Hills For Everyone has guided the efforts of a volunteer-based group, Protect Our Homes and Hills, in efforts to stop the Esperanza Hills and Cielo Vista project. Residents mainly cite public safety, evacuation, fire, water and other environmental concerns. OC Register reporter John Drummond highlights their efforts in a recent article. Check out the article.
Congress reauthorized the critical conservation bill, known as the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Congress let it expire September 30 after 50 years of successful conservation funding. Many organizations, including Hills For Everyone, supported its renewal. In the last few days, Congress approved an omnibus spending package with a three-year extension the Fund. There is an increase in the annual allocation and $450 million is available for conservation each year. These funds were used in the purchase of a … Read More
The Santa Ana River Parkway Extension Project, Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), will be available for public review beginning December 10, 2015 today. The Notice of Availability (NOA) contains information where paper copies of the DEIR are available for public review and the web address to download a digital copy. Written comments are due back to the County no later than January 25, 2016. Download the NOA. Comments go to: Jeff Dickman, Trail Coordinator – Planner IV OC Public Works, … Read More
After another awesome speech by Leadership Team Member, Diane Kanne, requesting the Council postpone a decision until after the holidays…the City Council did just that. We expect a decision at the January 5, 2016 Council meeting.
Based on the County of Orange Planning Commission agenda, the Cielo Vista project is NOT on the Wednesday, December 9th meeting agenda. There is a possibility it will be on the December 23rd agenda or, if we are lucky, it gets moved to after the first of the year.