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CLARKSBURG, Calif. (AP) - Change comes slowly in this former sugar beet town on the edge of the state capital. Not many people leave, and there are few newcomers because there is no room to grow. The riverside hamlet of about 300 is located in a part of the delta that has been off-limits to development and preserved for agriculture.
That special status is now at the heart of a debate that could affect rural land throughout California's vast Central Valley.
In the first case of its kind, the unincorporated town 15 miles south of Sacramento is urging a state commission to allow a developer to build 162 homes. The decision about whether to uphold the 14-year-old preservation statute could have broad implications for future land use in the state's immense agricultural plain, which faces increasing pressure from homebuilders.
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