Contra Costa Measure L Campaign Needs Staff

Greenbelt Alliance * The Newswire
Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2004

Background on Measure L
Last June, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance restricting large scale retail businesses from opening in the unincorporated areas of the County. The ordinance would ban "supercenters", stores that are larger than 90,000 square feet (the size of two football fields) and include a typical big box store, like a Wal-Mart or Target, with a full service grocery store. 

Wal-Mart funded the collection of enough valid signatures to qualify for a referendum to overturn this ban. The election will be held in March, 2004.

The title language for Measure L is as follows: Shall the Large-Scale Retail Businesses Ordinance, Contra Costa County Ordinance No. 2003-18, be adopted? A YES vote will preserve the ordinance.

How to Get Involved
The Neighborhood Alliance for Local Control is currently hiring campaign staff to conduct direct voter contacts for the Contra Costa Measure L Campaign. This is cutting edge organizing in your own community. For more information call James at 925.261.0233.

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