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Posted by: thepinetree on 05/26/2010 07:45 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 05/26/2010 07:45 AM
Expires: 01/01/2015 12:00 AM
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Taxpayers Urge Protecting Property Rights~by Al Segalla
"The Calaveras County Taxpayers Association (CCTA) continues to urge support for Alternative D in the General Plan Update process. In addition, the group wants property owners to be notified in writing when the county seeks to change their land use designation, according to Al Segalla, CCTA President. He said his group will continue to seek public support for General Plan property rights protection. He commented on several positive features of taxpayer supported Alternative D: ...
· Public Safety: There would be no immediate change in response times. As the dispersed population grows the cost per capita and average response times will fall.
· Public Infrastructure: There is no basis upon which to limit development based on infrastructure requirements. Public infrastructure at the county level includes: Roads, Water, and Sewer. Alternative D calls for Water and Sewer services to be the responsibility of the property owner. As for roads, there are already programs on the books such as RIM fees that recoup public costs from those that develop.
· Economic Prosperity: Given the flexibility of a market based (not plan based) approach to development - entrepreneurs both large and small will find better, more efficient ways to provide goods and services where and when the public (market) actually needs them. Industries will have more choices to locate and expand in the county. Alternate D does not support the county trying to manipulate growth by providing taxpayer subsidies to proffered businesses and locations. This encourages cronyism.
- Sprawl: About half of the land considered unimproved is currently designated for 5- to 40-acre single family residential uses, the majority of which is undeveloped but has significant potential for low density residential development. This is hardly a prophecy for "unlimited" sprawl. Many, if not most, of the people moving to the County are not looking to exchange one urban center for another. Alternative B & C's low rural growth policy takes property rights from current property owners and infringes on the dreams (rights) of future families.
· Natural Hazards: Risks such as wildfires and flooding are the responsibility of the property owner. Such risks are currently disclosed in the real estate documents. The County is not responsible to property owners for Acts of God.
- Sustainability: Alternative D is friendly to the US Constitution and the concept that human beings have natural rights to life, liberty and property. When these rights are exercised, a market economy is created which seeks to balance supply and demand for our wants and needs. Thusly, our market economy seeks to sustain prosperity and human happiness far into the future. In contrast, UN Agenda 21, which seems to be the basis for much of the direction in land use policy, is not sustainable in improving the human condition, but tends to expand government intrusion into the lives and property of the Calaveras people."
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