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.
One week ago, Hills For Everyone and other co-petitioners got the decision from the judge that indeed, the City of Brea had violated its own planning laws. The judge filed a minute order, which requires the winners (us) to file a ruling. It was filed by our attorneys at Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger last Friday. The other parties and judge review it and once final, the City and landowner have 60 days to file an appeal. If an appeal is … Read More
We just received the ruling from Orange County Judge Robert Moss and couldn’t be more thrilled. We won! He granted our petition almost across the board. He found that Brea violated its own planning documents, that the Environmental Impact Report was not adequate, and therefore the 162 unit housing project next to Chino Hills State Park is no longer approved. That’s right, the project is overturned. The project would have removed 1,400 oak and walnut trees destroying the extensive woodlands … Read More
Today, Hills For Everyone and the Stop Madrona team attended the court hearing before Judge Moss at the Superior Court of California (in Santa Ana). Sara Clark and Gabriel Ross from Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger represented Hills For Everyone, Sierra Club, Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks and California Native Plant Society. Our petition was against the City of Brea for its approval of the 162 unit Madrona project in Carbon Canyon, as well as the developer (the state of Idaho is … Read More
Support Hills For Everyone and its Stop Madrona efforts by participating in this Garden Tour of beautifully landscaped homes throughout Brea. Most of these yards are water wise. Visit one, some or all of the homes on the Garden Tour to see what other homeowners are doing to create living masterpieces in their own yards. Get expert tips on the plant palette, water use, benefits of installing specific garden types, and see different stages of growth and various themes. There … Read More