Carmel Valley residents protest Rancho Cañada in a show of support for Measure G.

Citizens for Carmel Valley protested the proposed Rancho Cañada housing subdivision Sept. 8, drawing a connection between the development and Measure G, the November ballot measure to incorporate as the Town of Carmel Valley.

The protest happened outside the Rancho Cañada Golf Club, where Measure G opponents were meeting. Protesters say the measure’s passage will give local officials, rather than the County Supervisors, control over development decisions.

The proposed subdivision would place almost 300 new units on 81 acres east of the intersection of Highway 1 and Carmel Valley Road. In spring 2008, developer Alan Williams rejected the project’s first draft environmental impact report after residents criticized the impacts on the elderly, children and the neighboring Hilton Bialek Habitat.