Arnold Sacks San Onofre Supporters (and lots more)
March 25th, 2008
You achieved a monumental, benchmark success in the fight to keep San Onofre State Beach and Trestles wild and clean at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on February 3rd, helping the California Coastal Commission take the advice of its staff and vote 8-2 against the proposed toll road through San Onofre State Beach. However, despite the victory, it’s the only the end of a chapter, and Arnold’s follow-up move, likely made at the behest of developers, was an ominous surprise.Shortly after the California Coastal Commission rendered their decision, the Orange County Transportation Corridor Agency quickly filed papers to appeal with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and successfully pressured Governor Schwarzenegger to remove actor Clint Eastwood and Schwarzenegger’s brother-in-law Bobby Shriver from the Calfornia State Park and Recreation Commission, which has long opposed the project through San Onofre State Beach. Stay tuned, the fight isn’t over to keep the Foothill-South 241 toll road out of the backcountry of San Onofre and the Trestles-fed San Mateo Creek.
Meanwhile, Micah Mitrosky from the Sierra Club‘s Smart Energy Solutions campaign is reminding the hundreds of people interested in stopping the controversial Sunrise Powerlink line to attend upcoming Volunteer Mobilization Meetings to learn about simple things everyone can do to help protect local communities, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, and the Cleveland National Forest from the Sunrise Powerlink.
Many thanks to Robin Rierdan, Michele Sawaya, and Cindy Collins of Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy for a tour of the conservancy’s trails, and for linking Treehuggers International on the conservancy’s website.
Former San Diego fire chief Jeff Bowman and the California Chaparral Institute‘s Rick Halsey have been in the news lately as the San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum issued its list of recommendations regarding the 2007 Wildfires.
Also, Kama Dean and Pro Peninsula scored front-page real estate in the January 19th edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Read the article HERE.
