GGNRA Rancho Grassland Restoration Project

Grasses, and the fragile wildflowers that live among them, create one of the most ecologically diverse habitats on the planet. Rancho Corral de Tierra’s precious remaining native grasslands are one of the things that make this place so special; however, some of these patches are in imminent danger of being lost to invasive weeds. NPS recently launched a three-year restoration project and needs your help. 

MCC Meeting June 8, 2016

AGENDA for June 8, 2016, 7:00 PM at GCSD,
504 Ave Alhambra, 3rd floor, El Granada
Supporting documents:  Minutes for May 25, 2016

Subdivision Regs Update - MCC comments — staff report - presentation

PLN2015-00152, 3rd Ave house: MCC comments -  staff report - biological report - dam failure - story poles - CCC staff comments 5/24/16, 6/17/15

PLN2016-00014, Miramar Dr house: MCC comments - referral - high-res site plan - biotic report

PLN2016-00061, Nevada Av. fence: MCC comments - referral

UPDATE: 6/8/16 meeting video - minutes

Supervisor Don Horsley on Affordable Housing

by Supervisor Don Horsley, reprinted from HMB Review 6/1/2016:

For the last few months I have been asked to comment on the proposed sale of a Moss Beach parcel, owned by the California School Employees Association, to MidPen Housing, and any subsequent potential development by MidPen of that site. I have been told repeatedly that more affordable housing is vital so local employers can recruit and retain Midcoast employees. I have also been asked to pre-emptively rezone this specific parcel so it can never be used for housing.

I have been asked by individuals how they can get on a list to live there while others insist that housing for these people should be in Half Moon Bay. I have been told there are no jobs in the vicinity of the parcel, while at the same time being informed that there are 1,364 jobs on the Midcoast, with 964 of the jobs paying low wages of $40,000 or less.

The reality of the housing crisis that we face shows up in the headlines throughout the Bay Area, in San Mateo County, and on our Coastside. Homeowners who bought their houses years ago are considered lucky. Current high-income homebuyers can also afford to live here — if they stretch.

Regular folks are finding it harder to make ends meet, homeownership is out of reach, affordable rentals are rare, and rents are skyrocketing and unpredictable. We have to accept that it is unlikely that our kids will be able to afford to live in the communities in which they grew up. Cabrillo Unified School District reports that new teachers try to find a room to rent as that is all their salary allows if they want to be close to their school. In some cases, teachers accept jobs, look for housing locally, and then come back and turn the jobs down.

So what do we do to address this very real problem?