50-year land use plan approved in Placer County

Posted by Sierra Nevada Alliance Weekly

January 23, 2007

Placer County is moving ahead on a strategy for western Placer County that would map out a 50-year conservation plan fine-tuned to address growth projections and environmental concerns. Supervisors voted 5-0 to take the next step and start to negotiate a plan with federal and state regulators. The decision followed a public hearing that drew an overflowing crowd of about 150 to the 100-seat supervisors chambers in Auburn and lasted more than five hours. The county's intent is to have development buy conservation easements on farmland and open space from willing sellers as growth occurs. The estimated cost is $1.1 billion over 50 years. Read the full article by Gus Thompson in the Auburn Journal