Mark Wisterman's Paradise & Lake Oroville Real Estate Blog

It’s been a while since I provided any updates to the issue which arose from the Lake Oroville Area Public Utility District’s  (LOAPUD)efforts to reduce uneccessary flows into the local sewer treatment plant.

If you are new to this blog you may have no idea what I am talking about. To help bring you up to speed I have assembled the links below to the past opinion pieces I have written regarding this subject. 

Don’t Let This Happen To You     Local Sewer District Stops Real Estate Transactions 

  Sewer Districts Say “No Sale”     Let Me Clarify  Full Steam Ahead   

Be Ready To Roll Up Your Sleeves    We Can’t Hearrrr Youuuuu!!

35 Years To Address Imminent Crisis?    Sewer Lateral Update

Here is the latest information that I have. After much prodding from this Lake Oroville Real Estate blog, and in cooperation with the Oroville Association of REALTORS®,  LOAPUD agreed to look at a revised proposal that was drafted by the consultant hired by the REALTORS, who has worked with other government agencies to assist them in accomplishing their goals without putting a stop to a real estate transaction, through onerous Point Of Sale mandates.

The latest proposal contains many of the same solutions I mention in my previous blog posts. What we, as REALTORS® have submitted eliminates the requirement that sewer lateras must be inspected, and repaired if necessary, before a real estate transaction is completed. The proposal also does exactly what LOAPUD needs it to do to keep the State of California off its back. It provides a firm timeframe for when the entire district has been inspected and brought up to standard.

I applaud the sewer district for it’s willingness to listen and be open minded enough to entertain other solutions to this issue. It is good, in this day and age of intrusive government policies and attitudes, to see that the they understand that two heads are better than one and that working TOGETHER is far more in the public’s interest than going it alone

The REALTORS proposal is now in the hands of the LOAPUD management staff and Board of Directors.  I urge you all to contact the district and voice you support for the proposed solution.  Be sure to watch for more news on this as it develops.