The City of Industry’s highest ranking department head, Alex Gonzalez, resigned from his post and cited worsening conditions and illegal activities within the City. This is the fourth person to be fired or leave the city. Read the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.
A lot of organizations including The Trust for Public Land, The Nature Conservancy, the Association of California Water Agencies and Hills For Everyone support the passage of Prop. 68. This proposition on the June 5th ballot will provide much needed funding for California’s parks (including land acquisition and recreational access) and water features (stream protections and safe drinking water). Read the Op-Ed in the Orange County Register.
In the 1990s conservation science advanced enough for all of us to understand that our wild places needed to be connected to one another or the species and habitats would eventually die out. Hills For Everyone worked with State Parks and a developer to protect Coal Canyon–the connection between the Santa Ana Mountains and Chino Hills State Park. Now our friends at Laguna Greenbelt have worked with FivePoint Communities to begin the restoration of 2.5 miles of a six mile … Read More
The Stop Madrona team celebrated the California Supreme Court victory that finally put an end to the proposed 162-unit Madrona project in eastern Brea.
Hills For Everyone was honored to have Melanie Schlotterbeck present to the Rotary Club of Brea on the wildfires in Chino Hills State Park. Thanks for the invitation and the opportunity to share our wildfire study.