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Print An innovative, farm-focused housing project meets, or even exceeds, the required environmental standards and ought to be allowed to proceed, the Encinitas City Council decided Wednesday as it rejected an appeal filed by an opponents’ group. “I do not see that there are any problems with the environmental review,” Mayor Catherine Blakespear said, mentioning that the project could have had far more of an environmental impact because it’s proposed to contain half the number of homes ...

“My first impression of this project is it’s really kind of brilliant,” Commissioner Kevin Doyle said. Commission Chairman Bruce Ehlers compared the project to the city’s iconic, historic Olivenhain Meeting Hall, saying it “has the possibility to be a defining location in the community for 50 years or more.” Commissioner Brett Farrow said it was “something we’ve all been seeking” and praised it for being a homegrown idea put forward by two Encinitas residents. Commissioner S...