John Bencomo
John Bencomo
general plan supposed
The General Plan is supposed to be pretty sacred.
time
Politically, that would be suicide. The time to do it was many years ago.
exactly farming land notion problem taxes values
The disparity in land values is exactly the problem and the whole notion of the Williamson Act is to keep taxes down to keep farming affordable.
creative eliminate five work
We try to work with them and if we're creative we can eliminate two of the five lots. Incrementally over time, we've been able to eliminate some of the old lots.
bank concern develop opposed sites trying
We're not opposed to mitigation sites because we're also trying to develop a bank of preserves. But I do have a concern about where they're located.