League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	El Dorado County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Measure O Changes the General Plan designations of some Community Regions County of El Dorado General Plan Amendment - Majority Approval Required Fail: 19874 / 33.63% Yes votes ...... 39224 / 66.37% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure O	Arguments Against Measure O
What is a "Community Region"? The 2004 General Plan draws red lines around all of the communities along the Highway 50 corridor from El Dorado Hills to Pollock Pines designating them as Community Regions. Community Regions are intended by the County as targets for the highest density "urban-type" development. Citizen groups in the established rural communities of Shingle Springs, Camino (Apple Hill), Cedar Grove, Pollock Pines and the Green Valley corridor want future development of their communities to be consistent with the existing zoning and rural development pattern. Citizens petitioned the Board of Supervisors to remove the threat of high-density development resulting from the "Community Region" designation. The Board refused to act, so local volunteer citizens gathered over 9,400 signatures throughout the county to put this measure on the ballot. To be consistent with the General Plan, the initiative calls for these areas to be designated "Rural Centers" with "platted lands overlays" to protect existing densities and land use. Opponents will tell you that this initiative will kill affordable housing and jobs. To the contrary, it will support local building and local jobs. Everyone benefits from preserving scenic rural and forest landscapes along Highway 50. Everyone benefits from preventing traffic gridlock between El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, Placerville and South Lake Tahoe. Open green spaces let developed areas "breathe" and enhance quality of life. Highway 50 is South Lake Tahoe's economic lifeline. If high density development along the west slope chokes travel for tourist, the El Dorado County economy will be hard hit. Historic Hangtown, mountain sports, Apple Hill, wineries, historic sites, and river-rafting will all suffer. Will El Dorado County surrender to continuous urban stack and pack development along Highway 50, or maintain a rural quality of life? You decide. Vote "Yes" on Measure O. Lori Parlin, Shingle Springs Community Alliance Sue Taylor, Camino resident & Save Our County Rod Pimental, Cedar Grove resident & lumber mill owner Bruce Risley, Pollock Pines resident Cheryl McDougal, Green Valley Alliance Rebuttal to Arguments For WE UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF MEASURE O, BUT SADLY THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL WILL NOT WORK. Measure O changes the designation of several areas in the El Dorado County General Plan identified as the most suitable for growth, forcing development to instead occur in areas the plan considers unsuitable + pristine rural open space. Measure O makes no sense. It wants to change designations for areas near major transportation corridors like Highway 50 + areas currently served by water and sewer infrastructure that can be efficiently served by the sheriff, fire, and ambulance. UNDER MEASURE O, DEVELOPMENT WILL INSTEAD ENCROACH UPON AGRICULTURE LANDS, ELIMINATE VALUABLE OPEN SPACE, AND INCREASE TRAFFIC ON RURAL ROADS. Measure O is inconsistent with the voter-approved General Plan. Furthermore, the Board of Supervisors has already identified Camino/Pollock Pines for redesignation because there is no public sewer + authority the board already has under the General Plan. MEASURE O IS UNNECESSARY, DEEPLY FLAWED, AND WILL UPSET THE CAREFUL LAND USE BALANCE WE HAVE ACHIEVED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. And private property rights will be trampled + a serious problem for farmers opposed to the uncompensated taking of agriculture land development rights that will occur under Measure O. Instead of careful planning and environmental analysis, Measure O authors have arbitrarily decided where growth should occur + undercutting the county's carefully balanced plan that protects open space, respects private property rights and allows for carefully planned growth vital to our economy. Vote No on Measure O + protect our rural open space. Susan Bergin, Laborers Local 185 Debra H. Manning, President, El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce David Zelinsky, Community Activist Christa Campbell, Owner, Rainbow Orchards Jack Sweeney, Former El Dorado County Supervisor	MEASURE O IS ANOTHER RADICAL PROPOSAL CLAIMING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC AND PRESERVE OPEN SPACE, BUT INSTEAD WILL PRODUCE MORE CONGESTION AND GROWTH IN RURAL AREAS OF EL DORADO COUNTY. Measure O is a flawed proposal that would make wholesale changes to the carefully balanced General Plan + a plan approved by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors in 2004 and county voters in 2005. The General Plan, supported by transportation experts and land use specialists, safeguards vital open space and designates land best suited for carefully planned growth. But Measure O rejects the General Plan + throwing away years of careful planning and environmental analysis. MEASURE O IS OPPOSED BY AGRICULTURE LEADERS BECAUSE IT JEOPARDIZES OPEN SPACE. TRAFFIC EXPERTS OPPOSE MEASURE O BECAUSE IT WILL PRODUCE MORE CONGESTED ROADS. Measure O pushes growth and development from areas designated in the General Plan where infrastructure and transportation facilities currently exist, to