In a recent letter to the Davis Enterprise, longtime Measure J supporter Eileen Samitz expressed concern that discussions about reforming the citizen-vote requirement were being raised just as the controversial Village Farms proposal is heading toward the ballot.
Samitz framed this timing as suspicious, suggesting that the goal of amending Measure J is to help large projects like Village Farms bypass a public vote.
That is simply not an accurate representation of what is actually being discussed—or what is even legally possible in the near term…