A coordinated effort has been underway to make false claims about specific public officials. It’s clear their motivation is to discredit elected officials who support slow housing growth—a movement favored by a vast majority of local residents.
It’s no coincidence those behind this effort are all supporters of massive growth and everyone targeted supports slow growth. It’s also no coincidence this nonstop negativity started right after the 2024 elections when the Hollister Council and San Benito County Board finally swung toward majorities standing up against irresponsible housing growth.
This misinformation is an obvious attempt to swing the pendulum back to the way it was for decades—leading us to logjammed roads, crowded schools and a path toward becoming yet another Silicon Valley suburb.
So among the false claims, let’s start with growth.
False claim: Supervisors have “opened the floodgates” for housing growth and approved 4,000 new housing units.
Truth: This is entirely false.
The current board hasn’t supported any housing projects, while we are developing a range of policies to prevent housing sprawl that include:
• An ordinance giving local residents preference when applying for affordable housing.
• Requiring more low-income units in projects.
• Requiring all affordable units within projects meet the same design standards as market-rate housing.
• Eliminating single-family zoning so all developments require mixed uses, not just single-family homes.
• Creating...
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