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Mariposa planning commission backs three Land Conservation Act contracts covering several thousand acres near Hornitos and White Rock Road
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended three Land Conservation Act (Williamson Act) applications — totaling several thousand acres across multiple parcels — to the Board of Supervisors, finding each project exempt from CEQA under the open-space contract exemption and forwarding staff conditions and findings.
The Mariposa County Planning Commission unanimously recommended three Land Conservation Act (Williamson Act) contract applications to the Board of Supervisors on Nov. 21, 2025, forwarding staff findings that each project is exempt from environmental review under CEQA’s open-space contract/exemption provisions.
Planning staff presented the first application, DIS 2025-57, on behalf of applicants Summer Gray and Glen Gray. Staff explained the applicants seek to rescind a prior nonrenewal and enter two new Williamson Act contracts covering 37 parcels near Hornitos totaling about 6,853 acres. Staff reported the parcels have been grazed for at least three years and recommended the Planning Commission find the proposal exempt from CEQA Section 15317 and recommend Board…
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