(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...
Category: Farmland
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Mercury News publishes CGF Op-Ed on Coyote Valley
I’m happy to report that the Mercury News has published the Op-Ed I wrote on behalf of CGF regarding why developing Coyote Valley is an environmental disaster. The link to the Mercury News online version is here, and is reproduced here on our website. By the way, the print edition of the article mentions my...
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Comments on the LAFCO ag mitigation guidelines
We submitted the following comments -Brian————– Dear LAFCo Commissioners; Per the message below, the Committee for Green Foothills supports the LAFCo staff proposal on agricultural mitigation guidelines. We additionally support the Greenbelt Alliance position: That no less than one acre of farmland be protected for every acre paved over. That the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act definition of...