The fight over the development of 400 acres of dry grazing fields in North Livermore Valley has all the hallmarks of a classic California land use battle. Opponents say the project would gobble up protected agricultural land, decimate the valley’s rural character, and threaten important native species like the California tiger salamander and the burrowing owl. Project supporters counter that it would bring good union jobs, millions of dollars in investment and is a good public use for a piece of private land that is mostly used for grazing cattle and harvesting hay. But what sets the Livermore Valley conflict apart is that the proposal isn’t for a sprawling office park or a vast housing subdivision. Rather the developer is a renewable energy company looking to construct the Bay Area’s largest solar farm and battery power storage facility, something it says is instrumental to meeting regional climate goals. Last week, the East County Board of Zoning Adjustments approved the Aramis Solar Energy Generation and Storage Project, which would transform 410 acres of grassland — the size of 300 football fields — into a sea of 267,000 solar panels. The solar development, west of North Livermore Avenue at May School Road,… Read full this story
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