An additional letter filed April 19, 2021 outlined two key areas of improvement needed in the Housing Element, an inclusionary housing ordinance and distance buffers from freeways to protect human health.  Future letters to follow. The draft Escondido Housing Element and the East Valley Specific Plan Update will be discussed a series of meetings of …  Read Full Article ▸

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sierra Club North County Group (NCG) Celebrates Herminia Ledesma  First Latina Appointed to the Escondido Planning Commission This week the Escondido City Council made history by appointing the first ever Latina to the Escondido Planning Commission.  On a 3-2 vote (Morasco, Garcia opposed), Herminia Ledesma, a 27-year resident of Escondido and graduate …  Read Full Article ▸

Sierra Club NCG filed a final letter on the ECAP adoption in advance of the March 10th hearing. NCG members have participated in the Escondido Community Advisory Group on Environmental and Climate Action. The final VOTE about the Escondido Climate Action Plan Update will be held on March 10 at 6 PM at the City …  Read Full Article ▸

Built to Burn: New Report on Development in Fire Zones   A very important report (directly relevant to the local proposal Harvest Hills) has been issued by the Center for Biological Diversity last week. Built to Burn, California’s Wildlands Developments are Playing with Fire, Bold Land-use Reforms Needed Now to Ensure Safer, Sustainable Future. The authors …  Read Full Article ▸

The final VOTE about the Escondido Climate Action Plan Update will be held on March 10 at 6 PM at the City Council meeting. This is such an important action.  It will guide city planning and actions for the next 14 years.  We must take strong climate action if we are to arrest the worst …  Read Full Article ▸

Sierra Club NCG members have been very active in the Escondido Community Advisory Group for Environmental and Climate Action (ECAG).  The ECAG has delivered its final recommendations to the Escondido City Council on the Update of the Escondido Climate Action Plan (ECAP).  Please review this letter and offer your own thoughts to the Escondido City …  Read Full Article ▸