If it’s prime [farmland] and especially if it’s got water, it’s taken. – Pete Aiello, President, Santa Clara County Farm Bureau Pete Aiello’s words spoken at the Agricultural Summit in September underlined the serious need for farmland preservation in Santa Clara County. The Summit was organized by American Farmland Trust, Committee for Green Foothills, and...
Last week I sent an action alert asking you to urge the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to protect our hillsides. Good news! On Monday, I got word that the property owner had withdrawn his application for an amendment to the General Plan. This means that if the landowner wants to submit a future...
Next Tuesday, September 23, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to overturn decades of settled land use policy and allow a rural landowner to subdivide his property into more than the allowed number of lots. Please join me and ask the board to deny this application. (If you think you’ve heard...
While we celebrate the recent victory of Measure AA, we’re gearing up for the next ballot measure to fund local open space. YES on Measure Q is well underway, and we are doing everything we can to get it passed. On November 4, voters in southern Santa Clara County (including the cities of San Jose, Milpitas,...
From the article: Add the Growth Pocket: Southeast quadrant has to be addressed and included in the City’s General Plan process By Michael Moore in the Morgan Hill Times on 2/27/14 A Santa Clara County commission tasked with approving or denying the City of Morgan Hill’s Southeast Quadrant annexation issued a blistering critique of the...
By Julie Hutcheson Although the Valley of the Hearts Delight moniker has long been replaced by that of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County is still home to almost 1,100 farms and ranches. These farms and ranches are at the heart of our local food system – that which encompasses all efforts to produce our food...
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