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,...
Committee for Green Foothills and our Legislative Advocate Lennie Roberts were in the news this weekend. This time the topic was our work, along with other community members and environmentalists, to urge Caltrans to stop broadcast spraying herbicides along San Mateo County highways. The article also explains Caltrans’ response and decision to try a pilot...
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...
“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,’...
Our friend and colleague, Serena Unger of the American Farmland Trust (AFT), wrote a special featured in the Mercury News today (9/11/14) where she talked about the drought and the need to preserve what’s left of our farmland. She also mentioned Committee for Green Foothills and the upcoming summit we are partnering on with AFT...
Earlier this week Legislative Advocate Lennie Roberts sent an action alert to all of our supporters asking folks to join with Committee for Green Foothills and protect North Crestview Park in San Carlos. We are urging the city council to stop from rezoning this land, which was dedicated as parkland in 1974 as mitigation to...
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...
From the article: Replacement plan for historic Half Moon Bay bridge faces opposition By S. Parker Yesko in the SF Examiner on 1/19/2014 Defenders of a small and historic bridge in Half Moon Bay are bracing for a big fight with city government over its planned replacement. The Main Street Bridge connects downtown Half Moon...
On May 4, we joined with GreenTown Los Altos to present our Permanente Creek Watershed Tour. We had a beautiful day for being out at the creek, and our wonderful speakers presented a wealth of information about the watershed, the health of the creek, efforts to improve the water quality and the habitat for fish,...
There’s a good article in the Gilroy Dispatch about the proposed High Speed Rail system and potential train station in Gilroy, and it quotes CGF Advocate Julie Hutcheson. One potential location is downtown at the existing station, while the other is far east of town where a lot of prime farmland would be lost: Residents...
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