They Want Jobs to Go Outside California: New $15 million effort launched to preserve land around Silicon Valley

The San Jose Mercury News reports:

Hoping to preserve farmland, redwood forests and coastal bluffs from development before real estate prices rebound, five land trusts on Thursday will announce a new $15 million effort to join forces with a goal of protecting 10,000 acres in Silicon Valley and its neighboring communities over the next three years.

The effort is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, in Palo Alto. It will focus on open space conservation between the Mount Hamilton Range and South San Francisco, an area that includes most or all of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Alameda counties.

Some places don't want to have job growth. Imagine that.