We hired local biologist Robb Hamilton to review the Hsi Lai Temple Monastery project and its impacts to the Wildlife Corridor. Check out his early review. Comments on the Notice of Preparation of the Environmental Impact Report are due by Tuesday, December 8th.
Two public notices for Environmental Impact Reports have been released: the Hsi Lai Monastery Expansion (Hacienda Heights) and Olinda Alpha Landfill (Brea). Further, the City of Brea has two newly installed wildfire cameras. View our E-Newsletter.
Hills For Everyone plans to comment on the proposed Hsi Lai Monastery expansion. This is the step, the Notice of Preparation, before the Environmental Impact Report. The project’s current location sits in a very tenuous portion of the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor. Read the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.
The County of Los Angeles is holding a virtual scoping meeting for the proposed Hsi Lai Monastery Expansion in Hacienda Heights on November 19, 2020. The expansion is proposed to include 17 buildings including dorms, residential buildings, programming space, and a seven level subterranean parking garage. Read our e-alert on the meeting.
The International Buddhist Progress Society has proposed an expansion of its Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights. The project, a monastery, is being processed through the County of Los Angeles. Learn about the Hsi Lai Monastery Expansion.