(I think our press release speaks for itself. -Brian) Committee for Green FoothillsNEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2008 PRESS CONTACTS:Brian Schmidt, Legislative Advocatephone (650) 968-7243, (415) 994-7403 cell * [email protected] Committee for Green Foothills Welcomes Withdrawal of Coyote Valley Development Proposal, Calls for New Steps to Protect Against Sprawl The Committee for Green...
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Amah-Mutsun comments on the issue of Coyote Valley development proposals
(Attached is a copy of a letter from Valentin Lopez, Chairman of the Amah-Mutsun Tribal Band, regarding development in Coyote Valley. It’s important to recognize the cultural implications as well as the environmental implications from misguided development in Coyote Valley. -Brian) January 4, 2007 Mr. Daryl Boyd Planning Services Division 200 East Santa Clara Street...
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CGF letter to the Coyote Valley Task Force
(The letter below was delivered to the Coyote Valley Task Force yesterday. -Brian)January 14, 2008 CVSP Task Force Re: Updates to CoyoteValley process Dear CVSP Task Force Members; I regret that I will not be able to attend today’s meeting, and would like to make the following points: 1. The Committee for Green Foothills supports...
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"…when you look at (home) prices relative to income, it’s completely insane."
The quote above is from an economist saying existing home prices have to fall because they’re priced out of reach of people’s income. This just further supports our argument that Coyote Valley’s Draft Fiscal Analysis was fatally flawed in assuming housing prices (and resulting tax revenues) will go up 2% faster each year than income,...
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CGF News Release: The “San Jose Process” Resulted in Coyote Valley Debacle, Environmentalists Say
(The following is from a press release CGF sent out yesterday. -Brian) Committee for Green Foothills NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2007 PRESS CONTACTS: Brian Schmidt, Legislative Advocate phone (650) 968-7243 * [email protected] The “San Jose Process” Resulted in CoyoteValley Debacle, Environmentalists Say SAN JOSE DIFFERS FROM MOST CITIES IN ALLOWING DEVELOPER-SELECTED AND...
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CGF letter and request – San Jose should wait on the Coyote Valley EIR revision
(Following up on the good news about the Coyote Valley EIR revision, CGF submitted the following request to the San Jose City Council. -Brian) Given that City Planning staff has said the Draft EIR must be revised due to the significant criticism it received, I want to suggest that the decision on whether to start...
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Very good news on Coyote Valley – the City acknowledges their environmental review was inadequate
From the Merc: In a major setback to development plans for Coyote Valley, the city of San Jose plans to revise a key environmental document, responding to a mountain of scathing criticism of the controversial proposal. The city’s planning staff, in a memo released late Wednesday, said the amount and tone of the criticism were...
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Developers behind Coyote Valley planning process refusing to cooperate with the planning process
(The Committee for Green Foothills submitted the following letter to the Coyote Valley Specific Plan Task Force regarding developers’ refusal to let the City’s experts evaluate the environmental consequences of developing their land. We have received no response from the City, although one smaller landowner said the information was wrong and that he did allow...
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See the Op-Ed Sausage-Making!
One of the advantages of blogging is that it gives us a chance to write some more informal, behind-the-scenes information than appears elsewhere, like in our Green Footnotes newsletter or Action Alerts. A while back I blogged about our Op-Ed on Coyote Valley that the Merc published. Spending time on an Op-Ed is a gamble,...
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Comments submitted to LAFCO about Morgan Hill expansion and Coyote Valley
(Normally I don’t write out my speaker comments in advance, preferring a more natural speaking style and the ability to react to other commenters and new information. Yesterday though, I wrote out my comments to the Santa Clara County LAFCO regarding the unwarranted Morgan Hill USA expansion. The comments are below (although I also adlibbed...