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The spin Hamiltonian parameters (g factors g_{∥ }, g_{⊥} and the hyperfine structure constants A_{∥ }, A_{⊥}) and the local structures for the two tetragonal Cu^{2+} centers I and II in Ca(OH)_2 are theoretically studied from the perturbation formulae of these parameters for a 3d^9 ion under tetragonally elongated octahedra. The [Cu(OH)_6]^{4-} clusters on the substitutional Ca^{2+} site are found to suffer the relative elongations by about 0.083 Å and 0.065 Å for centers I and II, respectively, along the C_4 axis due to the Jahn-Teller effect. The above tetragonal elongations may entirely depress the original trigonal distortion of the host Ca^{2+} site in Ca(OH)_2. The calculated spin Hamiltonian parameters based on the above Jahn-Teller elongations show good agreement with the experimental results. The EPR spectra and the local structures for the two centers are compared with one another.