Sonoma OKs Ban on Development of Hillside
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SONOMA, Calif. — A ballot measure to protect a hillside in Sonoma from development as a resort has been approved overwhelmingly.
Measure A, which forbids hotel and resort development on 60 acres of city-owned land, was approved with 76.6% of the vote, 2,607 to 795, this week.
A 105-room resort had been proposed on the site.
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