Fennell and Bohn Seek to Rewrite Guiding Principles of General Plan Update
by
Ryan Burns
on
May 30, 2013 at 5:22PM
This shouldn’t come as a surprise given Fennell’s almost three-year tenure as executive director of private property rights group Humboldt Coalition for Property Rights (HumCPR) and her recent votes to appoint that group’s leaders, Lee Ulansey and Bob Morris, to the county planning commission. Let’s do a little compare and contrast.• Existing principle: “Protect agriculture and timberland over the long term, using measures such as increased restrictions on resource land subdivisions and patent parcel development.”• Fennell version: “Encourage, incentivize and support agriculture, timber and compatible uses on resource lands.”Gone are protections for agriculture and timberlands, replaced by incentives to produce on those lands.• Existing principle: “Provide sufficient developable land, encourage development of affordable housing for all income levels, and prevent housing scarcity under a range of population growth scenarios.