Posted on December 13 at 6:30 a.m.

There is nothing preventing you from improving the roads on your parcels. There is nothing preventing you from farming those parcels.

There is something preventing you from obtaining a building permit. This is the lack of a public road connecting to the roads within the Lakeview subdivision. The creation of a CSD is clearly intended as a means to force your neighbor to provide that public road against his will.

I understand your frustration, but I don't believe that it is the responsibility of our government to increase your property value at the expense of your neighbors.

On The Future of the Sta. Rita Hills

Posted on December 6 at 8:07 p.m.

As I said in the article, Agriculturally zoned parcels should be used for agriculture. These parcels can and are being used for agriculture. I don't believe that there are any county permitting issues related to Ag production on these parcels, nor do I believe that there are any neighboring farmers objecting to the agricultural use of these parcels. I am certainly not objecting to agriculture.

I understand the frustration on the part of lakeview parcel owners who would like to be able to build a house, but the problem is that they bought parcels without adequate access for development. It is not reasonable for them to attempt to use the powers of government to take that access from unwilling neighbors.

On The Future of the Sta. Rita Hills