Category: Updates

Mountain View, CA — On Tuesday April 25, the Mountain View City Council adopted a resolution urging Santa Clara County to deny permits for the proposed open-pit mine at Juristac. “Today the City of Mountain View stands in solidarity with Read More

In a monumental outpouring of support from the public, organizations, and agencies, over 7,500 public comment letters were submitted to Santa Clara County challenging the proposed Sargent Quarry project that threatens Juristac. This is likely the largest number of comments Read More

At Tuesday’s Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board unanimously approved a resolution in support of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band’s efforts to protect Juristac, urging the County of Santa Clara to deny permits for the proposed Sargent Read More

Santa Clara County has announced a six-week extension of the public comment period on the draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed mining project that threatens Juristac. The new comment deadline is November 7, 2022. In addition, the County has Read More

Hundreds gathered in front of the Santa Clara County Government Building in San Jose on Saturday to stand with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in calling on the County to deny permits for the proposed mining project that threatens Juristac. Read More

Gilroy, CA — On Monday evening, the Gilroy City Council unanimously voted to oppose the Sargent Quarry Project — becoming the fifth city in the region to do so, and the closest to the location of Juristac, which lies just Read More

The 8/4 Protect Juristac EIR Comment Writing Workshop was a great success! Attended by 218 participants, the 2 ½ hour event offered inspiration and guidance for writing comment letters to challenge the Environmental Impact Report for the mining project that Read More

At long last, Santa Clara County has published the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed mine at Juristac. In doing so, they opened a 60-day public comment period that ends on September 26. Please spread the word! For Read More

New Analysis from the County Outlines Significant Impacts of Sand and Gravel Mining at Juristac Gilroy, Calif. (July 22, 2022) — Tribal and environmental leaders today sounded the alarm about a proposal to develop an open-pit sand and gravel mine Read More

On Tuesday evening, Sunnyvale—the second largest city in Santa Clara County—unanimously adopted a resolution urging the County to deny permits for proposed mining operations at Juristac. Sunnyvale is now the fourth city in the region to pass such a resolution, Read More