SANTA CLARA COUNTY officials remain out of compliance with state housing laws, which could put their agricultural tourism efforts in a race against developments proposing to pave over the Valley of Heart’s Delight remaining farmland — with or without their approval.
A San José Spotlight review of county builder’s remedy applications shows at least 20 projects, if built as proposed, would pave over land zoned for agricultural use near Morgan Hill and Gilroy in unincorporated South County. The projects would total more than 6,500 homes across at least 330 total acres of land, with 4,300 single-family homes and 1,200 affordable homes.
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