The following was sent out by Jonathan Howard, Communications Coordinator for the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, on October 6th, 2021:
On March 30th, 2021, city planning director Vince Bertoni released a memo removing a large number of land parcels from being included in the Mulholland Design Review Board public process, which has been the single most effective tool for preserving wildlife corridors on speculative development sites for the past thirty years. By taking this action, the Director of Planning has given an immediate free pass to hillside developments which could completely disrupt or block wildlife connectivity for threatened populations such as mountain lion, deer, bobcats and more.
If we reduce protections in this area, we will allow even further irreversible damage to occur. It would only take one ill-planned project to disrupt or block wildlife connectivity completely.
Help us keep up the ongoing momentum for this campaign.