About

Jill Bergantz (she/her) is a journalist by trade. Her beat covers 46,000 residents of rural/agricultural land in Northern California including city/county government, human interest, investigative reporting, schools, fires/natural disasters, cultural events, highways and traffic, crime, public health, and breaking news. Until August 23, 2023, she wrote for The Calaveras Enterprise.

Jill Bergantz is a poet by heart. A California Arts Scholar, a Richter Fellow, and Strasburger Fellow, she's recently worked on her craft at The Community of Writers, Mineral School, and Sundress Academy for the Arts. In 2020 she co-edited "Written Here [And There]," the anthology of poetry from The Community of Writers. Her poetry has been published in Barrow Street, OPOSSUM, Trampset, 404 Ink, 580 Split, and elsewhere.

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Featured Work

BOS statement denouncing antisemitic materials passes 5-0

August 17, 2023
A paper copy of the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors agenda for the regular meeting is shown in focus inside the Board of Supervisors Chambers with the five member board blurred in the background.

When they returned from recess at their regular meeting on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 8, the Board of Supervisors moved back into their regular agenda beginning with an Action Item (ID #7465) from the Administrative Office: Adopt a statement denouncing antisemitic materials distributed in Calaveras County. This agenda item was in response to a request made by District 5 Supervisor Benjamin Stopper during Supervisor Announcements at the previous board meeting on July 25.

Supervisor Announcements are an agenda item found at the end of the agenda of every Board of Supervisors meeting in compliance with Government Code 53232.3(d). The code reads: “Board members shall provide brief reports on any meetings attended at the expense of the local agency, and may make other announcements or report out.”

During Supervisor Announcements on July 25, Stopper said, “I would like the board to entertain a statement by the board as a whole on any antisemitic or hate rhetoric going around; that we do not support those types of things; that we want to keep a positive message for our community as a whole that’s all-inclusive.”

County Counsel Sarah Edwards responded to Stopper’s request, saying, “I can absolutely work with the CEO (Teresa Hitchcock) on that.”

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