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| Documents
that Deceive |
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The
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is supposed to ensure
accurate disclose of impacts to decision-makers. However, two
major Orange County draft environmental impact reports –
for the southern extension of the Foothill toll road and for
the massive Rancho Mission Viejo housing development –
mock this objective.
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| Success
and Setback in Trabuco Canyon |
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Due
to the unresponsive political structure in Orange County, EHL
and other conservation groups, were forced to litigate two projects
in scenic and biologically important Trabuco Canyon in southern
Orange County. One suit was settled with conservation gains.
The other suffered a defeat at the trial court, but will be
appealed.
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| EHL’s
Work Honored by American Planning Association |
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In
recognition of EHL’s work on land use and habitat planning
in the Inland Empire, Executive Director Dan Silver has won
the American Planning Association California Chapter’s
award for Outstanding Distinguished Leadership: Layperson
Award.
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| EHL
Supports Revised California Gnatcatcher Listing |
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The
listing of the California gnatcatcher as a threatened species
in 1993 was the catalyst for regional habitat planning. In the
wake of DNA information that gnatcatchers in the United States
are the same species as those in Baja California, the US Fish
and Wildlife Service has proposed revising the listing on the
basis of “distinct populations.”
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Regional
News Briefs
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San
Diego Taking an essential step toward
the immense benefits of a new general plan, the County Board
of Supervisors initiated an environmental impact report for
the “2020 Update.” The use of two alternatives
– one balanced to preserve rural and natural values
and one tipped to property interests – kept all parties
at the table.
Riverside
With the signing of federal endangered
species permits in June, the Riverside County Multiple Species
Habitat Conservation Plan, or MSHCP, is now up and running.
EHL is hard at work on land acquisitions – and potential
modifications to the original plan – to implement the
reserve in the best possible way.
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