Landfill Expansion Defeat
The County of Orange operates landfills throughout the County. One of those landfills lies next to the City of Brea. In the mid 1970s Brea proposed the 1,100 acre Brea Olinda Wilderness Park extending from the landfill across the hills to a small community called Olinda Village. Funding to protect the land was initially secured and then lost. In its place, the County then proposed expanding the landfill across the same hills and canyons. At the urging of Hills For … Read More