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State Park Acquisition Bill Heard June 2

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 29, 2020 with No Comments

It is interesting that a little over one year ago this article was written. It appears even in the ‘best of times’ the state opts not to fund or prioritize parks, park maintenance, and park acquisitions. With a growing population, this means more crowds, more impacts to the resources, and less availability of parkland. Hills For Everyone is working to change that, with our bill AB 2021, which advances 1,611 acres that has always been envisioned for addition to Chino Hills State … Read More

Natural Disasters and Political Leadership

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on September 30, 2018 with No Comments

This article, while focused on how Governors prepare for natural disasters, begs the question (toward the end) are there places where it isn’t safe to build? And, it usually takes a massive natural disaster before action is taken. View the Los Angeles Times article.

City of Industry Audited–Again

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 21, 2018 with No Comments

Hmmmm. The City of Industry is getting audited by the state AGAIN. This is the second time in three years that the City has been audited. As the article states, “The controller’s previous audit of Industry found “the potential for fraud, waste and abuse of public resources was extremely high.” New reforms were supposed to have been created, time will tell if that is true. The audit is expected to take a couple months of review. Stay tuned for the … Read More