Facts >> City Council Vote on Patterson Ranch Proposal on October 26, 2010

Bill Harrison and Anu Natarajan are city council incumbents, running for re-election. Both voted to approve changing the Fremont General Plan to increase density at Coyote Hills (500 housing units, from 266) so the Patterson Ranch proposal could then be approved, despite numerous potential risks and liabilities to taxpayers. In 2006 they voted to approve Villa d’Este development (276 housing units across the street from Coyote Hills).

Mayor Bob Wasserman, Vice Mayor Bob Wiekowski, and council member Suzanne Chan all voted to approve changing the Fremont General Plan to increase density at Coyote Hills (500 housing units, from 266) so the Patterson Ranch proposal could then be approved, despite numerous potential risks and liabilities to taxpayers. In 2006 they voted to approve the Villa d’Este development (276 housing units across the street from Coyote Hills).

Below are the city council members’ votes (listed by name) on October 26, 2010, to change the General Plan to increase density at Coyote Hills so the Patterson Ranch proposal could then be approved. All these council members received money from the Pattersons and/or developers.

City Council Candidates Who Have NOT Accepted Developer Money

Vinnie Bacon and Kathy McDonald, candidates for Fremont city council 2010, are advocates for open space and opposed Patterson Ranch proposal for the many unresolved issues of toxic soils, public safety hazards due to high risk of liquefaction in an earthquake, local schools overcrowding, potential flooding due to sea level rise, etc. They do not accept any developer money.

Read about how the Friends of Livermore helped to elect a full slate of city council members who support the preservation of open space and oppose urban sprawl. Through grassroots efforts such as community outreach and use of email groups, we can do the same in Fremont.