California Environmental Quality Act Archives

Earth Day Call to Action

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 21, 2025 with No Comments

In place of our usual monthly e-newsletter, this month we are focused on a call to action. This Earth Day, we’re celebrating the power of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)—a cornerstone of environmental protection that ensures the community is heard. For over 45 years, CEQA has helped safeguard our parks, wildlife, and air and water quality, making it an essential tool in the ongoing fight for a healthier planet. The California Environmentally Quality Act, known as CEQA (see qua), has been … Read More

CEQA Misunderstood

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 1, 2025 with No Comments

Check out our Letter to the Editor on the Governor’s unnecessary CEQA exemptions. CEQA has not hindered the state’s economic development. Instead, California is global economic giant AND our natural resources are protected from harm.

June E-Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 15, 2023 with No Comments

Check out the Hills For Everyone June E-Newsletter which covers CEQA, fire safety in Chino Hills State Park, managed public access to Tres Hermanos, and mesopredators (specifically opossums). View the E-Newsletter.

November E-Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 18, 2022 with No Comments

In this November edition of the HFE E-Newsletter we relay the death of Bruce Douglas, the addition of a new board member, and how the California Environmental Quality Act works. View the Hills For Everyone E-Newsletter.

Tres Hermanos Use Questioned

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on December 19, 2020 with No Comments

Hills For Everyone has been consistent in its position that if Tres Hermanos was really saved for conservation, then an inventory of the natural resources is needed before anything new occurs on the property. The Authority has had two years to do that inventory and it hasn’t. View the Chino Champion article.