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Esperanza Hills Victory

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 16, 2017 with No Comments

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

Supervisors Approve Esperanza Hills

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 9, 2017 with No Comments

Yorba Linda residents should be proud of their professionalism, fact-based speeches, and compelling testimony. Thank you to Supervisor Todd Spitzer for articulating the concerns so well. We are sorry it ended with the project’s approval. Read the Orange County Register article.

Esperanza Hills Before Board of Supervisors

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 5, 2017 with No Comments

If you are interested in the Esperanza Hills fight… you can support the effort by going to the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday at 1:30 PM–in red of course. Read the Voice of OC Opinion Editorial from Protect Our Homes and Hills Team Member Bob Kanne.

Cielo Vista Moves Forward, Esperanza Hills Refuses Board Recommendations

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 2, 2017 with No Comments

It appears the Cielo Vista project will go before the Subdivision Committee for its Vesting Map in Spring 2017. Esperanza Hills on the other hand is refusing to comply with the requests of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The developer refuses to consider the impacts of the bridge, reduce the density, and/or secure a secondary primary access.

YL Group Named Year’s Best…

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 2, 2017 with No Comments

Orange County Register columnist Jim Drummond picked Protect Our Homes and Hills as the 2016 most effective community action group in Yorba Linda. This is the second year in a row. Hills For Everyone has been mentoring the group for more than five years. Here is what he said: “Best example of an effective community action group: Leaders of Protect Our Homes and Hills maintain a laser-like focus on issues related to the 480-home Esperanza Hills and Cielo Vista projects, … Read More