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 1/2 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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