Check out this Op-Ed in the San Jose Mercury on Proposition 68 (the Park Bond Act). As indicated in the article most of the money is slated for Southern California. This is good news for us and the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor! On June 5th, help support conservation locally and statewide by voting YES on Proposition 68. Check out the San Jose Mercury article.
In 2011 The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) purchased the Hayashi property in Brea’s Carbon Canyon. It lies adjacent to Chino Hills State Park at the juncture of Soquel and Carbon Creeks. The land was purchased as mitigation for OCTA’s freeway projects. It is one of seven preserves recently renamed through a voting contest offered by OCTA. Rather than carry the name of the former landowners, the new preserves carry the name of a habitat value on the property. Hayashi’s … Read More
The Clean Water and Safe Parks Act will invest $4 billion in the coming years to address some of California’s most important water, park, and natural resource needs. Let’s protect the California we know and love by voting Yes on 68 on June 5th. Every acre of undeveloped land in the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor is eligible for funding from this measure. We’ve worked hard to get our lands eligible for matching funds as well. Our vision is a connected, … Read More
Lawsuits filed by the Cities of Chino Hills and Diamond Bar have the City of Industry focused on record requests and not the advancement of the solar factory itself. The factory was planned for the Tres Hermanos property (Upper Tonner Canyon) and bills submitted by the leasee have been unpaid because the City Council has yet to increase the cap beyond the original $20M. View the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Claster ruled in favor of residents and environmental groups fighting a dangerous hillside development (Esperanza Hills) next to Chino Hills State Park above Yorba Linda. He ordered that all project approvals be revoked and the Environmental Impact Report to be rewritten. He also gave the County a deadline (of mid-July) for complying with the order. The Appellate Court ruled in favor of conservationists back in October and have been waiting to see how the Judge … Read More