You can make a phone call right now to help protect your community from inappropriate development. This Friday, the state Planning & Development Committee will vote on a bill that limits public input on subdivision proposals and could lead to the approval of subdivisions that would damage our environment and neighborhoods.

Senate Bill 405, An Act Concerning Public Hearings on Subdivision Applications, changes existing law to say that local planning commissions can only hold public hearings on subdivision proposals if they've determined that the proposal violates local subdivision regulations. This makes no sense-commissions use the input they get from experts and the public at hearings to help figure out whether a proposal is legal or not. In addition, public hearings can bring to light environmental, infrastructure, and social factors that are important to consider. The bill asks planning commissions to make important decisions without all the facts. That's just bad policy, for development and for the environment.

Make a Quick Call Today 

Please check the committee to see if your state senator or legislator is a member; if so, please call them! (If you're not sure who your legislators are, you can look them up on the CGA website or at votesmart.org.)

If not, please call as many of the committee's leaders as you can:

Sen. Cathy Osten, co-chair: 860-240-0579

Rep. Jason Rojas, co-chair: 860-240-8585

Sen. Steve Cassano, vice chair: 860-240-5302

Rep. Daniel Fox, vice chair: 860-240-8585

Sen. Len Fasano, ranking member: 800-842-1421

Rep. William Aman, ranking member: 860-240-8700

You'll reach an aide or an answering machine. Just state your name and town, any relevant business or organizational affiliation, and ask that the legislator oppose SB 405 and protect your right to speak up about development proposals that affect your community. If you speak to an aide, please ask if they know how the legislator plans to vote and let us know what they say.

Thank you!