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Presentations to the Board of Supervisors

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 17, 2015 with No Comments

Protect Our Homes and Hills, a project of Hills For Everyone, organized nine speeches for decision day on Esperanza Hills before the Orange County Board of Supervisors on March 10, 2015. View the speeches one by one or through the playlist. Noise by Brian Gass (2:31) Access by Lizette Spellman (3:47) Fire by Mike Benz (3:31) Casino Ridge by Paulette Byrne (3:24) Geology by Diane Kanne (3:15) Water by Sharon Rehmeyer (3:26) Traffic by Marlene Nelson (3:17) Two Faces of … Read More

Thank You Bruce, Welcome Roland

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 3, 2015 with No Comments

Recently, former La Habra Heights Mayor Bruce Douglas resigned from the Hills For Everyone Board of Directors. He has been active in protecting both his beloved city as well as the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor for two decades. An avid mountain biker, Bruce knows the land from the ground up. We are grateful for his years of service and we wish him well in his retirement. In his place, another long time active supporter of the hills from La Habra … Read More

Chino Hills General Plan Update

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 3, 2015 with No Comments

Last week the Chino Hills City Council passed the long awaited update of the General Plan. They set aside the issue of zoning for the 3,000 acres of hills along the 71 freeway. Landowners have suggested the land is zoned one unit per five acres. However, Hills For Everyone provided City Council minutes from 1994 showing the Council voted 5-0 to leave the existing County zoning in place at one house per forty acres. This decision was not elegantly handled … Read More

Chino Hills Land Use Decision Pending

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 24, 2015 with No Comments

Tonight the Chino Hills City Council will be considering an update of their old General Plan. There is disagreement as to the zoning of property in the undeveloped hills west of the 71 freeway in southern Chino Hills. City documents show the area is zoned 1 unit per 40 acres – a carry over from when the land was under the control of San Bernardino County. In fact, the City specifically left it that way though landowners proposed 9,300 units … Read More

Possible Permanent Trailhead Closure

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 23, 2015 with No Comments

At the upcoming Habitat Authority Board meeting this Thursday, February 26th, at 3:00 the Board will be discussing the possible closing of the gate at Orange Grove in Hacienda Heights. This will have a major impact on access to Habitat Authority public lands in Hacienda Heights. So far the Board has just been hearing from the residents who don’t like having people going past their backyard fences. They need to hear from the people who actually use this trail. You … Read More

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