Tesla Supercharger Poses Central Sierra Wildfire Threat

From: Christopher Buttner

Murphys, CA 95247

(via email)

Sierra Nevada Conservancy

11521 Blocker Drive, Suite 205, 

Auburn, CA 95603

February 28, 2025

Subject: Sierra Nevada Conservancy Quarterly Board of Directors Meeting | Statement of Concern for Unabated Conflagration Hazard - Allegation of Inappropriate Permitting and Siting of the Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) Installed Behind Meadowmont Center in Arnold, Calaveras County.

Good Afternoon, 

My name is Christopher Buttner, I have been a full time resident of Murphys since 2015. 

I am writing to you today with an urgent appeal for the attention of Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Board of Directors, and for prompt and decisive action to be taken on the matter of concern as expressed in the subject of this email.

The mission statement of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy states, “We initiate, encourage, and support efforts that improve the environmental, economic, and social well-being of California’s Sierra-Cascade region, its communities, and the people of California.” 

My community of Murphys – along with many other wildland urban interface communities in the timber belt of the four-county South Central Sierra Subregion – are under an extraordinary and avoidable new threat of a catastrophic fire of manmade origin.

The Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) installed behind Meadowmont Center in Arnold, Calaveras County, is the avoidable catastrophic threat-in-waiting.

For context, I am the son of a firefighter and have over three decades of experience in event safety protocols for arenas, amusement parks, convention centers, and cruise ships. I’ve seen the aftermath of multiple disasters, and disturbingly this has many of the earmarks.

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By the end of 2024, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres throughout California (Source: Wikipedia). 

As of January 24, 2025, the LA Times reported the costs of southern California’s wildfires alone ballooned to $250 billion in losses, to date.  

Calaveras County is in the top ten (10) of California’s most wildfire-prone counties, having earned the unfortunate distinction as being one of the top four (4) counties in America with the highest cancellation rates of homeowners insurance. (Source: SF Chronicle). 

On February 3, 2025, the NY Times reported that climate change continues to devour housing values. 

I have concerns shared by many Calaveras County residents regarding the public safety and extreme fire risk posed to the Arnold community by the Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS), located in the northwest corner of Arnold’s Meadowmont Center, at the fringes of the Stanislaus National Forest. 

The Meadowmont Center Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) began active service in 2024. The at-fault administrative process that cleared an unimpeded path for this avoidable catastrophic threat-in-waiting was the hastily approved ministerial permitting process, by a flippant Board of Supervisors (on camera) in 2017.

A properly sited, reviewed, inspected and approved Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) would be a very desirable addition to Arnold. 

Unfortunately, this is not it. 

What this is, is the seeds of laying to waste the communities of the four-county South Central Sierra Subregion from a potential firebomb carelessly planted in the middle of the Stanislaus National Forest.

Regrettably, multiple public safety concerns were left unaddressed and the root cause of this negligently selected siting of the Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) behind the Meadowmont Center in Arnold occurred on January 24, 2017, the date when the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors flippantly discussed and unanimously approved an agenda item fast-tracking the permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations. 

Incumbent District 1 Supervisor Gary Tofanelli voted with the majority (5-0), without any evidence of public safety reservation or substantive comment, to approve the EVCS Ordinance. 

The video record of the ordinance approval process is a shameful and lasting indictment of the continuing failure of the Calaveras County government to recognize and anticipate risk to public safety before its citizen’s insist. 

I am, once again, that citizen insisting to be heard.

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On July 25th, 2023, I submitted a detailed nine-page written analysis about this Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors and Calaveras fire and safety officials. 

Points of concern included the permit process’ conditional exclusion of fire officials from participation in the review and approval of this high-risk Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS), the proximity of this Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) to residences, highly vulnerable trees, large capacity propane tanks, and unregulated traffic in an area of limited ingress and egress.  

The even greater shameful indictment of County officials is my repeated forewarnings to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, the Meadowmont Center owners, the County Building Department Director, a former Calaveras County Fire Marshall, and two directors of the Office of Emergency Services, in writing and in public forums, over 20-months, about this potentially hazardous Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) that are continually ignored, moreover, I allege, suppressed. 

