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Article: Former antagonists cooperate on Sonoma County report.(Local News)(Greenbelt Alliance, Sonoma County Farm Bureau cooperate on Sonoma County report.)
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- California Planning & Development Report
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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In a remarkable political turnabout, two land use organizations that vigorously fought one another during the 2000 election in Sonoma County have issued a joint report calling for more intensive city-centered growth to protect agriculture and natural resources.
San Francisco-based Greenbelt Alliance and the Sonoma County Farm Bureau released "Preventing Sprawl: Farmers and Environmentalists Working Together" at the end of March.
As recently as 3 1/2 years ago, the two groups were mortal enemies. At that time, they were engaged in dueling campaigns over the Rural Heritage Initiative, a Greenbelt-backed initiative that would have required landowners to ...