Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
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The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority (OSA) is an independent special district in Santa Clara County, California, U.S.[1][2] A bill signed by Governor Wilson in 1992, SB2027, created the district as the Santa Clara County Open Space Preserve as of February 1, 1993.[3] In 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill SB422 to rename the authority with "Valley" instead of "County."[2] The OSA serves areas of the county outside the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District with the exception of Gilroy.[1] The OSA uses $4.2 million per year from a $12-per-parcel property-tax assessment to hire rangers and to open land to the public.[4]
The Open Space Authority currently owns or manages the following properties:[5]
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"About OSA". SCVOSA. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
Santa Clara County Open Space Authority is an independent special district – rather than a part of county government – and is governed by an elected board of directors.
- ^ a b Staff (July 18, 2015). "Internal Affairs: The word 'Valley' gives agency a new meaning". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
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"About OSA | History". SCVOSA. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
The new district would be a key part of a comprehensive, long-range strategy for protecting the county’s future quality of life by preserving the overall quality of the environment.
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Paul Rogers (July 19, 2014, updated July 24, 2014). "Silicon Valley open space tax heading toward November ballot". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
The agency also has $26 million left from the 2008 Supreme Court settlement. But when that money runs out...it won't be able to hire more rangers or open more of its lands to the public -- and only about 7,500 acres are open now.
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(help) - ^ "Open Space Authority Trails and Preserves". Santa Clara Valley Open Space District. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ^ "The Future Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve". Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. May 20, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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- Government in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Government of Santa Clara County, California
- Park districts in California
- Protected areas of Santa Clara County, California
- Santa Clara County, California geography stubs