Hills For Everyone had significant accomplishments in 2015 with many challenges across the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor. This video captures some of the highlights of our work as well as some of things we will be working on in 2016. Thank you for your continued support. Your support and financial contributions make this work possible.
In an odd turn of events, the Yorba Linda City Council changed its mind on the primary access road for the proposed (and currently litigated) Esperanza Hills project. Arguments have ensued for months that the proposed primary access road across San Antonio Canyon behind more than a dozen homes was patently illegal. Residents provided 18 documents confirming their position that the land was open space in perpetuity and the road was not an acceptable use. The City changed its position … Read More
Hills For Everyone has guided the efforts of a volunteer-based group, Protect Our Homes and Hills, in efforts to stop the Esperanza Hills and Cielo Vista project. Residents mainly cite public safety, evacuation, fire, water and other environmental concerns. OC Register reporter John Drummond highlights their efforts in a recent article. Check out the article.
After another awesome speech by Leadership Team Member, Diane Kanne, requesting the Council postpone a decision until after the holidays…the City Council did just that. We expect a decision at the January 5, 2016 Council meeting.
The Protect Our Homes and Hills team methodically outlined before the City Council why approving the pre-annexation agreement and road down San Antonio Canyon was not only wrong, but illegal. Residents researched the entire history of the Canyon lots and provided an in depth accounting of the Tract 9813’s approval, conditions, correspondence and intents. They were able to completely debunk the City’s assertions that roads go through open space all over Yorba Linda. The clincher was that the City Council was being asked … Read More