{"id":61,"date":"2020-02-05T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esconeighbors.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2020-02-05T23:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T23:27:00","slug":"yes-on-measure-a-comments-by-mayor-paul-mcnamara-and-vista-councilmember-corinna-contreras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Yes on Measure A comments by Mayor Paul McNamara and Vista Councilmember Corinna Contreras"},"content":{"rendered":"

North County Officials support Yes on Measure A.<\/p>\n

Don’t miss this great news conference held today in Escondido.  The video is here.  Please watch the comments of these leaders in the North County who support Yes on Measure A.<\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saveoursdcountryside\/videos\/600598567163365\/ <\/a><\/o:p><\/div>\n
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\nThe press release is here <\/div>\n
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\nNorth County Elected Officials Urge Support for Measure A to<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nGive Voters a Voice in Land Use Decisions<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nEscondido, Calif.<\/span><\/b> \u2013 Escondido Mayor Paul McNamara and Vista City Councilmember Corinna Contreras today urged San Diego County voters to vote Yes on Measure A, the Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside (SOS) Citizens\u2019 Initiative. At a press conference in Escondido, the two elected officials highlighted the benefits of voter involvement in approving General Plan Amendments and spoke about the history of Proposition S, an Escondido land use rule comparable to the countywide Measure A.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n\u201cIn Escondido, the passage of Proposition S encouraged development where it was needed most,\u201d said Mayor McNamara. \u201cProp S has not impeded economic development or housing development in Escondido, and there is every reason to believe that Measure A will similarly guide developers to build housing closer to jobs and infrastructure.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nUnder today\u2019s system, developers have repeatedly proposed large luxury developments in fire-prone areas of unincorporated San Diego County. Measure A gives voters a voice in deciding whether zoning changes for large housing developments in rural and semi-rural areas of San Diego\u2019s backcountry should be allowed.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n\u201cMeasure A encourages following the County\u2019s smart growth general plan, which is the key to meeting our greenhouse gas emissions targets and creating a more sustainable region,\u201d said Vista City Councilmember Corinna Contreras. \u201cWhen the County does not follow its smart growth general plan, it destroys habitat while creating more congestion in our region and making housing less affordable. Sprawl is bad for the cities and bad for the countryside. Vote Yes on Measure A to limit sprawl.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSan Diego County\u2019s General Plan concentrates new housing in areas where roads, public safety, schools and other services are already available. These locations are easier to defend from wildfire and have a lower taxpayer burden because they don\u2019t require new infrastructure. The General Plan also zones for housing in areas that would limit traffic impacts.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSan Marcos Councilmember Randy Walton, who was unable to attend, released the following statement, \u201cSan Marcos and other North County cities are working hard to build the right kinds of housing in the right kinds of places. If the County continues to approve sprawl projects requiring amendments to their smart-growth general plan, it undermines smart regional planning for our entire county. A vote of Yes on Measure A will help limit congestion, greenhouse gas emissions and habitat destruction while contributing to a vibrant, livable North County with housing and job opportunities for all.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n\u201cMeasure A will give voters a say in San Diego\u2019s land use decisions and will reduce the outsized influence of political contributions from developers; it will be a game changer,\u201d said JP Theberge of Grow the San Diego Way and the Yes on A Campaign. \u201cThe General Plan has areas zoned for 60,000 more housing units in the county. Measure A will encourage us to build where we smartly planned for development rather than inefficiently and in a haphazard manner in our fire-prone backcountry. This approach has worked in Escondido and in many other jurisdictions, and it will work in the unincorporated San Diego County too.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nPaid for by Yes on A, Safeguard Our San Diego Countryside 2020, Sponsored by environmental and land use organizations, Committee major funding from Endangered Habitats League. | State ID # 1418132<\/span><\/div>\n
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North County Officials support Yes on Measure A. Don’t miss this great news conference held today in Escondido.  The video is here.  Please watch the comments of these leaders in the North County who support Yes on Measure A. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saveoursdcountryside\/videos\/600598567163365\/  … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Escondido Neighbors United","author_link":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/escondidoneighbors.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}