The county Board of Supervisors Wednesday unanimously approved a proposed housing development in the communities of Harmony Grove and Elfin Forest.

They did so following a nearly four-hour hearing in which they heard opposition from some residents concerned about a lack of evacuation points during possible wildfires.

The board, though, also voted to require additional brush clearance at the development and directed county staff to look at options for a secondary access route.

The hearing featured nearly 100 people, many of them Elfin Forest or Harmony Grove residents who oppose the project. Many wore red T-shirts that read “Don’t Burn Us.”

Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer, whose district includes Harmony Grove, said that over the last year, she’s received “thousands and thousands of comm

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