SPVPA and 40+ community, climate, labor, environmental justice, and conservation organizations joined forces to submit a letter to the City Council of Escondido detailing continued issues tied to the Harvest Hills proposal. Following the release of the Safari Highlands...

Today San Pasqual Valley Preservation Alliance (SPVPA) joined as 23 environmental, conservation, and climate organizations submitted a letter urging Mayor Paul McNamara and the Escondido City Council to oppose the proposed Harvest Hills development. The groups are...

On November 20, 2018, SPVPA submitted a new letter to the City of Escondido and multiple related recipients, addressing major issues with Safari Highlands Ranch’s Wildfire Analysis and Fire Protection Plan. We will continue to engage decision-makers and stake-holders...

As we mentioned earlier this week, the City of Escondido failed to properly notify more than one agency of the draft EIR for SHR when it was released in mid-October. Today the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that LAFCO was one of the agencies that was not notified of...

On October 18, 2017, the Escondido City Council voted 4:1 (Diaz no) to proceed with privatizing operations of the Escondido Public Library . The rationale for the vote to privatize the library was the financial savings it would mean for the City. However, in the same...