Of most concern, the integral individual having been explicitly warned of the catastrophic threat-in-waiting is District 3 Supervisor Martin Huberty, who is also the full-time Executive Director of the Calaveras Visitors Bureau and a newly appointed Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board Member.

I must say, with all due respect, it is astounding that one of the individuals most responsible for this catastrophic threat-in-waiting to my community will now be serving upon the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Board of Directors.

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As the overall operational safety of certain manufacturers of electric vehicles (Tesla being high on that list) are increasingly called into question, with greater frequency Tesla vehicles have been subject to increased and unpredictable runaway “self-driving feature” software issues leading to collisions, high-intensity fire risk and deaths. 

Fire suppression methods require both specialized hazmat firefighting tactics and tens of thousands of gallons of water to suppress electric vehicle fires. 

A single Tesla car fire at this Meadowmont Center’s Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) is unquestionably capable of triggering a cataclysmic impact upon the ecosystem and habitability of California’s sprawling 27-million-acre South Central Sierra Subregion, including, but not limited to a potential staggering and irreplaceable loss of life, property, already endangered wildlife and wilderness, and the devastation of Calaveras Big Trees State Park, one of the most pristine groves of giant Redwoods on Earth. 

Regardless of how rapidly the nearby Ebbetts Pass Fire District and CAL FIRE officials claim they are capable of effectively responding to the scene of a potential fire at the Meadowmont Center’s Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS), it would not be fast enough to suppress the potentially devastating effects caused by an electric vehicle fire at this location. 

This Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) must be shut-down immediately by a temporary injunction, and the equipment relocated to an appropriately sited and readily defensible facility following a thorough review by fire officials, law enforcement and public works, sufficiently mitigating all evident risk to assure the community of public safety. 

Further, the faulty 2017 EVCS ministerial permitting process must be repealed and replaced to specifically insert County and State fire officials in the permitting and approval process for all non-residential EVCS installations.

A detailed EVCS Repeal and Replace Ordinance request was emailed to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, and the Calaveras County Planning and Building Departments, on behalf of the Citizens of Arnold and Calaveras County, on August 7, 2023, without response. 

A chronological fact pattern inclusive of evidence supporting my allegations follows herein, with evidentiary documentation pertaining to the currently active Arnold, California Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS), sited at an inappropriate location on private commercial property behind Meadowmont Center.

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January 24, 2017 - The video record of the EVCS ordinance approval process is a lasting indictment of the continuing failure of this county’s government to recognize and anticipate risk to public safety before its citizen’s insist. (YouTube.com, 2:37 mark: youtu.be/yX-xa6W7Esg).

July 2019 - CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Guidebook - First Edition: https://business.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GoBIZ-EVCharging-Guidebook.pdf 

January 2023 - CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Guidebook - Second Edition: 

https://business.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GoBIZ-EVCharging-Guidebook.pdf

February 21, 2023 - Calaveras County Expedited Permitting Process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: Effective 02/21/2023.

DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1pcyvjarqwpex6vop5dyi/EV-Charger-Checklist.pdf?rlkey=yajkumuqjausfyqnpxhjsqr5x&dl=0

July 25, 2023 - Letter of complaint to District 3 Supervisor Martin Huberty, who is also the full-time Executive Director of the Calaveras Visitors Bureau and a newly appointed Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board Member.
Arnold Community Alarmed by Tesla Supercharger Station Location: 

https://calaveras2024election.com/blog/f/arnold-community-alarmed-by-tesla-supercharger-station-location 

July 2023 - Correspondence with Calaveras County government and fire officials. No action has been taken. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/50oxh6plmye4r58us7gf1/ACMb6_MhaSYSXQr0FXyLgNU?rlkey=wactws79g3fe59jonsr4fm88z&dl=0

August 2, 2023 - Blog: An Open Letter to All Citizens of Calaveras County - Public Safety at Risk by Christopher Buttner. Link: https://calaveras2024election.com/blog/f/calaveras-county-government-worsens-public-safety-and-fire-risks 

