Measure Q, the Water and Wildfire Protection Act, on the Nov. 5 ballot for Santa Cruz County, has a long and broad list of supporters. And one contingent of fire chiefs who oppose it. Measure Q would ...

The Higley Unified School District Governing Board has approved a ballot measure for November that gives it the final say on what to do with an 18.8-acre parcel of land it owns. If voters approve the ...

Thanks to a set of strict, generation-old land-use laws, Oregon has escaped much of the scattered “exurban” development common in other Western states. But sprawl fighters feared the worst last ...