OC Public Works has a community meeting on the Brea Canyon Road Expansion project scheduled for Wednesday, May 29 from 6-7:30 PM. View our email on the meeting.
Tonight we are at a special meeting of the Rowland Height Community Coordinating Council with many area residents. Why? The L.A. County Regional Planning Department recently initiated a study group to develop an East San Gabriel Valley (ESGV) Plan. The plan will focus on topics related to land use, open space, housing, and other issues in the unincorporated areas of the ESGV area. An important feature of the plan will be how it modifies the ordinances governing the development and … Read More
An Environmental Impact Report is being written for a project that widens 1.75 miles of Brea Canyon Road, which parallels much of the 57 Freeway and dumps into Brea at State College/Central. Orange County Public Works is preparing this environmental review ans says the project helps completes the Master Plan of Arterial Highways. No funding exists to even build it yet, but this project would help facilitate the 3,600 unit Shell-Area project which straddles Orange and Los Angeles Counties in the … Read More
Let us not forget the significance of November 15, 2008. Eight years ago today the Freeway Complex Fire raced through four counties and burned over 30,000 acres right here where we all live. Ninety-five percent of Chino Hills State Park was burned. Over 300 homes were damaged or destroyed. The fire taught us many lessons, let’s hope these lessons still resonate with elected officials when making policy decisions near our wildlands. Public safety is paramount.
Hills For Everyone has joined the broad coalition of more than 100 local community organizations, children’s advocates, educators, advocates for seniors, and business and environmental leaders that have come together to pass this essential measure. Proposition A is known as the Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks, Open Space, Beaches, Rivers Protection, and Water Conservation Measure, which incorporates an annual 1.5 cent tax per square foot of building area on property owners. That works out to be less than $23 per year … Read More