Tag: development
Development, rezoning measures on track for failure at Nov. 8 polls
Measure Q, a hotly contested ballot question that would have required future voter approvals for many new construction projects in San Benito County, appears...
Letter: Misleading campaign information
We’ve been receiving lots of mailers against Measure Q that contain incorrect statements of its fiscal impact for San Benito County. The local Democratic...
Letter to the editor: County should deny Strada Verde project
Open letter to the San Benito County Board of Supervisors:
As you know, the Strada Verde development application is back in front of you. This...
Hollister begins General Plan Update
The City of Hollister is getting ready to embark on an update of its 20-year General Plan, giving residents an opportunity to provide their own input into how the community should plan and grow for the future.
New initiative targets Hollister growth
A citizens group that opposes commercial development of agricultural land submitted an initiative March 2 that would establish an urban growth boundary around the...
Hollister annexations in the spotlight
Until recently, development in Hollister moved at a snail’s pace. After 15 million gallons of wastewater spilled into the San Benito River in 2002...
County examines affordable mandate of 15 percent
Most county planning commissioners this week supported instituting a 15 percent affordable housing requirement on new developments more than six years after suspending income-based mandates here.
Kosmicki: Create new public square on San Benito
Still depressed about the Hollister council’s decision to sell the city’s most prized public square for another condo development and a rooftop for sipping wine? There’s a way to get over it.
Hollister council strays off agenda on tax-sharing topic
In taking up a non-agendized issue Monday, Hollister council members violated the state open meetings law by straying off the scheduled topic and engaging in open discussions when the agenda merely mentioned receiving a presentation, according to the legal counsel for the state newspaper association.
Judge sides with developer in rejecting fees
A judge Monday ruled against the county and in favor of a developer that challenged the justification of an “annexation fee” charged to builders since the turn of the century.
