The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday unanimously upheld the previous denial of a major use permit for a proposed sand-mining project near Rancho San Diego.

After listening to almost 100 people — including area residents, union members, environmental advocates, tribal representatives and a former colleague, Dianne Jacob — during a public forum that lasted slightly more than 2.5 hours, supervisors rejected plans for the Cottonwood Sand Mine.

According to the county, the project "proposes the conversion of the existing Cottonwood Golf Club golf courses to a 10-year sand mining operation with an additional two-year reclamation period."

The proposed project would have covered 200 acres along Willow Glen Drive between Jamacha and Hillsdale roads in Rancho San Diego, just sout

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