It has often been noted that the EDC government has a weak link in top management as the department heads answer to the BOS rather then a centralized person like the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).

A recent evaluation noted these problems:
1) No one person is responsible for the success or failure of private development review;
2) Under current system, the CAO serves as the staff coordinator/link to the Board of Supervisors;
3) Current structure has diffused responsibility between Dept. Heads and therefore no one person is held accountable;

The California Land Conservation Act of 1965--commonly referred to as the Williamson Act (WA), enables the county to enter into contracts with private landowners for the purpose of restricting specific parcels of land to agricultural or open space use.

In response to raising costs the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) Board of Directors recently decided approve the adoption of a new "hook-up" fee known as an "FCC", or facility capacity charge. Although the FCC fee has not been adjusted since 2005, the dramatic jump met with stiff resistance from the public.

EDH’s Supervisors Baumann and Dupray were greatly distressed with the Department of Transportation's CIP report that lacked some expected projects anticipated for the El Dorado Hills area in the next five years.

The road improvement schedule has been delayed due to the decrease in available funds caused from the economic slowdown affecting all new building. A unique funding issue involving El Dorado Hills Road Improvement Fees (RIF) has eliminated, from the "Five Year Plan", several projects that were anticipated in the EDH area.