California-Save the Bay to Redwood City Council: ''Salt Ponds Are Not Land to Be Paved"

In a continuing dispute over a 12,000-home Saltworks project, proposed by agribusiness giant Cargill and DMB Associates for 1,436 San Francisco Bay salt-pond acres in Redwood City, the proponents and critics repeated their housing-near-jobs versus restore-the-wetlands arguments at a neighborhood meeting. With nearby cities of Belmont, Atherton and Menlo Park opposing the project in formal resolutions, reports the San Mateo Daily Journal, DMB Government Affairs Director Michael Henderson insisted that San Mateo County needs the housing to accommodate the area workforce and to reduce inbound commuting and its environmental side effects.
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