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No On Measure M, Woodland, CA (2026)

03/05/2024

LAST CHANCE TO SAVE WOODLAND FROM SPRAWL!

By pulling vast tracts of speculator-owned farmland out of the 100-year floodplain, Measure M will unleash explosive growth east and southeast of Woodland. If that happens, wave goodbye to your bucolic country views seen here from Heritage Parkway and County Road 102 looking East.

VOTE NO ON MEASURE M TODAY!

03/05/2024

𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬... 𝐎𝐡 𝐌𝐲!

The Yes on Measure M Campaign is using Old Flood Photos from Faraway Places to Falsely Influence Woodland Voters

The Yes on M campaign has been airing short ads on local cable Channel 212 (The Sports Channel) for about a month. These ads showed a series of aerial photos of floods covering vast tracts of farmlands and pictures of people frantically filling sandbags or equipment rushing to save levees. The ads close with messages to Vote Yes on Measure M.

The clear implication is that these floods were very near Woodland and we are facing a clear and present danger. Our only protection is Vote Yes on Measure M, take the free money offered, and construct the Floodwall. They even photo-shopped the TV ad by darkening the edges of the photos to make the scenes seem even more dark, ominous, and scary.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! That's right. These floods all occurred at least 25 years ago and far away from Woodland. The fact that these flooded lands are nowhere near Woodland was conveniently not mentioned in the ads.

These flood photos are actually from the Feather and Sacramento Rivers which have orders of magnitude greater flow capacity compared to Cache Creek. In short, the Yes on Measure M campaign picked old flood photos from far away that do not even remotely represent the flooding potential of Cache Creek.

The only reason why the Yes on Measure M campaign would not tell us that is because they are trying to scare us into believing that a flood here in Woodland is imminent. The Yes on Measure M campaign and our City Council has also refused to even tell us what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has already confirmed... 𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓!

𝙄𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙈 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧, "𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨?"

VOTE NO ON MEASURE M TODAY!!

03/01/2024

Developer Contributions to Woodland City Council Members and the Yes on Measure M Campaign; Wealthy developers and speculators or their family members (including the Tsakopoulos and Petrovich families from Sacramento) have made substantial campaign contributions to members of the Woodland City Council that were vocal in their support of the project and voted to place the Floodwall on the ballot as measure M. Large donations were also made directly to the Yes on Measure M campaign by Tsakopoulos-controlled companies that have developed thousands of acres in and around Sacramento including in the sprawling Natomas and Elk Grove communities.

Yes on M Campaign Committee
(FPPC No. 1464464) is a campaign committee to promote Yes on Measure M.
To date, $39,000 (its largest political contributions) have come directly from Conaway Preservation Group which is directly controlled by Tsakopoulos.

City Council Member Richard Lansburgh was elected in 2018 after receiving separate direct $1,000 contributions from Angelo, Kyriakos, and Brienne Tsakopoulous. Thousands of dollars of additional campaign contributions were made to his campaign on the same day and in the exact same amount for which a direct connection to Tsakopoulos companies cannot be determined.

Woodland City Council Member Mayra Vega was elected in 2020 after receiving $6,000 directly from Kyriakos Tsakopoulos and $5,000 from Paul and Cheryl Petrovich. Paul Petrovich developed the Gateway Plaza shopping center center and has announced expansion plans to develop it further to the east if these lands can be pulled from the floodplain by the passage of Measure M and construction of the Floodwall.

This isn't just about preventing floods; it's about preserving the soul of our community.

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02/29/2024

🌾🚫 Protect Our Agriculture, Vote NO on Measure M 🚫🌾

The stakes couldn't be higher. Measure M isn't just about flood protection—it's about the very heart of Woodland's identity: our agriculture. If passed, this measure puts families' livelihoods on the line, threatens the destruction of valuable land, and could render vast stretches unfarmable. What's at risk? Class 1 soil, the richest in the world, which forms the backbone of our agricultural heritage.

This isn't just about preventing floods; it's about preserving the soul of our community. We all understand the importance of flood protection, but the current plan, like its failed predecessors, isn't the answer. Let's stand together to find a solution that truly safeguards our community's future.

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02/27/2024

Unjust to Farmers: Floodwall Threatens Local Agriculture! 🌾❌
Make sure to get out and VOTE NO TODAY!

The Floodwall endangers our small farmers, placing them in a vulnerable position. It devalues their properties, hindering their livelihoods. Is this the support our farming neighbors deserve? Vote NO on Measure M!

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02/27/2024

Follow the Money!
It's a story as old as American politics - "If you want something done, don't do it yourself... Contribute to a politician to do it for you!". Mega-rich Sacramento-based land speculators and developers have learned this lesson well. Angelo Tsakopoulos's Conaway Preservation Group, owns 9,420 acres, close to 15 square miles of farmland east and southeast of Woodland they want to develop.

