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Sacramento County development threatens a giant, shy snake. Why does that matter? November 20, 2025, The Sacramento Bee

By Jake Goodrick | November 20, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

While the Sacramento project that had advanced the most stalled this summer after strongly-worded pushback from city officials, stewards of the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan — a 50-year effort to build in the basin while preserving habitat for its native species — wonder whether the agreement can endure the county’s unexpected influx of construction. Only so much land exists in the basin for the conservancy to protect its required part, which Roberts said could not happen if the county’s developments were to move forward. “No more of this. It’s a complete end to this.” Roberts said, waving to the intricately carved dirt lot, seeing the wetlands to take its place. “We’re certain that we cannot implement any more of the (habitat plan) if these developments take place. And we’re not equivocal about that. We’re resolute.”

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Jobs vs. Nature: Sacramento City Council considers land annex for industry in protected Natomas Basin, November 20, 2025, Capradio

By Riley Palmer | Thursday, November 20, 2025 | Capradio

Sacramento City Council weighed the merits of a large industrial development in North Natomas on Tuesday as environmentalists, developers and laborers argued for or against the controversial project.

The development, known as Airport South Industrial, would annex approximately 450 acres of protected land for warehouses into the city of Sacramento, south of the Metro Air Parkway and west of the Westlake neighborhood in Natomas.

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Airport South Vote, Dec 2

December 1, 2025

On December 2nd, 2025, Sacramento City Council is scheduled to vote on Airport South Industrial.

Take Action:

  1. Attend the City Council meeting at 5 pm, Tuesday, December 2nd, 915 I St, Sacramento. It is important to have you there, even if you do not speak. We need to demonstrate strong opposition in the room.
  2. Submit a comment. You can submit a comment here. You can read the comments of others too.
  3. Write a letter/email to the entire City Council. How to write the City Council – email information is here. Suggestions on what to say – here.

What to Expect:

As far as we know, the public hearing is still open and the public will be allowed to speak. On November 18, Council members, Talamantes, Dickinson, Guerra and the Mayor, asked questions of City staff and tasked them with returning with answers on December 2. City council members may ask further questions and will likely state their perspective on the project. And then they will vote.

UNLESS they feel that there are still too many unanswered questions to vote at this time.

ECOS will ask that Council members vote no.

The neighbors will ask the Council to vote no but will also submit a list of conditions and request that the Council require these conditions of the developer, if the Council votes yes.

Articles of Interest:

Capitol Public Radio article about the November 18 meeting.

A Sacramento Business Journal article on November 21, 2025, by Ben van der Meer included this quote: Sacramento County officials have said Metro Air Park overall has about 9 million square feet of built industrial space, out of 22 million expected at full build-out. A Buzz Oates leasing flyer for 7275 Metro Air Parkway earlier this year stated that about 350,800 square feet of buildings were currently under construction.
Which means, there are 13 million square feet of industrial space that have not yet been built out. Why is Airport South Industrial needed for warehouse space if there is so much undeveloped space still at Metro Airpark?

Thanks:

One reason that the City Council is putting so much time and effort into this decision is the strength of the lobbying efforts on both sides. Please help us to keep the opposition strong.

See you Tuesday.

Airport South Industrial – City Council Vote Dec 2

Save The Date

Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 – Continued City Council Public Hearing – Mayor/ Council will continue the hearing and council discussion, and may vote to accept or reject the project. 5 pm, City Hall, 915 I St.

Click here for the email we sent on December 1, 2025 regarding the December 2 hearing.

The Hearing

On November 18, the City Council met for an informational session on the Airport South Industrial Project. City staff and the developers presented the plans for the project. During the public hearing, about 50 people spoke, and half were pro project, expressing their support for construction and long term jobs.

ECOS volunteers, Natomas neighbors and many others, including the Lorax, expressed their opposition. Some of the issues brought up included the negative impacts to the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan, the loss of prime farmland and wildlife habitat, the improper CEQA process, the fact that other locations were not considered, and, of course, the impacts to neighbors and school children of truck traffic, polluted air and noise.

YOUR petition of opposition, with 1550 names, was presented to the City Council, with a map showing where signatories live. 1000 signatories live in the zip codes closest to the project, over 500 live in other parts of the City.

The Mayor and City Council members Karina Talamantes, Roger Dickinson and Eric Guerra asked staff to research a number of items and return with answers on December 2. The Mayor continued the meeting until December 2. Council members Lisa Kaplan AND Caity Maple are recused. We still need four NO votes.

Action Needed:

Help us keep up the pressure. Tell the Mayor and Council to VOTE NO.

How to write the City Council – email information is here.

Suggestions on what to say – here.

Links

KCRA 3 Coverage of the Hearing – here.

Hoodline Sacramento published an article – here.

Please plan to attend the Hearing on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025.