Measure II on the November 2024 ballot was deceptive. It claimed to reduce traffic and preserve open space, but in reality it would increase traffic and destroy open space.

Dublin deserves better. Unfortunately, Measure II did pass, but that’s not the end of the story: Save Mount Diablo has filed a lawsuit.

Proponents of Measure II claimed it would be good for the environment, but local environmental groups Save Mount Diablo, Ohlone Audubon Society, California Native Plant Society East Bay Chapter, Sierra Club, Greenbelt Alliance, and others opposed Measure II—because it will actually

• Reduce open space

• Destroy wildlife habitat

• Worsen traffic and congestion

• Block scenic views with giant warehouses

• Increase air pollution from cars and huge delivery trucks

• Significantly increase water consumption and sewage treatment loads

Asking Dubliners to break our Urban Limit Line, take on new financial risks, and lose more open space is wrong. Dublin deserves better.

What Was Dublin Measure II ?

Measure II would overturn Dublin residents’ decision in 2014 to create an eastern Urban Limit Line to protect scenic Doolan Canyon from being developed.

When developers tried to break the Urban Limit Line to allow 2,000 houses, Dublin voters rejected their initiative by 84 percent.

Our 2014 Urban Limit Line already allows the Dublin Blvd. extension to connect Dublin with Livermore, but it doesn’t allow major urban development in the scenic corridor.

Now the city council wants a blank check to allow massive new development on that open space land. There is no plan, no environmental report, no actual agreement with the developer about costs.

The only thing known for sure is that if development goes forward, our eastern greenbelt will be lost.

Measure II threatens the Urban Limit Line that 84 percent of voters supported in 2014.

The Tri-Valley Conservancy notes that Measure II will have devastating consequences for our local environment. It would allow giant distribution warehouses east of Fallon Road, huge truck traffic, and pollution.

Dublin deserves better.