(We had an inquiry as to what’s the current status of Coyote Valley, so I’m reproducing our response below. Some more info is in our press release here. -Brian)
The developers have suspended their application to develop 3,000 acres, so that project is dead (except for some details) until someone wants to pay to continue the planning process. We need to pressure San Jose to place stronger preconditions (“triggers”) on development.
A prior-approved project, the Coyote Valley Research Park, could still happen if economic conditions allow it. They might not. We need to pressure San Jose not to extend deadlines for this project (its approvals will disappear if it doesn’t start building by the deadlines, first of which is in 2013).
Gavilan College wants to build a massive 80-acre campus out on farmland in Coyote Valley instead of where people live and can commute to by public transit, so we need to fight that too.
A lot still needs to be done!
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