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Yosemite Land Swap Under Fire | Reno News
A secret Trump-era plan to swap a slice of Yosemite National Park for private land owned by developer Kingsbarn Realty Capital has sparked outrage. The proposed deal would have granted the company access to parkland to build a road connecting its properties, in exchange for other land of “equal value”—a claim under scrutiny given how parkland’s worth skyrockets once developed. Though federal law permits such swaps under strict conditions, California lawmakers and the Attorney General are rallying against it, calling national parks public treasures—not private assets for wealthy developers…
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