the county to allow the seniors to continue using the current building after the new Rec & swim center opens. The county is moving the Nutrition program and all county programs (run from Placerville) to the new Rec & Swim Center.
AGREEMENT TO TURN SENIOR CENTER OVER TO SENIORS
“We want to show the seniors and the county that we are willing to invest in this.”
It’s not just the senior center that would be impacted by the land transfer, however. Novasel confirmed that it includes 9.9 acres of improved property, including the senior center, Tahoe South Visitor Center, Lake Tahoe Historical Society Museum and the parking lot area.
“We’re moving forward on this,” Novasel explained. “We’re excited about the opportunities and very hopeful that this will all work out.”
Larry Combs, El Dorado County’s chief administrative officer, echoed those sentiments: “The county is working with the city on helping seniors develop the senior center and we’re looking forward to doing that. We would like to do that as soon as we can, and we’re working on the agreement.”
So, What happened to this deal???
Meetings discussing the future of the Senior Center:
(following meetings edited to shorten -full video below)
South Lake Tahoe City Council members committed to supporting the Senior Center
Seniors, Inc. and the SLT Senior Center
Seniors, Inc. was formed in 1970 and September 2025 will be their Fifty-Fifth anniversary. They provided entertainment and activities for the local seniors at the Senior Center.
In 1980 they petitioned the city of South Lake Tahoe for the funding of a Senior Center. The Senior Center opened in 1987. The building was donated by El Dorado County for use as a senior center. Additional funding came from the City of South Lake Tahoe, the Senior Center Bond Act, and the Not-for-Profit Tahoe Basin Building Trust Fund (Seniors Inc.). It was furnished by Seniors, Inc. and donations.
It is unknown as to when El Dorado County became involved other than donating the old hospital and later county office building. Later the California Area Agency on Aging provided funding for the nutrition program, legal services, and other assistance programs from Placerville, however Seniors, Inc. managed the day-to-day operations. It is also unclear as to when the South Lake Tahoe Parks & Recreation took over managing the center.
The founders, Seniors, Inc. were not included in the planning for the future of the Senior Center. The plan to move the seniors into the new recreation center was the idea of the 56 Acre Commission – apparently to save money by avoiding building the promised new center for the seniors. And it was done during the Covid lockdown while seniors were afraid to venture out of their homes. Claims that they could have participated by Zoom shows how little they cared about the seniors, who could barely operate their cell phones.
THE PROMISES’ – Which one should we believe? NONE!
Full videos of meetings:
June 17, 2025
September 17, 2025
This was the first I heard of the plans to move the seniors into the new Swim and Recreation center that was built for the Boys & Girls Club.
- To be added:
- What you can do to help
- History of the Senior Center
- History of Measure P
- The 45 acre plan
- City-County Agreements
So, why am I now being told that the city cannot make the old Rec Center a new Senior Center? And why are the seniors being pressured into moving into the new gym?
So where is the 9,000 sq ft of dedicated space for seniors? And why just “County senior programs”?
