Supervisors place initiative in November ballot

On July 23, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors on a 4-1 vote accepted the certification of the Empower Voters to Make Land Use Decisions Initiative and placed it on the ballot for the Nov. 5 election. The ballot question was unchanged and the opposing vote was Supervisor Bea Gonzales.

The question will read, “Shall an initiative be adopted to amend the County General Plan to require voter approval before re-designating (changing) Agricultural, Rural or Rangeland to other uses, and to remove the Commercial Regional Designation from four Highway 101 nodes?”

Though the measure and question were previously placed on the ballot, the board rescinded its first approval in order to have county counsel review the elections code 9111 report for the initiative and include findings in the ballot question. Supervisors Kollin Kosmicki and Dom Zanger opposed rescinding the board’s decision and changing the ballot question.

Supervisor Angela Curro, who motioned to rescind the first vote, argued the ballot question needed to address the potential fiscal impact to the county. The ballot question passed on July 25 was unchanged.



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