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Buildout Reduction Program Committee Update

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Amanda Rice

At the Cambria Community Services District October 22, 2009 meeting, Ron Crummit gave an update on the Buildout Reduction Committee’s progress. Listen to it by downloading the mp3 below. (Full audio of the meeting is available at www.slo-span.org) CCSDBRP Report … Continue reading →

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A Question of Services and Benefits

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Amanda Rice

The fundamental vulnerability of Cambria could turn out to be our leaders’ determination to control growth. In the long run it may make no difference WHY they are pushing to limit the number of connections (because the Coastal Commission has … Continue reading →

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CCSD Lot Merger Program Updated

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Amanda Rice

Yesterday the CCSD posted a progress report on the Build-out Reduction Program plan, specifically the lot merger part of the program. In May 2007, the CCSD implemented the Voluntary Merger Program as part of the Buildout Reduction Program (BRP).  Merging … Continue reading →

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Paying for the Buildout Reduction With Enterprise Funds

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Amanda Rice

Last fall, a movement developed to stop the first rate and Cambrians for a Fiscally Responsible CCSD began studying the finances of the District. Part of that first increase proposal was a plan to pay for part of the buildout … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s Guide to Planning

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Amanda Rice

The subject of this second installment of “Cambria U” is a citizen’s guide to land use planning as it is practiced in California. Its purpose is to explain, in general terms, how local communities regulate land use and to define … Continue reading →

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Why Buildout Reduction?

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Amanda Rice

Some Cambrians seem resigned to a reality in which trying to control growth is hopeless, anyone who sues for a water meter will get one, and the eventual paving over of Cambria is inevitable. And who wouldn’t start to feel … Continue reading →

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