January 23, 2026
Natomas Basin Conservancy’s Comments on the Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Upper Westside Specific Plan (State Clearinghouse No 2020100069, County Control Number PLNP2018-00284)
Category Archives: Natomas Letters by Others
Urbanization in Natomas: NBC Letter, April 10, 2025
On April 10, we received a letter sent to the County Board of Supervisors from the Natomas Basin Conservancy. It clearly expresses their concerns about the future of the Natomas Habitat Conservation Plans, their implementation, and the very species that they are charged with protecting if significant development, as proposed in the county projects are approved outside the permitted areas.
The letter reminds the Board of the 1 mile buffer zone for Swainson’s Hawks (clearly harmed by the Upper West side Project); the 17,500 acres limit to permitted areas; and the need for new take permits and ESA compliance for the projects outside this limit.
They also remind the Board of the millions of dollars and the 25 years years that been invested in implementing these plans. They urge the County Supervisors to require the developers to answer the question “will this project in any way compromise the ability of the NBHCP and/or MAHCP to be implemented as approved the state of CA and the US government?”
Click here to read the letter.
Thank you,
Heather Fargo
President of ECOS Board of Directors
Soluri Letter to LAFCo re Airport South, April 2, 2025
On April 2, 2025, the law firm Soluri Meserve submitted a letter to the the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) regarding the acreage proposed for Airport South Industrial (ASIP) and including it in the City’s Sphere of Influence (SOI).
Click here for more info on this vote.
Click here to read the letter in full.
City of Sacramento’s letter re Upper Westside DEIR, October 28, 2024
On October 28, 2024, Cheryle Hodge, New Growth Manager for the Community Development Department of the City of Sacramento, submitted a letter of comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Upper Westside Specific Plan.
Airport South Industrial Project: Review by experts, July 17, 2024
Sierra Club, Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk and ECOS submitted expert opinions to the City of Sacramento and LAFCo on the draft Environmental Impact Report for the Airport South Industrial Project. The legal opinions are those of Patrick Soluri, Soluri Meserve, a Law Corporation, expert comments on transportation issues prepared by Daniel Smith (Exhibit 1) and expert comments on biological resource issues prepared by Shawn Smallwood, PhD (Exhibit 2).
