Planned development of hundreds of acres of farmland in Sacramento County sparks controversy, April 2, 2025, KCRA 3

By Carolina Estrada | April 2, 2025 | KCRA 3

“At least 30 people showed up with signs and expressed their concerns about the proposal to build more than 6 million square feet of warehouse near the Paso Verde Elementary School and West Lake community…The commission decided to extend the discussion until May 7.”

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Sacramento’s council never approved an expansion study. Why did it happen? April 1, 2025, The Sacramento Bee

By Tom Philp | April 1, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

Now opponents are crying foul before a decisive vote over this expansion proposal on Wednesday before the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission, also known as LAFCO. They have good reason: This has all the fingerprints of Howard Chan, now the former city manager of Sacramento, acting yet again as if he was as powerful as the mayor when he most certainly was not.

The Pacific Flyway: Nature in the Natomas Basin, April 1, 2025, N Magazine

By Tela Hitzeman and Mackenzie Hollender | April 2025 | N Magazine

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Former Sacramento mayor who supported development is trying to stop further growth, March 13, 2025, CBS News

March 13, 2025 | CBS News Sacramento

Opponents are speaking out about plans to pave over thousands of acres of farmland in Sacramento County. The development proposals are in the north Natomas area, just outside the Sacramento city limits.

Opponents voice concerns over proposed development on farmland in north Natomas, March 2025, CBS News

By James Taylor | March 13, 2025 | CBS News

Opponents voice concerns over proposed development on farmland in north Natomas
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/north-natomas-concerns-over-proposed-development/

Upper Westside Project, January 2025, N Magazine

By Dennis Spear | N Magazine | January 2025

It is incumbent upon residents to challenge projects like this that seem to plow through previous well thought out plans and agreements for the future. If there is no accountability and respect for previous plans, then why did we have the plans at all?

Read the article below to learn more about the efforts ECOS has been making to preserve open space in Natomas.