We’re giving thanks today as a critical wildlife crossing site in Coyote Valley has just been purchased for conservation! It was the fierce opposition from environmental groups and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area that saved this land from being developed with a large luxury home. This 17-acre parcel at the...
While environmental issues mostly did well at the ballot box in November, there was one big disappointment in San Benito County with the failure of Measure Q, meant to protect agriculture and ranchlands across that county. Regardless, Green Foothills is proud to support local environmentalists and will help with some important next steps there in...
On Wednesday, November 16, the San Jose Planning Commission will consider a proposal that would facilitate development on Private Recreation and Open Space zoned areas. Please tell the Planning Commission to reject this last-minute proposal. What’s Happening In 2018, the City Council passed a policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by focusing the city’s growth...
Less than 1 year ago, San Jose made the historic decision to protect Coyote Valley from industrial development. Now, the same landowners who tried to get a huge Amazon-style warehouse approved in Coyote Valley are back with yet another destructive development proposal, which would bypass local planning rules and convert 128 acres of open space...
Green Foothills applauds the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for its unanimous vote to direct the Planning Department to develop a plan to phase out a hazardous 15,000-gallon propane tank distribution facility. Located adjacent to the 227-unit affordable Pillar Ridge Manufactured Home community and the Half Moon Bay Airport, the facility has been a...
Transitional housing is badly needed for San Jose’s unhoused population, but it must be built in the right place. As the city looks for sites for Emergency Interim Housing, Green Foothills is advocating to ensure that both the environment and the needs of our unhoused neighbors are respected. Initial Proposed Site was Bad for Both...
This November, San Benito County voters will have a chance for long-term preservation of 2,700 acres that they previously stopped developers from destroying in 2020, and at the same time to protect the majority of the County’s 890,000 rural acres from unwanted sprawl development. Measure Q, a General Plan initiative amendment on the November...
The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and Green Foothills have released a Statement of Opposition to Sargent Ranch Quarry – the destructive, open-pit sand and gravel mine proposed on the sacred landscape of Juristac. The Statement of Opposition is signed by a broad coalition of more than 100 elected officials and environmental, social justice and faith-based...
Shortly after details about the Sargent Ranch Quarry proposed at Juristac became public, a groundswell of opposition to this open-pit mine began growing. And we’re not done yet! There are two opportunities coming up – one on Thursday, August 25 and another on Saturday, September 10 – to speak up in favor of protecting this...
Tell the County Planning Commission to Protect Juristac On Thursday, August 25 at 1:30 p.m., the Santa Clara County Planning Commission will hear comments from the public on the Sargent Ranch Quarry project, an open-pit sand and gravel mine that would destroy the landscape of Juristac – a critical wildlife linkage and the most sacred...
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