Voters approve the Cache Creek Area Plan

In November Yolo County voters approve Proposition D (the Cache Creek Area Plan) with a 61% vote. Aggregate mining is thus moved out of the active stream channel. The measure also requires that aggregate companies support the Cache Creek Conservancy at the rate of five cents per ton of aggregate taken from the creek. After the election the Board of Supervisors approves five off-channel mining and reclamation permits for four companies, with a maximum of one million tons of material per permit that can be sold annually. Each company is required to provide land that can be used for recreation or habitat purposes in perpetuity after completion of mining.