Editing Salida, California (section)

== Politics ==
According to Salida resident, Lee Sell, there was a movement to incorporate Salida as a city during the 1950s but it failed due to lack of tax base. Incorporation discussion surfaced again in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jardine |first=Jeff |date=9 August 2007 |title=Salida, think before you leap on plan |url=http://www.modbee.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/jeff-jardine/article3091280.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017044302/http://www.modbee.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/jeff-jardine/article3091280.html |archive-date=17 October 2017 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=The Modesto Bee}}</ref>

In 1996, the City of [[Modesto, California|Modesto]] sought to annex Salida and Wood Colony's "Beckwith Triangle" which was voted down by LAFCO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://salidaannex.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-brief-history-of-salida-and-past.html|title = Salida and Wood Colony Annexation: A brief history of Salida and a past annexation attempt|date = 26 September 2012}}</ref> At an August 2013 Modesto Planning Commission workshop, Modesto city planners unveiled a new general plan update to annex Salida and doubled the size of land they wanted to annex in and around the Beckwith Triangle.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140310095729/http://www.modbee.com/2013/08/20/2875199/mayor-holds-line-on-salida-plan.html]{{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

Terry Withrow, Stanislaus County Supervisor whose district covers Salida, authored an opinion piece which appeared in the Modesto Bee on August 20, 2011, in favor of annexing Salida to the City of Modesto.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B37VO_G2GVEcUTJJc3BzWVNLUFk/view|title = Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files}}</ref> After being elected in a run-off, Modesto Mayor Garrad Marsh expressed his support of annexing Salida in his "State of the City" speech in March 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Ken |date=28 March 2012 |title=Modesto Mayor: It's time to annex Salida |url=http://www.modbee.com/news/local/article3142600.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002405/https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article3142600.html |archive-date=31 August 2018 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=The Modesto Bee}}</ref> Both politicians met with a contentious crowd of over 200 residents who filled the Salida [[Municipal Advisory Council]] meeting room on January 29, 2013. The majority of residents spoke against annexation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDougall |first=Chelsea |date=7 February 2013 |title=Modesto mayor fights stubborn Salida crowd for annexation |url=https://www.jagnews.net/news-2/2013/02/07/modesto-mayor-fights-stubborn-salida-crowd-for-annexation/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017044336/https://www.jagnews.net/news-2/2013/02/07/modesto-mayor-fights-stubborn-salida-crowd-for-annexation/ |archive-date=17 October 2017 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=JNN Student Media}}</ref>

With the election of the new Modesto Mayor, Ted Brandvold, along with several new city council members, 2016 saw a "reset" to Modesto's 1995 General Plan boundaries. The 1995 General Plan includes Salida and the Beckwith Triangle area of [[Wood Colony]], leaving the two unincorporated communities still susceptible to annexation by the City of Modesto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valine |first=Kevin |date=15 June 2016 |title=Modesto will revisit controversy about including Wood Colony in growth map |url=http://www.modbee.com/news/article84018632.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828051431/https://www.modbee.com/news/article84018632.html |archive-date=28 August 2019 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=The Modesto Bee}}</ref>