Supervisor Mike Wasserman, whose district includes the South County site of the proposal, made the motion to deny the appeals.

The South Valley Islamic Community has been working to get the project approved for years, after first purchasing the land in 2006.

The project has been in the works for 13 years and is now in the final stages of approval.

Plans to build an Islamic center in rural San Martin have—once again—stirred up anti-Muslim sentiment.