Measure C is great news for Merced County, while Measure D directly conflicts with the Save Farmland Initiative’s intent by exempting land from citizen oversight.
“Yes on C” puts Merced among the smart-growth counties in California that plan ahead to preserve agricultural land and open space. “Yes on C” ensures planning that lessens the impact of population growth expected to consume 55,000 acres of Merced County farmland by 2040.
“Yes on C” changes no property rights or zoning laws. “Yes on C” affects no commercial or industrial development. “Yes on C” allows land outside city limits to be converted to housing tracts only if the plans make sense to the taxpayers.
“Yes on C” saves taxpayers by directing residential development into our cities. It gives citizens direct control over plummeting property values created by an overabundance of housing subdivisions.
“Yes on C”. It’s really that simple.
Signed,
