Tag Archives: Urban Sprawl

Phil Serna isn’t sticking up for Natomas schools in a development showdown, The Sacramento Bee, August 7, 2025

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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Supervisor Phil Serna has disrespected Sacramento’s role in growth. Why? August 4, 2025, The Sacramento Bee

“We’re looking at major developments that fly in the face of every plan that’s been approved in the county of Sacramento for the last 25 years,” said former Sacramento mayor Heather Fargo, a Natomas resident and now an activist against Serna’s emerging growth agenda. “Phil has taken the lead on this and encouraged this kind of development.”

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Oppose the Upper Westside Project – Local Residents Speak Out

August 4, 2025

Neighbors of the proposed Upper Westside Project speak out in opposition to the project. The project will pave 2000 acres of farmland and habitat for residential and commercial development. The project’s western boundary is Garden Highway and next to the Sacramento River. Learn more about this project, see maps and news articles and join us in opposing it – www.stopgardenhwymegadevelopment.com and https://tinyurl.com/SacOpenSpace.