CANCELLED – Vote on Upper Westside
The Board of Supervisors will not vote on the Upper Westside Project at 2 pm on April 28, 2026.
The vote on Upper Westside has been cancelled due to the absence of one of the Supervisors. Staff is recommending that the Board of Supervisors drop the item from the April 28 agenda and reschedule it to a date when all five Supervisors are in attendance.
The vote has not been rescheduled yet and the Agenda may not have been modified yet (3:45 pm April 27, 2026).
The Board of Supervisors has scheduled their vote on the Upper Westside Project for Tuesday, April 28 at 2 pm. The agenda and the staff report are here, they were published April 22, 2026 well after 6 pm.
The Supervisors will meet in Board Chambers at 700 H Street, Sacramento. The vote will be on the EIR and the Project.
The County Board of Supervisors has scheduled the vote to approve or deny this project which will rezone over 2,000 acres of farmland to enable residential and commercial development, thus destroying the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan.
The fundamental reason to oppose this project is that the County should not build an unincorporated city, the size of Galt, on land next to the Sacramento River. It will destroy valuable farmland and wildlife habitat, and, without improving main transportation arteries, increase traffic and congestion by adding over 20,000 people to Natomas. This project also flouts long-standing agreements between the City and the County. The City and the Natomas Basin Conservancy have retained counsel and sent strongly worded letters to the County explaining how proposed rezoning will destroy the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan. You should help us to oppose this project.
Email a comment to BoardClerk[at]saccounty[dot]gov. Include “Upper Westside Specific Plan” in the subject. Providing your contact information is optional. Or, you can mail a comment to the County Board of Supervisors at 700 H Street, Suite 2450, Sacramento, CA 95814
Points for your comments could include the following. You don’t need to use them all – use ones that reflect your reasons for opposition.
• April 26 – Come to Sacramento Earth Day at Southside Park, 11- 4. Come by to say hi and talk about protecting open space in the Sacramento Region.
• April 28 – Come to the Board of Supervisors meeting and possible vote on Upper Westside. Voice your opposition. 2 pm at 700 H St, Sacramento.
April 13, 2026
The Board of Supervisors has tentatively scheduled a vote on the Upper Westside Project for Tuesday, April 28 at 2 pm.
They will meet in Board Chambers at 700 H Street Sacramento. The vote will be on the EIR and the Project. We will send another email confirming the meeting when the Board agenda is published on about April 24, 2026.
The County Board of Supervisors has scheduled the vote to approve or deny this project which will rezone over 2,000 acres of farmland to enable residential and commercial development, thus destroying the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan.
The fundamental reason to oppose this project is that the County should not build an unincorporated city, the size of Galt, on land next to the Sacramento River. It will destroy valuable farmland and wildlife habitat, and, without improving main transportation arteries, increase traffic and congestion by adding over 20,000 people to Natomas. This project also flouts long-standing agreements between the City and the County. The City and the Natomas Basin Conservancy have retained counsel and sent strongly worded letters to the County explaining how proposed rezoning will destroy the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan. You should help us to oppose this project.
Email a comment to BoardClerk[at]saccounty[dot]gov. Include “Upper Westside Specific Plan” in the subject. Providing your contact information is optional. Or, you can mail a comment to the County Board of Supervisors at 700 H Street, Suite 2450, Sacramento, CA 95814
Points for your comments could include the following. You don’t need to use them all – which ones are the reasons for your opposition?
• April 26, 2026 – Come to Sacramento Earth Day at Southside Park, 11- 4. Come by to say hi and talk about protecting open space in the Sacramento Region.
• April 28, 2026 – Come to the Board of Supervisors meeting and possible vote on Upper Westside. Voice your opposition. 2 pm at 700 H St, Sacramento. We will send another email to confirm that the vote will occur on April 28.
We have been told by county staff that the final vote for the Upper Westside Specific Plan (UWSP) and its flawed Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will take place at the end of April, probably April 28 or 29, 2026.
Talking points could include
ECOS and nearby neighbors testified at the March 11 meeting of the Natomas Community Planning Advisory Council (CPAC).
