Departments (E-L)

Economic Development

The Economic Development division helps maintain and grow the County's economic base, which supports a high quality of life for residents, businesses, and tourists within Placer County.

Elections

Visit the Placer County Elections Office website.

Environmental Health

Environmental Health's mission is to protect the health and safety of the community from potential hazards present in our everyday environment. Food, drinking water, garbage, and sewage and hazardous chemicals, are just some of what we monitor on a daily basis.

Facilities Management

Facilities Management plans, constructs, manages and operates Placer County’s buildings, properties, infrastructure and assets to bring value to the Public, maximizing useful life and economic opportunity, through efficient and effective service delivery and prudent fiscal management.

Farm & Home

Learn about Placer County's Farm and Home Advisor program.

Film Office

Fire Department

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Flood Control

The Flood Control District collaborates with Placer County and its cities to protect lives and property from the effects of flooding.

Health & Human Services

Health and Human Services provides a unified system of quality services to safeguard the health and well-being of the people and animals in our communities.

Human Resources

The Human Resources Department provides high quality human resource services to attract, develop, motivate, and retain a skilled workforce within a supportive environment.

Information Technology

Jarrett Thiessen, Chief Information Officer, oversees the Information Technology Department with a total of 83 staff members. Staff works to cost-effectively provide a wide range of technology services essential for customer departments to efficiently deliver quality and timely support to the citizens of Placer County.

Library

Welcome to the Placer County Library! Search the catalog, check your library account, discover locations and hours. Join us for events and programs. Get a library card!

Local Agency Formation Commission

Each county in the state is required to have a LAFCO. These LAFCOs fulfill their legislative mandate through the consideration and approval or denial of boundary changes proposed by individuals or the local agencies themselves.