August 7, 2023 - Blog: A detailed EVCS Repeal and Replace Ordinance request was emailed to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors and the Calaveras County Planning and Building Departments, on behalf of the Citizens of Arnold and Calaveras County. Calaveras County EVCS Ordinance Must Be Repealed and Replaced. https://calaveras2024election.com/blog/f/calaveras-county-evcs-ordinance-must-be-repealed-and-replaced#934c96d3-9b40-4079-8880-07e8670080e6 

August 8, 2023 - Blog: Address of this issue to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors during General Public Comments. 

Video with text of statement: https://calaveras2024election.com/calaveras-corruption-1#3aff251a-3343-41c7-9885-dd29dc31ac03 

August 8, 2023 - Blog: General Public Comments to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors. Subject: EVCS Ordinance: 

https://calaveras2024election.com/blog/f/gpc-to-calaveras-board-of-supervisors-subject-evcs-ordinance 

August 18, 2023 - Blog: Lahaina's Horrifying Fire Tragedy Can Happen in Calaveras County: 

https://calaveras2024election.com/blog/f/lahainas-horrifying-tragedy-can-happen-in-calaveras-county 

August 18, 2023 - Blog: The Future of EV Charging Station Safety (in Calaveras County?): 

https://calaveras2024election.com/blog/f/the-future-of-ev-charging-station-safety-in-calaveras-county 

August 2023 - Published Letters to the Editors.  

DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/09m4dwwecxmchy6wqk9dc/AFrVXXQ6COaFc9BS2SpW7Vg?rlkey=epa2i2t6i8mzxbwktbm44nfu3&dl=0 

February 2024 - Address of this issue to Elsa Wright with GoBiz. No action taken despite validity of concerns expressed. 

DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/qv9qx387z8jvxsomv4hi0/AJpXzCiLx4VeMwfCWCjsHOg?rlkey=iwdvtnoydeohow077hpvyp77g&dl=0 

February 13, 2024 - Blog: Calaveras Government Suppresses Public Comments on Corruption. District 3 Supervisor Martin Huberty, on August 18, 2023, at a community meeting in Arnold regarding the EVCS, condescendingly stated to my face (witnesses present) that I had “no credibility” pertaining to my concerns being formally addressed to government and fire officials. In attendance were Meadowmont community homeowners, Ebbetts Pass Fire District Fire Chief Mike Johnson, then-Calaveras County Fire Marshall John Parks and Calaveras County Building Director Doug Oliver.  

Link: https://calaveras2024election.com/blog/f/calaveras-government-suppression-of-public-comments-on-corruption#934c96d3-9b40-4079-8880-07e8670080e6 

October 2024 - Correspondence regarding my EVCS concerns with the new Calaveras County Director of Office of Emergency Services, Erik Holt. 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/vqtjmd3pihg0dlfp4kk20/ACYGA9Yj-UXm-VvyOnMM1mM?rlkey=4c181jfsdlgujdx1r3p59315c&dl=0

January - February 2025 - Photographs of deployed Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office CCTV surveillance trailer at the Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS), placed at the EVCS station in response to “community concerns relating to activity such as illegal dumping.”
DropBox (All photographs from dates below in chronological order): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/glb9i3pu2oj7kxk36zzq2/ABRiLl5juSt1PFr1m0JQU5w?rlkey=suhdo4entqwyzv0urrn8kc0fm&dl=0 

REFER TO - AND CONTINUES AFTER - the FIVE PHOTO and VIDEO BLOCKS BELOW: 

• January 31, 2025 - Deployed Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office  CCTV surveillance trailer prompts a public records request on January 31, 2025. Significant concerns were addressed to the Calaveras County government regarding the CCTV surveillance trailer. Included in this DropBox is the response to the public records request. 

DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hhkb1qc5e5mcem1wvz0sy/AB-3oXrxvmxsSuQ1vJM_4Hw?rlkey=9c5hkx8barmghh90a3lq0w3lo&dl=0

January 27 - 29, 2025 - Exchange of correspondence with Meadowmont Center owner, Dean Copans, Principal, of Spruce Commercial Real Estate. 

DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/qa49sa0gpfzg15bifl6t7/APX7yn0wUM1zIfMdrVgHesU?rlkey=fwz3qkjafre7uwp0ku8n37372&dl=0 

January 28, 2025 - Addressed concerns about the Arnold Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) - and other public safety issues - to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors when it was discovered an alleged incident of conflicts of interest appeared between Office of Emergency Services Director Erik Holt and Calaveras County D1 Supervisor Gary Tofanelli.
Link: https://calaveras2024election.com/2025-calaveras-corruption#242e4890-5ed3-4e51-a242-1c5c9918a929 

Updated: March 26, 2025: 

March 11, 2025 - Christopher Buttner addresses concerns to Calaveras County Board of Supervisors on March 11, 2025, during General Public Comments. Irrationally and irresponsibly sited Tesla Supercharger in the town of Arnold, in Calaveras County, California, poses an extraordinary new threat of a catastrophic fire of manmade origin and negligence. Four-county South Central Sierra Subregion, includes Stanislaus National Forest, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, and forest communities, all under  potential threat of conflagration. Link: https://calaveras2024election.com/f/catastrophic-calaveras-wildfire-threat-from-tesla-supercharger

Updated: March 26, 2025:
March 13, 2025 - Concerns pertaining to the Tesla Supercharger Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS) behind the Arnold (Calaveras County) Meadowmont Center, addressed to the Calaveras County Resource Conservation District, during the General Public Comments period of their March 2025 meeting, by Christopher Buttner. Link: https://calaveras2024election.com/f/tesla-fire-hazard-calaveras-county-resource-conservation-district 

Updated: March 26, 2025:
March 25, 2025 - Christopher Buttner addresses the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors during the March 25, 2025 Regular Meeting. Opposition statement to Regular Agenda Item: 18. Receive a Presentation From Staff on the Draft Calaveras Council of Governments Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Implementation Plan. Link: https://calaveras2024election.com/f/tesla-supercharger-poses-wildfire-risk-to-calaveras-county-region 

Updated: April 11, 2025:

Email correspondence between Christopher Buttner and Erik Holt, Calaveras County Director of Office of Emergency Services.

• Document 1: October 1 and October 2, 2024: Email correspondence between Christopher Buttner and Erik Holt
• Document 2: April 4 and April 5, 2025: Email correspondence between Christopher Buttner and Erik Holt
• Document 2: April 5 and April 11, 2025: Email correspondence between Erik Holt and Christopher Buttner 

DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/jhrmmlzr68c4u9677ai5s/ADvEV5sSMhIpIwnWQdlUC3Y?rlkey=nsv2q90byxjd9ilewdbcxi3ft&dl=0

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy was respectfully urged to embrace these concerns immediately, while in preparation for its quarterly Board of Directors meeting, so that this matter may be confronted directly in Murphys on March 5-6, based solely upon the fact pattern and not protective personal interests.

Respectfully, 

Christopher Buttner

Text of Response: 

Subject: Letter of February 28, 2025 regarding Electric Vehicle Charging Station/Tesla Supercharger (EVCS) Installed Behind Meadowmont Center in Arnold, Calaveras County

Via Email: Received March 4, 2025

Dear Mr. Buttner:

Thank you for your letter dated February 28, 2025. Please be aware that the subject project in your letter is not one that the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) has dealt with. The SNC neither funded nor approved this project. Further, the SNC has no authority to take any authority to take any action on the project described in your letter. 

Sincerely,

Angela Avery

Executive Officer

Christopher Buttner's response to Angela Avery of March 5, 2025 via email: 

Good Morning Ms. Avery.

I am aware that the subject project referenced in my letter is not one that Sierra Nevada Conservancy has dealt with, and that Sierra Nevada Conservancy has neither funded nor approved of this project.

I challenge, however, the official assertion that the Sierra Nevada Conservancy has no authority to take any action on the project described in my letter. 

