By Tom Philp | August 11, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

Within days, Sacramento County will consider approving a controversial 25,000-person housing development. north of Interstate 80 that currently lacks an amenity that no home or person can do without: A water source. The county officially plans to rely on the city of Sacramento to provide water to this land next to the Garden Highway and near the Sacramento River. But this proposed development is not within city limits, the city is under no obligation to provide the water and the city has publicly warned the county that there is no agreement to provide the water.

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By Tom Philp | August 8, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

A massive and ill-advised development proposal by Sacramento County to create a 25,000-person community that is surrounded on three sides by the city is threatening to create a bigger and broader rift between county supervisors and city council members.

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

History of development in the Natomas Basin including information on wildlife protection and the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan.

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By Tom Philp | June 30, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento County is proposing to build a 25,000-resident community in Natomas that is surrounded on three sides by the city. So when neighboring city councilmember Karina Talamantes recently requested a public meeting for her residents, a responsive county should reflexively say yes.

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