Clark Pacific is looking to swap furrows for factory floors outside Woodland, formally asking Yolo County to rezone about 77 acres of farmland next to its Woodland-area precast plant. The move would clear the way for new industrial buildings and expanded production of prefabricated concrete panels, marking a literal concrete step toward enlarging the company’s footprint in unincorporated Yolo County and triggering a county environmental review.
Project and Rezone Request
The application, filed with the state clearinghouse as the Clark Pacific Facility Expansion Project (SCH No. 2025031376), covers a 76.76-acre parcel at 40307 Best Ranch Road and asks for a General Plan amendment plus a rezone to Heavy Industrial, according to the State Clearinghouse (CEQAnet). The filing says the expansion would mirror the company’s adjacent operations and notes that a tentative subdivision map would also be required. County staff are listed as contacts for public comment in the state filing.
What the County Study Says
Yolo County's Initial Study and Draft Environmental Impact Report estimate the site could be built out with up to 500,000 square feet of new industrial buildings in as many as four phases. Right now, the parcel is in row-crop production. The county’s analysis flags likely areas of concern for the EIR to dig into: conversion of agricultural land, air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, hydrology and water supply, flooding along the Cache Creek corridor, plus noise and transportation impacts. The Draft EIR package and public-notice materials are posted on the county planning page for anyone who wants to wade through the details.
Clark Pacific’s Footprint and Projects
Clark Pacific is headquartered in West Sacramento and operates a major plant that serves Woodland and the broader Sacramento region, according to Clark Pacific. The company designs and manufactures precast and prefabricated building systems and has supplied panels for high-profile regional projects, which helps explain why it is looking for more production capacity next door to its existing operations. Clark Pacific is listed as the project applicant in both county and state filings.
Regulatory Review and Agency Comments
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has weighed in with a comment letter outlining water-quality and antidegradation concerns. The county record also includes a state well-review advisory from CalGEM that addresses potential abandoned-well issues near development sites, available through the agencies’ records. In addition, the county’s files point to the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District’s facility listings, which identify Clark Pacific’s Woodland site as a regulated industrial source and underscore the need for an air emissions analysis in the EIR. Those agency letters and comments appear in the State Clearinghouse record and in the county EIR appendices; the Water Board letter and related materials lay out much of the technical fine print.
Why It Matters Locally
For unincorporated Yolo County, the proposal sets up a classic local trade-off: industrial growth versus agricultural preservation. Converting roughly 77 acres of productive farmland would bring new industrial truck traffic and additional water demand into a rural corridor, right along the Cache Creek floodplain. The county’s environmental review will test whether proposed mitigation measures can trim those impacts to acceptable levels and how the project would affect local infrastructure and floodplain management. Neighbors, local agencies and environmental stakeholders will get multiple chances to weigh in during public hearings and formal comment periods.
Next Steps
Yolo County held a public scoping meeting for the project on April 10, 2025, and the state record shows a formal Notice of Preparation and public comment period that spring. The county planning page now lists the Draft EIR and a Notice of Availability. From here, the approval path runs through additional public hearings and any required mitigation measures before the Board of Supervisors can adopt a General Plan amendment or rezone. The Sacramento Business Journal reported Clark Pacific’s rezone request on April 10, 2026, noting the company’s plans to expand production capacity near its Woodland plant.
