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Fall 2017

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 26, 2017 with No Comments

Fall 2017 (PDF – 726 KB) Highlights: Chino Hills State Park Legislative Champion Dies Your Chance to Save Land Preserve Hours Reduced City of Industry Shenanigans Continue Project Updates Three Easy Ways to Help Hills For Everyone After the newsletter was at press, three relevant items happened, so this issue includes two update slips on the Esperanza Hills and Madrona Appeals, and the Park Bond status.

Lawsuits Filed on Industry’s Purchase of Tres Hermanos

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 24, 2017 with No Comments

Yesterday the Cities of Diamond Bar and Chino Hills both filed a lawsuit against the City of Industry challenging its purchase of the Tres Hermanos Ranch. View the press releases from the City of Diamond Bar and Chino Hills.

Diamond Bar & Chino Hills Challenge Industry Purchase

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 24, 2017 with No Comments

Check out this article on the sale of Tres Hermanos and subsequent lawsuits filed by the Cities of Diamond Bar and Chino Hills. Both suits argue the invalid sale of the property, in addition to violating local and planning laws. Read the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.

Madrona Appeal Victory

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 17, 2017 with No Comments

Yesterday the Esperanza Hills appellate court victory was announced to Yorba Linda residents and today we get to announce Madrona’s court victory. YES! We just received word from our attorneys at Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberger that the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled in our favor on the Madrona project. We are absolutely thrilled! The court agreed with our position, stating that the Project violates the City of Brea General Plan, specifically its Woodland Protection policy, and that the Environmental Impact Report should have … Read More

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