The Coast News reports that the Harvest Hills property, the 1,100 acres north of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park once slated for 550 luxury homes, could be among the first lands returned to the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians. Oswit Land Trust signed an agreement in...

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...

In the face of overwhelming community opposition to SHR and 560+ days after a massive response to SHR’s Draft Environmental Impact Report, there is still NO Final EIR in sight. However, efforts to rehabilitate the image of Safari Highlands Ranch have apparently begun:...

Setbacks and delays continue to plague the Safari Highlands Ranch development effort. It has been over 500 days since the close of the public comment period for the Safari Highlands Ranch Draft Environmental Impact Report. 500+ days to accomplish something originally...

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...

SPVPA is pleased to announce Friends of Hellhole Canyon has joined the growing opposition efforts related to Safari Highlands Ranch. Since 2000, Friends of Hellhole Canyon has been focused on preserving and protecting critical land around Hellhole Canyon, including...

Whether through General Plan Amendments (Newland Sierra) or through annexation (Safari Highlands Ranch), we must STOP developers continuing to work around rules created to guide growth in safe, orderly and responsible ways – NOT urban sprawl into rural fire traps. On...

The Safari Highlands Ranch Draft EIR public comment period closed on January 2, 2018. As part of our long-planned response, SPVPA and Endangered Habitats League retained an impressive team of experts to analyze and submit comments on the SHR DEIR. The results of this...

It’s a busy week: we gave thanks on Thursday, looked for splashy sales on Friday, supported small businesses on Saturday and scoured the Internet for deals on Monday. The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is fast becoming known as Giving Tuesday, an international day of...