Following are the grounds for my challenge.

A properly sited EVCS would have been a very desirable addition to Arnold. 

Unfortunately, this is not it. 

The seed of a potential firebomb – capable of laying waste to communities in the four-county South Central Sierra Subregion – was irresponsibly and irrationally planted in a population center of the Stanislaus National Forest.

Regardless of how rapidly fire officials claim they are capable of effectively responding to the scene of a potential EV fire at this location, it is unlikely fast enough to suppress the potentially devastating effects of thermal runaway in such a vulnerable location sited in close proximity to wood framed residences, dense trees – predominantly distressed conifers, large capacity propane tanks, and unregulated traffic in an area of limited ingress and egress.

I respectfully request that SNC, a state agency, adhere to its stated mission and task of building resilience in California’s Sierra-Cascade region, inclusive of improving the environmental, economic, and social well-being.

I suggest that mission and task includes ensuring our region is not reduced to ash from a 100% avoidable and forewarned man made tragedy, especially since one of your new Board members, Calaveras County District 3 Supervisor Martin Huberty – representing Murphys and Arnold – has been explicitly cautioned about this catastrophic threat-in-waiting and has publicly stated that I lack credibility.

Respectfully, 

Christopher Buttner

Publisher

Calaveras2026Election.com

Christopher Buttner, publisher of Calaveras2026Election.com, addresses the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, March 11, 2025, during General Public Comments on the subject of the extraordinary new threat of a catastrophic fire, of manmade origin and negligence, erupting in Arnold – behind Meadowmont Center: the irrationally and irresponsibly sited Tesla Supercharger. Electric Vehicle Charging Station - EVCS.  

March 11, 2025: "My name is Christopher Buttner, publisher of Calaveras2026Election.com.  

Here are excerpts from the statement I delivered on March 6, 2025, at the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board of Directors Quarterly Meeting.  

This community – and several nearby wildland urban interface communities in the dense timber belt of the four-county South Central Sierra Subregion – are under an extraordinary new threat of a catastrophic fire, of manmade origin and negligence, erupting in Arnold – behind Meadowmont Center.   

This threat of catastrophic fire has a name.  

Tesla Supercharger. Electric Vehicle Charging Station. EVCS.   

A rationally sited EVCS would’ve been a very desirable addition to Arnold. 

Unfortunately, this isn’t it.   

The EVCS site selection process – and its construction at this precarious location – was irrational and irresponsible. On March 4, 2025, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy – SNC – advised me by letter that the agency “has no authority to take any action on the project described in my letter.”  

I respectfully urged SNC to reconsider their position on my request for action, and examine their core mission more closely.  

SNC, a State agency, is tasked with building resilience in California’s Sierra-Cascade region, inclusive of improving the environmental, economic, and social well-being.  

I had expected that includes doing everything possible in the agency’s power to ensure our region is not reduced to ash from a 100% forewarned and preventable man-made calamity.  

My response to SNC’s Board of Directors – which now includes Martin Huberty – was that lack of authority does not preclude SNC from directing my valid concern to the State agency or agencies having authority to act on my concerns.  

That agency may be CAL FIRE, or CalOES, or perhaps CalEPA – whose mission is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality.  

Regardless of how rapidly fire officials claim they are capable of effectively responding to the scene of a potential EV fire at this location, it is unlikely fast enough to suppress the potentially devastating effects of thermal runaway.  

The seed of a potential fire-bomb – capable of laying waste to communities in the four-county South Central Sierra Subregion – was negligently sited in a vulnerable location – in distressingly close proximity to a densely forested neighborhood, large capacity propane tanks, and unregulated traffic.   

Lahaina. Pacific Palisades. Rim. Butte. Paradise. Eaton. Tubbs. Caldor.  

The list tragically grows.  

Do we want to lose our cherished Stanislaus National Forest, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, and forest communities to a forewarned and preventable disaster?  

My name is Christopher Buttner, publisher of Calaveras2026Election.com." 

Thursday, March 13, 2025: "My name is Christopher Buttner, I am the publisher of Calaveras2026Election.com.

