We’re shakin’ things up with a new weekly contest on Facebook! Announcing our new “Where Am I?” game. Every Thursday during lunch we’ll share a photo on Facebook taken of an open space in San Mateo or Santa Clara counties. Participants will be asked to guess where the photo was taken. Whoever gets the closest to guessing the exact location...
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,...
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...
On Tuesday, October 6, county supervisors voted to require that the county take steps to protect wildlife migration corridors and native serpentine plant habitats from the negative impacts of building a solar power facility in North Coyote Valley. Santa Clara County is planning to construct several solar power “farms” at various locations, including a 9-acre...
By Megan Medeiros, Executive Director For more than 50 years, thousands of people in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties have supported Committee for Green Foothills. They want to protect the immense stretches of rural coast, remaining forests, scenic hillside vistas, farmland, flowing creeks, and open baylands. They know we do a good job of...
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...
This spring marks the one-year anniversary of the release of Deep Roots, Green Future, our 50-year vision for our region’s coast, forests, creeks, bay, hillsides, farmland, and urban areas. We are pleased to say that we’ve already made real progress towards the goals set out in Deep Roots, Green Future. One of our five goals...
On Tuesday of this week, Santa Clara County leaders voted to move forward with plans to build solar farms at five locations in the county, including one at Malech Road in South San Jose. Our Legislative Advocate Alice Kaufman spoke at the meeting, urging officials not to build solar farms in open space, especially not...
2014 has been another eventful year for Committee for Green Foothills. We have celebrated many wins for the protection of local open space and nature. Thanks to the support of our members, in 2014 we: Helped pass not one, but two critical ballot measures providing needed funding to our local open space districts. We were...
Why is the Open Space Authority staff celebrating? Because Measure Q, preserving Santa Clara Valley open space for future generations, passed! It was a close win, just like we knew it would be. Thanks to everyone who helped with the campaign we can officially declare victory. At the end of Election Day last Tuesday Measure...
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