A new housing development spearheaded by Sacramento County could add thousands of homes and residents just outside of Sacramento’s city borders, affecting land with conservation protections in place while raising concerns from officials and residents in the capital.
But the project — and two more down the pike — may also prove detrimental to decades of planning by Sutter County, adding hurdles while restricting the scope of Sutter Pointe, a decades-long housing plan just north of the Sacramento County line.
With pressure mounting in Sacramento against the county’s proposed Upper Westside Development, officials in Sutter County have raised issues with two similar Sacramento County projects in earlier stages of approval…