I am a fulltime resident of Murphys. My entire family savings are invested in Murphys. 

Here are excerpts from the statements I delivered on March 6, 2025, at the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board of Directors Quarterly Meeting, and again during the General Public Comments period of the March 11, 2025 Calaveras Board of Supervisors Regular meeting.

For context, I am the son of a firefighter. I have over three decades of experience in event safety protocols for arenas, amusement parks, convention centers, and cruise ships. 

Additionally, I am an advanced open water, stress-rescue scuba diver with 25 years experience. 

I am trained in American Red Cross CPR and other lifesaving skills. 

As a scuba diver, I was deeply involved in marine, environmental and wildlife conservation efforts and I regularly interfaced with and promoted leading professional scuba personalities and their internationally-recognized marine protection and preservation efforts.   

I’ve seen the aftermath of multiple disasters on land and sea, and disturbingly what I am going to tell you this evening has many of the earmarks. 

This community – and several nearby wildland urban interface communities in the dense timber belt of the four-county South Central Sierra Subregion – are under an extraordinary new threat of a catastrophic fire, of manmade origin and negligence, erupting in Arnold – behind the Meadowmont Center. 

This threat of catastrophic fire has a name. Tesla Supercharger. Electric Vehicle Charging Station. Otherwise known as an EVCS. 

A rationally sited EVCS would’ve been a very desirable addition to Arnold. 

Unfortunately, this isn’t it. 

The EVCS site selection process – and its construction at this precarious location – was irrational and irresponsible.

On March 4, 2025, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy – the SNC – advised me by letter that the agency “has no authority to take any action on the project described in my letter.”

I respectfully urged SNC to reconsider this position on my request for action, and examine their core mission more closely.

SNC, a State agency, is tasked with building resilience in California’s Sierra-Cascade region, inclusive of improving the environmental, economic, and social well-being.

I had expected that includes doing everything possible in the agency’s power to ensure our region is not reduced to ash from a 100% forewarned and preventable man-made calamity.

My response to SNC’s Board of Directors – which now includes District 3 Supervisor Martin Huberty, who is also the executive director of the Calaveras Visitors Bureau – was that lack of authority does not preclude SNC from directing my valid concern to the State agency or agencies having authority to act on my concerns.

That agency may be CAL FIRE, CalOES, or perhaps CalEPA – whose mission is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality.

Regardless of how rapidly fire officials claim they are capable of effectively responding to the scene of a potential EV fire at this location, it’s unlikely fast enough to suppress the potentially devastating effects of thermal runaway. 

Let’s keep in mind, the first casualty of war is always your plan. 

The seed of a potential fire-bomb – capable of laying waste to communities in the four-county South Central Sierra Subregion – was negligently sited in a vulnerable location – in distressingly close proximity to a densely forested neighborhood, large capacity propane tanks, and unregulated traffic. 

Additional concerns is the backlash Tesla is facing due to Elon Musk’s erratic behavior which has led to increased vandalism of Tesla vehicles, especially Cybertrucks, as well as Tesla Superchargers, which includes, but is not limited to, arson. 

When an arsonist strikes, they rarely consider the collateral damage of their actions. Arson at this EVCS could have devastating effects reaching far beyond just the Tesla product they hope to vandalize or destroy.  

Lahaina. Pacific Palisades. Rim. Butte. Paradise. Eaton. Tubbs. Caldor. August Complex.

The list tragically grows.

Do we want to lose our cherished 898,000 acre Stanislaus National Forest, inclusive of Calaveras Big Trees State Park, and forest communities to a forewarned and preventable disaster?

After you’ve reviewed the leave-behind materials, I would welcome the Calaveras County Resource Conservation District to consider an evaluation field trip to the Tesla Supercharger at Arnold’s Meadowmont Center in the near future. 

Thank you for your rapt attention to these recent and important concerns that now confront our homes and families in our four-county South Central Sierra Subregion. 

My name is Christopher Buttner, publisher of Calaveras2026Election.com." 

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