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Measure D

1996
In August the Board of Supervisors votes to put its Off-Channel Mining Plan(OCMP) on the ballot, Measure D, to compete with the citizen-drafted Initiative to Regulate Mining, known as Measure C.  Measure C would prohibit gravel mining below the water table in order to protect the aquifer and groundwater from contamination.  Measure C advocates intend the initiative to be a complement to the county’s recently approved Cache Creek Area Plan, which limits mining on the creek to 30 years and requires gravel companies to help pay for creek restoration. Measure D would allow deep pit gravel mining outside of the stream channel (as per  the Cache Creek Area Plan) combined with water quality monitoring. The gravel industry backs Measure D and spends nearly 100 times the campaign funds of those  supporting Measure C. 
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Davis Enterprise, 7-31-96; Davis Enterprise, 8-11-96; Sacramento Bee, 11-2-96
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