Voters in San Benito County will be given the opportunity to draw the line on sprawl from San Jose, which sits about 45 miles to the north.
Activists in the mostly rural county are trying to head off a wave of development driven by Silicon Valley residents seeking cheaper housing than in San Jose and surrounding cities of Santa Clara County that are among the most expensive zip codes in the U.S.
They've succeeded in putting a measure on the November ballot that would ban most new development on land zoned for farming and ranching in San Benito County without approval from voters, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
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