"Yes on C" - Save Farmland in Merced County

The Save Farmland Initiative, Measure C:

• slows the loss of our farmland and open spaces
• directs housing into incorporated cities
• improves property values through managed growth
• reduces growing traffic congestion
• prevents double-taxing for police and fire services
• does not change property rights or current zoning
• helps retain water for agriculture
• allows new farm housing for family and workers
• has no impact on industrial/commercial zoning
• puts no restrictions on cities to incorporate new land
• gives local taxpayers final approval of ag-to-residential zoning changes outside city limits

Why do we need Measure C now?
• General Plan Update process favors new cities and sprawl
• Stanislaus County voted for this in 2008, pushing housing over border into Merced County
• Agriculture and environment are losing more and more water to homes, with no new water plan
• Williamson Act funding cuts put more farmland at risk of development 


• Housing is a one-time harvest on the same land that produces productive value year after year