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Cielo Vista Moves to Board

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 17, 2016 with No Comments

The Orange County Planning Commission voted in March to recommend approval of the 83-unit Cielo Vista project. This means the Environmental Impact Report and project goes before the Board of Supervisors, likely in late April. Yorba Linda residents continue to fight this and the Esperanza Hills project through a resident-based group called Protect Our Homes and Hills. The Orange County Register recently published an article on the project. View the March 16, 2016 article.

Esperanza Hills Approvals

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 4, 2015 with No Comments

Orange County Supervisors nailed it! They approved a 340 unit project (Esperanza Hills) in the hills above Yorba Linda that uses twice the water an average resident used (before the 36% mandatory cutbacks) and it will be in a known fire corridor (its burned multiple times). Orange County Fire Authority said this development would act as a fire break for the older homes. Buyer beware! In what universe is someone’s home sold as a firebreak for someone else’s home? Check … Read More

City of Industry Faces Massive Fines

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 29, 2015 with No Comments

Apparently the City of Industry is looking at nearly $6 million in fines due to damaging the environment. City officials contend the former Mayor’s company “Zerep,” hired for a variety of tasks, did the damage unbeknownst to the City or Council and without a permit. The City is contemplating filing a suit against the former mayor. Hills For Everyone Executive Director, Claire Schlotterbeck, stated she hoped the audit of City docs would shed light on the system. The Los Angeles … Read More

Esperanza Hills Moves to OC Supervisors

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 18, 2015 with No Comments

The Orange County Planning Commission, consisting of five members representing each of the five Supervisorial Districts in the County, considered an application by Esperanza Hills developers to build 340 homes in the foothills above Yorba Linda. After over two hours of public comment opposing the Esperanza Hills project, the Planning Commission voted unanimously that the project and the environmental documents were sufficient to recommend approval to the Board of Supervisors. Over 65 people wearing red (in opposition to the project) were in … Read More