more rural areas of the county + increasing traffic and reducing open space. Instead of careful planning and environmental analysis, the authors of Measure O have decided for themselves where growth should occur. And instead of a balanced plan that protects open space, respects private property rights, and allows for carefully planned growth vital to the county's economy + the authors of Measure O have produced an unbalanced plan that will hurt El Dorado County and will throw the county into planning chaos. MEASURE O, ALONG WITH MEASURES M AND N WILL ALSO COST EL DORADO COUNTY MILLIONS. If approved, these proposals will take years and millions in county legal costs to sort out the differences between them. It's bad planning and bad for El Dorado County. MEASURE O IS UNNECESSARY, DEEPLY FLAWED, AND WILL UPSET THE CAREFUL LAND USE BALANCE WE HAVE ACHIEVED WITH THE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN. Vote No on Measure O + protect our rural open space. Susan Bergin, Laborers Local 185 Laurel Brent-Bumb, CEO, El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce David Zelinsky, Community Activist Christa K. Campbell, Owner, Rainbow Orchards John E. Upton, Former County Supervisor Rebuttal to Arguments Against Measure O's major opposition is the El Dorado County Chamber, which is dominated and controlled by Parker Development, Sierra Pacific Industries, PG&E, and other outside economic interests. They want massive commercial and residential development all along the Highway 50 corridor that will destroy existing, locally based small businesses by bringing only low-wage service and retail jobs from national chains and big box stores. Measure O amends the General Plan which is currently a blueprint for runaway growth that will forever destroy established rural communities in El Dorado County. The so-called "experts" are bought and paid for to put the interests of developers ahead of residents who grew up here or moved here to escape Rancho Cordova type urban sprawl. Go to lvc-edc.org for the facts! IT'S TIME TO CHANGE DIRECTION! The current Supervisors have proven repeatedly that they can't say "no" to pro-development special interest. It's a myth that "Community Regions" (CRs) limit development to protect agriculture. The Supervisors are already considering massive development projects, like Marble Valley and Lime Rock, that are outside CRs. Measure O proponents seek to preserve and integrate agriculture as an essential part of the rural residential lifestyle, not isolate it. High density residential development along Highway 50 inevitably shifts water use away from agriculture. You don't save Apple Hill, ranches, and vineyards by building more subdivisions. Traffic gridlock from overdevelopment hurts everyone. Only moderate, responsible growth within existing zoning can protect water and resources for agriculture and existing residents. Vote yes on Measure O! Lori Parlin, Shingle Springs Community Alliance Sue Taylor, Camino resident & Save Our County Rod Pimental, Cedar Grove resident & lumber mill owner Bruce Risley, Pollock Pines resident Cheryl McDougal, Green Valley Alliance

Full Text of Measure O

The 2004 EI Dorado County General Plan is hereby amended as follows: (deletions are shown as strikeouts, additions are shown as underlined) Policy 2.1.1.1 The Communities within the County are identified as: Camino/Pollock Pines, EI Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, EI Dorado, Diamond Springs, Shingle Springs, and the City of Placerville and immediate surroundings. Policy 2.1.2.1 The Rural Centers within the County are identified as: Camino, Cedar Grove, Coloma, Cool, Fairplay, Garden Valley, Greenwood, Georgetown, Grey's Corner, Grizzly Flat, Kelsey, Kyburz, Latrobe, Little Norway, Lotus, Mosquito, Mount Ralston, Mt. Aukum, Nashville, Oak Hill, Phillips, Pilot Hill, Pleasant Valley, Pollock Pines, Quintette, Rescue, Somerset, Shingle Springs, Strawberry, and Chrome Ridge. The Rural Center boundaries for Camino, Cedar Grove, Pollock Pines and Shingle Springs shall consist of those areas with land use designations of Multi-Family Residential, High Density Residential, Commercial or Industrial as shown on the 2004 General Plan Land Use Map. LU-1 as of October 1, 2013. Areas contiguous to those communities with Medium Density Residential land use designations shall be classified with the Platted Lands overlay designation PL-MDR consistent with Policy 2.2.2.3. The residential communities of Sly Park Hills and Sierra Springs with High Density Residential land use designations and the areas contiguous to those communities with Medium Density Residential land use designations shall be classified with the Platted Lands overlay designations of PL-HDR and PL-MDR, respectively, consistent with Policy 2.2.2.3. The areas of the EI Dorado Hills and Cameron Park Community Regions within one mile of Green Valley Road with a Low Density Residential land use designation as shown on the 2004 General Plan Land Use Map, LU-1 as of October 1, 2013, shall be classified with the Platted Lands overlay designation PL-LDR consistent with Policy 2.2.2.3, and removed from the Community Region designated area. Implementation The General Plan Land Use Classifications amended by this initiative measure shall not be further amended except by a vote of the citizens of EI Dorado County in a duly qualified ballot measure. The policies adopted in this measure shall take precedence over any other conflicting policies in the 2004 General Plan. This measure shall take effect upon certification of election results.