Monterey County

The 11 acre project site proposes 10 retail buildings, a one-story grocery store and a two-story office building, totaling 126,523 square feet and 508 parking spaces and is located along Corral de Tierra and Highway 68.

Project Proposed: 2004
LW Position: Opposes the Project
Status: Courts Rule in County’s Favor

This 870 acre project site spans two areas south of State Route 68 between River Road and Toro Park and between San Benancio Road and Toro Park. The project has numerous impacts including: viewshed, traffic, biological resources, and water.

Project Proposed: 2005
LW Position:Litigated the Project
Status: Supervisors Approved a Six Year Development Extension (2029)

The Fletcher Company (developers of the Las Palmas Ranch subdivision on River Road) wants to extend Las Palmas “over the hill” in a massive expansion of suburban development with 275 houses.

Project Proposed: ~2001
LW Position: Opposed Project
Status: Protected as Natural Lands

The project calls for the subdivision of two 38 acre parcels into 9 lots along Highway 68 near Boots Road.

Project Proposed: 2007
LW Position: Neutral, Monitoring
Status: Set for Hearing

The Tanimura Land Company has applied for a “Parcel Legality Status Determination,” asking the County to declare 73 “lots” located on farmland adjacent to the Town of Spreckels (and owned by the Tanimura Land Company as a single parcel) to be “legal lots of record.” The “lots” were designated on a map of Spreckels dated December 1906, and recorded on January 8, 1907.

Project Proposed: 2004
LW Position: Opposed
Status: Approved