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Friday, April 11, 2014
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You could probably tell from listening to the Land Use Report yesterday that I pay quite a bit of attention to the land use, water, transportation, and environmental issues that affect Carmel Valley. One way I keep up to date on land use issues affecting Carmel Valley, and affecting Monterey County in general, is by subscribing to the newsletter of the Carmel Valley Association, or CVA. I definitely encourage listeners to do the same.
I often find out about Monterey County land use issues, in the first instance, from the CVA Weekly Bulletin. The latest edition of the CVA Weekly Bulletin indicates that the Carmel Valley Association Board of Directors has come out in favor of Measure O, a ballot measure going before the voters of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District in June. If you are one of those voters, you should start paying attention to Measure O, if you haven’t already started doing that. In essence, Measure O would start the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District down the road to a possible public acquisition of California American Water, the private, for-profit water company that currently delivers water to the Peninsula.
The CVA Weekly Bulletin didn’t outline the reasons for the CVA position in favor of Measure O, but it did say that it would be publishing its argument for a “Yes” vote in future editions. Good reason to subscribe!
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Former Santa Cruz County Supervisor Gary Patton talks about land use, and land use decisions, with an emphasis on public participation and how the land use process works.