Land Preservation Workshop – 6/22
Looking to preserve lands or waters?? Attend this free workshop!
Looking to preserve lands or waters?? Attend this free workshop!
We just learned that the 4th District Court of Appeals rendered its decision on our appeal of the original 2015 lawsuit. We won–again!! In this appeal stemming from the original lawsuit, we included four issues that we had lost. They were: 1) Project Description (adjacency to Chino Hills State Park), 2) Fire Evacuation and Access, 3) Biology (impacts to sensitive plant species), and 4) the Project’s Water Use. The Friday the 13th decision means the County needs to recirculate the Esperanza Hills … Read More
Hills For Everyone is a member of the regional Safe Trails Coalition. The park our organization founded is highlighted in this Voice of OC OpEd, written by Friends of Harbors, Beaches & Parks (FHBP) consultant Melanie Schlotterbeck. Let’s commit to respecting the official trails in our parks in 2017, our habitats and the wildlife deserve it. Read the OpEd in the Voice of OC.
In 2005, Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks coordinated a coalition of environmental groups to negotiate a comprehensive mitigation program for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), as it considered renewing its 1/2-cent sales tax measure called Measure M. Hills For Everyone was one of 30+ conservation and community groups that supported this concept and ultimately the measure. The measure committed OCTA to spend a minimum of 5% (roughly $243.5 million) on acquisition, restoration, and management. To date, the Authority … Read More
The OC Register has written an article highlighting the Hills For Everyone and Protect Our Homes and Hills win on the Esperanza Hills lawsuit. Join residents for a celebratory dinner at Wise Guys Pizzeria at Yorba Ranch Road and Yorba Linda Blvd tomorrow (July 7th) at 6 PM. View the article here.