[Scpg] Save Goleta Farmland - You Can Help

[Shelly Cobb]

*Save Goleta Farmland - You Can Help*

The County of Santa Barbara is in the process of updating the 1993 Community
Plan. According to the Goleta Valley Planning Advisory Committee (GVPAC),
"Urban Agriculture shall be preserved unless:
* the County makes findings that the land is no longer appropriate for
agriculture or
* there is an overriding public need for conversion to other uses for which
there is no other land available in the Goleta urban area."

The Goleta farmlands (as shown in the attached map) that are at risk of
being developed include:
* South Patterson (610 acres)
* San Marcos/Hollister Ave (51 acres)
* Christmas Tree Farm (26 acres)
* MTD (17 acres)

Farmland in California and all over the US is being paved over at an
alarming rate and the cost of imported food will continue to rise as gas
prices rise. The quality of imported food cannot be monitored as easily as
our local food. We are already dependent on foreign gas, do we want to be
dependent on foreign food too?

If you are concerned about saving our local farmland, protecting our
community's food supply, and preserving our community's health, please sign
our petition and let your local government know how you feel.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/savegoletafarmland

Thank you,
Shelly Cobb
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