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It’s Over. We Won Madrona.

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 12, 2018 with No Comments

The California Supreme Court has just turned down the developer’s request for review of the Madrona Project. Game Over. We won. After a 17 year battle to stop Madrona, a dangerous hillside development of 162 houses deep in the fire prone Carbon Canyon area of Brea, conservationists are celebrating a final victory. Hills For Everyone (and its co-petitioners) won at the Superior Court level in November 2015; we won at the Appellate Court level in October 2017, and we won … Read More

The Risk versus the View

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on December 16, 2017 with No Comments

This article hits home. This is exactly why Hills For Everyone has been fighting projects in the hills in known wildfire corridors, including Madrona and Esperanza Hills. How much risk is one community supposed to take on and at what price? Read the Los Angeles Times article.

Donate to Defend the Madrona Court Victory

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on December 5, 2017 with No Comments

At the last minute last week, acting as the trustee for the bankrupt Madrona property, the State of Idaho filed an appeal with the California Supreme Court asking it to overturn Hills For Everyone’s Superior Court and Appellate Court victories. Please donate to support the defense of our Madrona court victory. The developers have challenged only one narrow portion of the decision relating to General Plan consistency. Several things work in our favor: The City of Brea did not join the original appeal or this … Read More

Fall 2017

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 26, 2017 with No Comments

Fall 2017 (PDF – 726 KB) Highlights: Chino Hills State Park Legislative Champion Dies Your Chance to Save Land Preserve Hours Reduced City of Industry Shenanigans Continue Project Updates Three Easy Ways to Help Hills For Everyone After the newsletter was at press, three relevant items happened, so this issue includes two update slips on the Esperanza Hills and Madrona Appeals, and the Park Bond status.

Madrona Appeal Victory

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 17, 2017 with No Comments

Yesterday the Esperanza Hills appellate court victory was announced to Yorba Linda residents and today we get to announce Madrona’s court victory. YES! We just received word from our attorneys at Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberger that the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled in our favor on the Madrona project. We are absolutely thrilled! The court agreed with our position, stating that the Project violates the City of Brea General Plan, specifically its Woodland Protection policy, and that the Environmental Impact Report should have … Read More