Unfortunately only one member of the CPAC attended. The developers gave a presentation of a nice planned community that is in the wrong location. They never mentioned habitat or the Natomas Basin Conservancy, and misrepresented the prior plans for the area.
We have asked the County staff to host meetings IN Natomas so more neighbors can attend. We will let you know when they are scheduled.
On March 4, LAFCO approved the annexation of the Airport South Industrial Project. ECOS has filed suits against both the City and LAFCo over their faulty environmental review. In the meantime, meetings will hopefully be arranged to allow neighbors and developers to discuss design issues and additional mitigation. The North Natomas Community Coalition is taking the lead in setting up these meetings.
Districts 1, 2 and 5 will hold primaries. Natomas is in District 1. Learn about the District 1 Candidates: Tim Riley, Eric Guerra, Flo Cofer, and Deborah Ortiz.
April 9 – Attend the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum.
April 26 – Join us at Sacramento Earth Day.
April 28 or 29 – Possible vote on Upper Westside. We will share more information as soon as we have it.
Two Things:
Airport South Industrial Project
On March 4, 2026, Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) will vote on whether or not to permit annexation of 475 acres of farmland into the City of Sacramento for the Airport South Industrial Project (ASIP).
Grandpark Southwest Project aka “Provenance”
Grandpark Southwest has been renamed Provenance and will be the subject of an upcoming Workshop at the Natomas Community Planning Advisory Council.
Meeting info: Wednesday, March 11, 6 pm, Board Chambers located at 700 H St, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Come to this meeting to hear the developers – there is no vote and the agenda has not yet been published it. Look for it here on about March 6.
What is proposed for “Provenance” ?
Thank you for your continuing support to oppose rampant developer-driven destruction of protected agricultural land and habitat.
On March 4, 2026, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) will vote on whether or not to permit annexation of 475 acres of farmland into the City of Sacramento for the Airport South Industrial Project (ASIP).
A little history – in April of 2025, LAFCO voted to approve the City’s Sphere of Influence application and Environmental Impact Report for ASIP – IE they have already voted yes on this project. On December 2, 2025, the City Council voted to approve the project and annexation.
We believe a “yes” vote would be a mistake, especially considering that one of LAFCO’s primary responsibilities is to protect farmland. We believe it is enough of a mistake that ECOS, Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk and Sierra Club have filed lawsuits against both the City of Sacramento and LAFCO to void these decisions.
The Public Notice has been published, the Agenda will be available here. The meeting is at 5:30 pm, 700 H St, Board Chambers, Sacramento. Anyone can attend the meeting or submit comments.
We at ECOS are deeply disappointed at the City and LAFCO support for the project. The EIR clearly shows that impacts on air quality and agriculture are regional in scope and cannot be mitigated. The City requested and the developer agreed to some small changes to the ASIP plan, which may make the project marginally better for human neighbors, including an increased setback. For plants and wildlife, the project is destructive in a fragile protected remnant of important habitat. Because the EIR was not a valid assessment of the habitat impacts, we can only point to specific obvious examples: the elimination of wetlands without mitigation, the loss of two adjacent Swainson’s Hawk nesting sites, the loss of habitat values in adjacent parcels to the south and to the adjacent canals, home to the endangered Giant Garter Snake.
Protecting open space in the Natomas Basin will be challenge going forward. In addition to ASIP, another 7000+ acres are under threat of development. These range from rice fields north of Elkhorn Blvd (Grandpark Southwest and Grandpark Trails) to the “Boot” area along Garden Hwy (Upper Westside Project). Stopping ASIP can help slow down this threat.
The Upper Westside developer is working to complete the Environmental Impact Report and has recently made modifications to it. Several organizations submitted outstanding letters of opposition to the changes. The Natomas Basin Conservancy wrote a powerful letter challenging the proposed water source for the project.
To learn more about these projects and our opposition, visit ECOS’s Natomas Campaign webpage to Protect Our Open Space.
Thank you for your support and participation.
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