Thank you so much to Assemblyman Phillip Chen for his great presentation on SB 266 on the Assembly Floor. The bill passed the floor 63-0 and goes back to the Senate for concurrence on amendments. More progress made! Thanks to Senator Josh Newman for his persistence with this bill.
We are thrilled to have Chino Hills State Park featured in this opinion piece by our consultant Melanie Schlotterbeck. Learn a little bit about how and why the park was created. View the Chino Champion article.
In a very contrasting post to our last one, we are excited to announce that our Chino Hills State Park expansion bill (SB 266 – Senator Josh Newman) unanimously passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee this morning. Next up the Assembly Floor vote.
More coverage in the Voice of OC on the recent conservation acquisitions. There continues to be more work to do–we won’t let up! And, yes the long term goal is to get these lands into State Park ownership, but our short term goal is to get them protected. View the Voice of OC article.
A great article on the recent purchase next to Chino Hills State Park. Included in the article was how the land was funded for acquisition. Funds were used from the deer and mountain lion fund–a voter approved proposition (Prop 117). There are both deer and mountain lions in this area! Keep it wild! View the article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.