Article: Rancho San Juan may be cut back.

Byline: Larry Parsons

Jul. 13--Monterey County supervisors were asked Tuesday by the lead developer in Rancho San Juan to cancel a November election on the 4,000-home project north of Salinas and consider a much smaller project instead.

Supervisors will consider the request by developer Moe Nobari at their Aug. 16 meeting.

Nobari, a Marin County developer who has sought to build in Rancho San Juan since the early 1980s, proposed to build 1,147 homes and a golf course called Butterfly Villages in the first phase of the controversial 2,600-acre development.

After supervisors approved overall plans for Rancho San Juan in December, ...

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