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Measure O-calabasas Open Space Initiative City of Calabasas Ordinance - Majority Approval Required
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League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Pass:
3,506 /
97.6% Yes votes ......
88 /
2.4% No votes
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Shall Ordinance No. 2015-325 YES be adopted to remove the expiration date of November 8, 2030 in Ordinance No. 2005-225, and thereby make permanent the requirement to protect and preserve the existing areas of open space in Calabasas unless in a future election 2/3 of the voters choose to redesignate the open space for another purpose?
Background. On November 8, 2005 the voters of Calabasas approved Measure D which adopted ordinance 2005-225 (codifi ed in section 17.16.030 of the Calabasas Municipal Code) which prevents the City from amending the General Plan or any specifi c plan to re-designate land in the City in the Open Space-Recreation (OS-R), Open SpaceResource Protection (OS-RP) and Public Facilities + Recreation (PF-R) districts, for non-open space use without the approval of 2/3 of the City's voters voting on the question. The measure included a sunset provision which provides that on and after November 8, 2030 the ordinance would be of no further force and effect unless sooner readopted, repealed or amended by the voters. The Measure. Measure O would remove the November 8, 2030 expiration date and make permanent the requirement that any re-designation of land in OS-R, OS-RP and PF-R districts for non-open space use requires approval by a 2/3 vote of the City's voters. If Measure O is approved by the voters, the only change to ordinance 2005-225 would be to remove the ordinance expiration date and make the 2/3 voter requirement to re-designate land in the three specifi ed districts permanent. All other provisions of ordinance 2005-225 including, but not limited to, the 2/3 voter requirement to re-designate open space land to a non-open space use, would remain unchanged. /s/
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| Arguments For Measure O-calabasas | Arguments Against Measure O-calabasas |
| Open space is irreplaceable. Once lost, it is gone forever; and once developed, the character of the land is forever
altered. Approval of the 2015 Calabasas Open Space Initiative will help preserve existing areas of open space in our
City in perpetuity.
In 2005, Calabasas voters approved the first Open Space Initiative ("Measure D") by a vote of 84% to 16% --- the largest margin of victory for anything on a Calabasas municipal ballot since incorporation. The Open Space Initiative invests in the people the power to make important decisions regarding future growth. The Open Space Initiative requires a 2/3 vote of the electorate before any land in Calabasas zoned as open space in the General Plan can be re-zoned for other uses, thereby preventing a simple majority of the City Council from permitting urban development on these parcels. The Open Space Initiative has been wonderfully successful. In the last 10 years, not a single inch of land zoned as open space has been lost to development. In fact, the City has actually added signifi cantly to its inventory of open space. Today, fully 43% of Calabasas' 13.6 square miles is protected open space. But the 2005 initiative had a sunset clause, meaning that if left unaltered, all of its provisions will automatically expire in 2030. The only change authorized by the 2015 Open Space Initiative is to delete this expiration clause. While growth is inevitable, it should be balanced with an ability to guard against unchecked development. Indeed, the desire to exercise local control over land use issues was one of the primary motivating factors for the incorporation of Calabasas in 1991. And it ranks high among the many reasons why we choose to live here today. Passage of the 2015 Open Space Initiative ("Measure O") will refl ect our City's strong commitment to protect the natural resources which enhance our quality of life in Calabasas. Please join us in voting "Yes!" on the Calabasas Open Space Initiative.
Signed, James R. Bozajian
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