The only problem is virtually all of this land is in a
100-year floodplain precluding development. If only this land could somehow get pulled from the floodplain, its value could skyrocket potentially leading to hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. But the developers do not have an extra $300 million dollars to pay for this Floodwall themselves or the ability to convince the citizens of Woodland to pay for it!

And that's where campaign contributions come in. If these speculators can get sympathetic people elected to the Woodland City Council, then they can get their Floodwall approved and financed by the taxpayers for them. And that's just what they have done!

Developer Contributions to Woodland City CouncilMembers and the Yes on Measure M Campaign:
Wealthy developers and speculators or their family members (including the Tsakopoulos and Petrevich families from Sacramento) have made substantial campaign contributions to members of the Woodland City Council that were vocal in their support of the project and voted to place the Floodwall on the ballot as Measure M. Large donations were also made directly to the Yes on Measure M campaign by Tsakopoulos-controlled companies that have developed thousands of acres in and around Sacramento including in the sprawling Natomas and Elk Grove communities.

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02/21/2024

Measure M actually only "authorizes" our Council to "accept" up to $300 million in federal and state money to finance the Floodwall. But there are NO guarantees that any outside money will ever be available. In fact, just last year, state legislation to secure the majority of the needed money 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃.

Measure M otherwise allows the City to "fund the remaining costs with City funds" potentially allowing almost unlimited expenditures and that means Woodland taxpayers could bear the brunt of these enormous Floodwall costs.

Additionally, the City is grossly underestimating the maintenance costs of the Floodwall. They now claim it will only cost $180,000 per year in maintenance costs but this barely covers the cost of one-full time employee plus benefits. It does not include any vehicle expenses or actual costs of the Floodwall itself which could total millions of dollars annually. Finally, California State law makes the City of Woodland responsible for all damages to life and property caused by the Floodwall. This could impose huge liability and costs to the City, potentially totaling tens of millions of dollars, if the Floodwall backs up water and floods our farming neighbors in the future.

Why are there no checks and balances in place to limit our City's financial exposure?
- 𝙔𝙤𝙡𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙏𝙖𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

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02/20/2024

With ANOTHER large contribution, 55% of the “Floodwall” project contribution money comes from CONway as of today. Why?

The Floodwall Benefits Rich and Powerful Out-of-Town Land Speculators - While the Floodwall puts our northern farming neighbors in harms-way of flooding and financially disadvantages them, thousands of acres of lesser quality farmland owned by speculators between County Rd. 102 and the Yolo Bypass levee on Woodland's southeast side gets protected and pulled out of the 100-year floodplain. This immediately increases their properties' value and could lead to rampant sprawling development. Almost 10,000 acres alone are controlled by wealthy Sacramento developer Angelo Tsakopoulos whose net worth is already estimated at over $600 million. This is the reason many Woodlanders are calling this the "Billionaires' Floodwall. Proponents say it is to “Save Woodland”, that simply is not true.

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02/20/2024

The City of Woodland greenlit a colossal $300 million project, the Floodwall, without the voice of everyday Woodlanders. No community input, no transparency. The decision was made stealthily, shutting out the very voices that should matter most. Let's uncover the truth behind closed doors. Our community deserves better! 🚪🔍

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02/15/2024

Spread the word and show your support! Get a yard sign today and let your neighbors know why you're saying NO to Measure M. Together, we can protect our community.

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02/12/2024

🌾 Meet Ignacio Hernandez, a cherished figure in our community and owner of the longtime local business, Taqueria Guadalajara. The proposed 'Floodwall' threatens to sn**ch land from his family farm, where diverse crops flourish. But there are alternatives that can benefit all of Woodland without leaving families like Ignacio's in the shadows.

🚫💡 Why should their livelihoods be sacrificed? Join us in demanding a solution that preserves our community's heart and soul.

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Conozca a Ignacio Hernández, una figura querida en nuestra comunidad y propietario del antiguo negocio local, Taquería Guadalajara. El 'muro contra inundaciones' propuesto amenaza con arrebatarle tierras a su granja familiar, donde florecen diversos cultivos. Pero hay alternativas que pueden beneficiar a todo Woodland sin dejar en la sombra a familias como la de Ignacio.

🚫💡 ¿Por qué deberían sacrificarse sus medios de vida? Únase a nosotros para exigir una solución que preserve el corazón y el alma de nuestra comunidad.

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02/10/2024

🔍 Don't be kept in the dark! It's time to shed light on the truth behind Measure M and who's really fighting

🌟 Discover who stands with us in protecting our future and who opposes it.

💪 Let's make informed decisions together! The lack of transparency from the City of Woodland only underscores the importance of knowing the facts.

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