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SDC: Adaptive Reuse Is The Answer

Documentary on Sonoma Valley Redevelopment Battle Resonates Worldwide

Sonoma Land Trust Reviews the Current Status of SDC — onoma Land Trust has created a blog under the name “Transform SDC”, and recently posted the following update.

After various approvals today by the Board of Supervisors, Sonoma County is poised to launch a second round of public hearings and regulatory review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for a proposal to redevelop the shuttered campus of the state-owned Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) property. The last attempt by the County to approve a Specific Plan for SDC development in December 2022 was subsequently voided by an October 2024 Superior Court ruling (SCALE v. The County of Sonoma). The Court ordered the Board of Supervisors to de-certify all land-use approvals for SDC and prohibited “approval of any entitlements” based on the Specific Plan and discredited Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

Sacramento is playing Russian Roulette with 39 million California lives

An authoritative study released Monday by a Sonoma Valley citizen’s group claims that wildfire evacuation data incorporated in the Environmental Impact Report and Specific Plan for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) are wildly unrealistic and dramatically understate the impact of 1,000 new homes proposed there on evacuation times in the event of a wildfire.

https://sonomasun.com/2024/09/01/community-sentiment-about-the-proposed-sdc-development-heats-up/

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-developmental-center-film-scott/

https://californiainsider.com/california-news/videos/california-insider-show/state-mandated-housing-coming-to-your-town-christine-epperly-5569922

New York and developers are conspiring to destroy New York’s most important asset. Help save it at https://www.savesection9.org/. See https://theyesmen.org/project/related for full story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKeg7IFk7w

SANDAG Board of Directors-March 22, 2024 -Learn about the real world impacts of the forced and accelerating housing mandates at this convention of San Diego Mayors. Begin 45 minute into the video.

There can be nothing sacred in something that has a price.

E. F. Schumacher

https://sonomasun.com/2024/09/01/community-sentiment-about-the-proposed-sdc-development-heats-up/

New York developers are working to destroy the city’s most valuable asset. Help protect it at https://www.savesection9.org/. For more details, visit https://theyesmen.org/project/related.

There can be nothing sacred in something that has a price.

E. F. Schumacher

https://sonomasun.com/2025/07/16/david-bolling-are-you-sick-of-reading-about-sdc/?utm_source_platform=mailpoet