Brea City Attorney Comments on Madrona Case

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The Brea City Attorney explains at the January 16, 2018 City Council Meeting what his initial take is of the Supreme Court’s denial of the developer’s request for review of the Madrona project.  In short, he believes the project can’t be fixed by updating the Environmental Impact Report. We anticipate the that Superior Court Judge Moss will require the entire project approvals to be overturned by the City of Brea. View the video.

It’s Over. We Won Madrona.

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The California Supreme Court has just turned down the developer’s request for review of the Madrona Project.   Game Over.  We won. After a 17 year battle to stop Madrona, a dangerous hillside development of 162 houses deep in the fire prone Carbon Canyon area of Brea, conservationists are celebrating a final victory. Hills For Everyone (and its co-petitioners) won at the Superior Court level in November 2015; we won at the Appellate Court level in October 2017, and we won … Read More

Donate to Defend the Madrona Court Victory

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At the last minute last week, acting as the trustee for the bankrupt Madrona property, the State of Idaho filed an appeal with the California Supreme Court asking it to overturn Hills For Everyone’s Superior Court and Appellate Court victories.  Please donate to support the defense of our Madrona court victory. The developers have challenged only one narrow portion of the decision relating to General Plan consistency. Several things work in our favor: The City of Brea did not join the original appeal or this … Read More

Madrona Appeal Victory

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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

Madrona Ruling Filed

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One week ago, Hills For Everyone and other co-petitioners got the decision from the judge that indeed, the City of Brea had violated its own planning laws. The judge filed a minute order, which requires the winners (us) to file a ruling. It was filed by our attorneys at Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger last Friday. The other parties and judge review it and once final, the City and landowner have 60 days to file an appeal. If an appeal is … Read More

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