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Planning commission presses for clearer local stance on groundwater, open space and timber in general plan update
Summary
At a review of the December general-plan draft, commissioners urged firmer county language on groundwater management and open-space protections, highlighted conflicts with state agencies, and raised concern about timber-industry decline and wildfire risk; staff recommended moving forward with the December draft with targeted edits.
Unidentified Speaker 1 opened discussion by questioning whether groundwater belongs in the county general plan and whether the county should assert a stronger position, saying, "Is our county going to take the position? These are our constituents" (Unidentified Speaker 1).
Commissioners and staff debated overlap among GSAs and Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs), the State Water Resources Control Board and state executive orders. An unidentified speaker summarized the practical problem: "there's a lot of masters out there" and urged the county to craft policy that will "stand with litigation" (Unidentified Speaker 2; Unidentified Speaker 3). Several commissioners said state statutes would prevail in a legal conflict but noted the State Water…
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