By Tom Philp | August 18, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee
These supervisors are wired to overlook how Upper Westside has no water supply. Or an agreement with the Natomas Unified School District to help pay the hundreds of millions of dollars for four new schools. Or a plan to preserve the river environment that is consistent with a quarter century of planning in the surrounding Natomas Basin and local agreements with state and federal wildlife officials.
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By Tony Rodriguez | August 13, 2025 | CapRadio
Former Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo, now president of the Environmental Council of Sacramento, told the council the plan is a severe danger to the vital grassy areas of the city.
“There is no reason why we can’t include nature in our plans. There is no reason why we should think that we’re the most important species in the world, and that we don’t have an obligation to make room for other species,” Fargo said.
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By Tom Philp | August 12, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee
In the first time in modern history, and perhaps ever, the Sacramento City Council on Tuesday voted to oppose a housing project contemplated in neighboring Sacramento County. It was the right thing to do. A proposal to build a 25,000-person community next to Garden Highway known as Upper Westside, on lands the city long ago had designated for preservation, is contrary to so many things Sacramento stands for. But it places its relationship with the county in new and unfamiliar territory.
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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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August 7, 2025
…sticking up for the Natomas students, parents and teachers does not appear to be the priority of the area supervisor, Phil Serna. Despite a lack of iron-clad financial commitments to protect the school district, Serna’s staff says he has scheduled a vote August 20 on this project, known as the Upper Westside Specific Plan. It is east of Garden Highway and bordered by Interstate 80 to the south, and it bisects El Centro Road.
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