After decades of work on the issue, we have great news to share from Morgan Hill. On Friday, March 11, the Local Agency Formation Commissioners (LAFCo) denied the City of Morgan Hill’s request to annex and develop hundreds of acres of farmland in the Southeast Quadrant (thank them by filling out the form below). Today’s...
The Mercury News got it right when they wrote, “Farmland is a finite resource. Building on it in order to save it? Really?” In today’s editorial, Morgan Hill land grab has to be stopped (3/10/16), the paper explained the weight of the decision that will be made at tomorrow’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) meeting,...
On March 11, 2016, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) will determine whether or not to allow the City of Morgan Hill an annexation request to develop the Southeast Quadrant (SEQ). Ultimately, the City plans is to annex and develop 400 acres of farmland. LAFCo’s job is to protect farmland, and prevent sprawl. Let’s make sure...
Today’s (2/12/16) addition of the Silicon Valley Business Journal features two articles on sprawl in southern Santa Clara County, and both quote our Advocate Julie Hutcheson. In one article, the cover story, Sprawling southward: A clash of values in South County: High prices in northern Silicon Valley are driving plans to build on rural farmland in Morgan...
Guest post by CGF members Michelle Lieberman and Gal Mariansky We’ve been members of Committee for Green Foothills for about 5 years now. In 2010, we opened our nearly one-acre backyard farm, One Acre Farm. We grow a wide variety of fresh, in-season, local, and organic fruits and vegetables. Each week we deliver this produce...
It’s summer, and while that might mean less work for some, there’s no slowing down our three legislative advocates. Julie Hutcheson has been busy as ever advocating to protect farmland in southern Santa Clara County, and was quoted in a Morgan Hill Times article (City to spend $5.3 million on property for ball fields (7/17/15)...
By: Julie Hutcheson, Legislative Advocate Most people have never heard of a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo). Neither, you might be surprised to find out, have many of our local elected officials. Yet 57 of California’s 58 counties have one, and Santa Clara County is no exception. Santa Clara’s LAFCo has been one of the...
“Another longtime SEQ opponent, the Committee for Green Foothills, remains steadfastly opposed. Approving the plan in a ‘piecemeal’ fashion as the council has in recent months ‘sends a clear message to (LAFCO and other agencies) that the council is becoming more entrenched in its position to soon annex these lands into the city for development,’...
Earlier this week our very own Legislative Advocate, Julie Hutcheson, was quoted in the Morgan Hill Times. The article, SEQ Mired in Stalemate: Council vote likely not enough to gain key approvals for ag preservation, land use plan (11/12/14) by Michael Moore, discusses the City of Morgan Hill’s plan to annex farmland in the Southeast Quadrant (SEQ)....
Happy Election Day from all of us at Committee for Green Foothills! We know the importance of flexing our civic muscles, and can all say proudly that we never miss a chance to vote on issues that matter to us. This Election Day is especially important to those of us living in San Jose and...
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