Who says we’re in a housing market bubble? Not Knights Landing, that’s for sure:
The sleepy river town of Knights Landing in Yolo County has become a target for developers.
Two builders are about to start construction on the first subdivisions in decades in the village beside the banks of the Sacramento River. They are small projects, totaling fewer than 100 homes, but one of the developers expects to submit a plan to build 600 additional homes in town…
The tract is about twice the size of the town itself. About 65 acres is in the designated urban area, and would be commercial development; the balance is agricultural land. In theory, 800 acres could hold 3,200 homes, assuming a fairly low-density project of four units per acre.
Let’s see…”on the banks of the Sacramento River”. That sounds promising.
But here is what really caught my eye…
Sixty-eight homes will be built on land sold by Knights Landing walnut farmer Ralph White.
Man, selling your walnut farm to a developer for cash -this really isn’t the story of the little guy standing up for himself. Ralph White, for the anti-Right Awn! spirit you’ve shown, we’ve created a new category of acknowledgement. Right Awff!
The Sac Rag 
Maybe if the walnut farmers had come up with a catchy slogan (“A can a week is all we ask…”) like those savvy almond guys, then Ralph wouldn’t be selling his soul to the developers. He is definitely a “Right Awff” candidate.
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Hey- when your nuts are in a sling, and someone offers you LOTS OF MONEY for em…
But putting more HOMES right on the bank, today of all days:
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Two Central Valley levees broke Tuesday, flooding a trailer park in Merced and inundating farmland in Sacramento County as heavy rain continued across Northern California, the state Department of Water Resources said.
A breach on Black Rascal Creek was threatening about 50 homes in Merced, said Michael Miller, a department spokesman said.
Another break, in a private levee at the crossing of the Consumnes River south of Sacramento, swamped fields but posed no threat to homes or transportation. A levee in the same area broke in January during heavy storms.
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