The League of Women Voters of Woodland and the Daily Democrat, in their commitment to educating voters on candidate races and measures and propositions affecting our community, have worked together to provide the following general information about Measure M.
Land use issues are in the news again. The county has petitioned the city of Fairfield to negotiate a deal in which Fairfield would treat Solano Irrigation District water to make it potable, then sell it back to SID, which would then provide it to a Middle Green Valley housing project in the county.
Ballot measure campaign launched to renew Watsonville s Urban Limit Line Share Updated: 7:21 PM PDT Jul 8, 2021 Cristal Clark Share Updated: 7:21 PM PDT Jul 8, 2021
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Show Transcript IN APTOS, PHIL GOMEZ, KSBW ACTION NS EW ALSO IN SAN CTARUZ COUNTY. THE ANNOUNCMEENT OF A NEW BALLOT MEASU RE CAMP. AIGN A COALITION OF PAJA RO VALLEY COMMUNITY LEA, DERS FARMERS, AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS WANT TO RENEW WATSONVILLES URBAN LIMIT LINE THROUGH 2040. MEASURE U WAS ESTABLISHED BY VOTERS IN 2002 AND IT IS FINALLY ABOUT TO SUNSET. THE URBAN LIMIT LINE DIRECTS DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN WITHIN CITY LIMITS. # CLIP 1064 3:26 THESE ARE PRIME FARMLANDS YOU DONT HAVE AS PRODTIUCVE LANDS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE NATION. I THINK ITS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT TSEHE LAN THAT DS PROVIDE JOBS AND ECONOC MI SEOVIDE JOBS AND ECONOC MI CURITY FOR THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE. 3:42 THE GROUP NEEDS 35-HUNDRED SIGNATURES
Preserving our farmland preserves our tax base
Editor, Ceres Courier,
Recent election results will lead to significant turnover of leadership in Stanislaus County. Most cities in Stanislaus County are cash strapped. We are just at the beginning of a pension crisis that will be a financial drain on our cities for the foreseeable future. There is also the reality that we do not and will not have adequate funding to maintain our roads and can’t tax our way out of it.
There is a direct correlation with the fiscal health of a city and land use decisions that are made. Low-density residential development on newly converted farmland does not generate adequate revenue to mitigate its full impact on city services and infrastructure. By comparison, agricultural land, commercial/industrial property, and residential infill that is dense, transit oriented, and utilizes existing infrastructure typically will generate adequate revenue for the corresponding municipal services an