Voters for Farmland

10/15/2026

About the Referendum to challenge the Riverbank City Council's 3-2 vote that approved the RiverWalk Project:
A total of 1,449 valid signatures were needed in order to meet the minimum of 10% of the currently registered voters.
Roughly 1,760 were gathered which is 21% above the minimum which provides a very safe margin of comfort (15% above was the goal). This is largely due to the MANY local volunteers who helped get signatures so give yourselves a round of applause. Amazingly, this was done in only 13 days out of the total of 30 days that were allowed.

What happens next? After the City verifies the # of signatures that were submitted today, they will deliver them to the County Registrar of Voters for validation where they will have 30 business days to check them. Once verified, they will “certify” them back to the City where the Council must take an action to either: a) Rescind the Resolution approving River Walk; or b) put it to a vote of the citizens. Given that it’s a busy election season, the Council will likely not complete their work until approximately November 30th.

So, now we wait for the results… but in the meantime, the focus will be on Measure M.

10/13/2026

Getting the right to vote on the expansion of our cities is expensive. We are not deep pockets like the outsiders wanting to cash in on sprawl. Please donate here: https://votersforfarmland.org/

10/13/2026

Cities can grow better without growing together!

10/10/2026

Build it and they will come! Will they? From where? The teen pregnancy rate in the US is the lowest in history. Couples are getting married later in life and having fewer children. The oldest of the baby boomers are 80 years old this year. The rapid population increase of the 1950’s will become the rapid population decline in the 2030’s. So, where are all 104,000 people in the Modesto 2050 General Plan to come from? Because the Dept. of Finance and StanCOG project less than 50,000 population increase for the entire county by 2050!

10/10/2026

10/10/2026

See who's funding anti-Measure M:

10/06/2026

The North County Corridor will be making access across the county easier. We are spending millions of dollars for that access. No reason why Riverbank needs to sprawl over the best farmland west of the city. Development can go up or east over poorer soils and provide better access to the North County Corridor.

10/02/2026

To sign the referendum to reverse the Riverbank CC: Paid signature gatherers will be at the following locations starting today, most days beginning at 8 or 9 am, and continuing until as late as about 5 pm, although the heat that’s predicted for this weekend could cause some to conclude earlier in the afternoon. This will continue for probably 10-14 days and they may also venture into neighborhoods, depending. Remember that the deadline is October 29th, but the goal is to conclude about 10 days ahead of that. Roughly 2,000 signatures are needed.

1. Save Mart near Target; 2. Target; 3. CVS; 4. Dollar Tree; and 5. Cost Less (former O’Brien’s Mkt), although they may possibly be 1/2 way down toward the next business.

Thank you for your support!
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On September 22, 2026, the Riverbank City Council voted 3–2 to change the city’s General Plan, its long-term blueprint for growth. The change opens the way for River Walk, a large new development on about 1,522 acres of land. That land is north of Patterson Road (Highway 108), east of McHenry Av...

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

Here it is!