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County takes the initiative on housing – Merced Sun-Star editorial
Investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks – LA Times
Rancho Cordova businesses unite over rezoning to residential – Sacramento Business Journal
“Off the 99″ Podcast – Merced’s Save Farmland Initiative – Merced Sun-Star
Let the people vote for zoning changes? – Merced Sun-Star
Merced’s anti-sprawl initiative echoes SOS – Modesto Bee
Merced County supervisors to study initiative aimed at curbing development – Merced Sun-Star
Eric Caine Discussion of Merced’s Slow-Growth Initiative – Modesto Bee
Does Merced Slow Growth Initiative Reflect A Trend? – Modesto Bee
Slow Growth Initiative May Make Ballot – Merced Sun-Star
Save Farmland. Save Willimanson Act – Sac Bee Editorial
To Eat Local, We Must Save Local Farmland – Sac Bee Editorial
Valley Land Alliance
American Farmland Trust
Blueprint for Merced County
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
Controlling Urban Sprawl Will Save Taxpayers
California Planning and Development Report on S.O.S. Measure Passed In Stanislaus County