| Contra Costa County, CA | November 2, 2010 Election |
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Should permanent open space remain permanent?By Kathi McLaughlinCandidate for Council Member; City of Martinez |
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All publicly and privately owned property that is zoned "permanent open space" needs to remain that way. Permanent means just that--permanent. Changing the zoning years later negatively impacts the value of the neighboring properties. It gives windfall profits to a select few property owners who knowingly bought property zoned one way and speculated that they could later influence politicians to change that zoning to their advantage sometime in the future. I believe that property owners should have the right to do what they want with their property--as long as what they want to do matches the zoning and other legal limitations. If there is consensus among all of the owners who would be impacted by a zoning change that would be a factor in my decision, along with consideration of the greater public good and the precedent-setting impact of such a decision. |
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