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Fire Season is Here

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 18, 2018 with No Comments

The recent local fires serve as a reminder of what it takes to defend properties in fire prone areas. Orange County has twice approved the Esperanza Hills project and residents with Protect Our Homes and Hills, under guidance from Hills For Everyone, have twice won in court. The project must be overturned a second time by the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Yet, the Orange County Fire Authority assures us they can handle the 340 new houses from the project … Read More

Another Big Win in Yorba Linda

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 27, 2018 with No Comments

Orange County Superior Court Judge Claster ruled in favor of residents and environmental groups fighting a dangerous hillside development (Esperanza Hills) next to Chino Hills State Park above Yorba Linda. He ordered that all project approvals be revoked and the Environmental Impact Report to be rewritten. He also gave the County a deadline (of mid-July) for complying with the order. The Appellate Court ruled in favor of conservationists back in October and have been waiting to see how the Judge … 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

Supervisors Approve Esperanza Hills

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 9, 2017 with No Comments

Yorba Linda residents should be proud of their professionalism, fact-based speeches, and compelling testimony. Thank you to Supervisor Todd Spitzer for articulating the concerns so well. We are sorry it ended with the project’s approval. Read the Orange County Register article.

Esperanza Hills Before Board of Supervisors

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 5, 2017 with No Comments

If you are interested in the Esperanza Hills fight… you can support the effort by going to the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday at 1:30 PM–in red of course. Read the Voice of OC Opinion Editorial from Protect Our Homes and Hills Team Member Bob Kanne.