Speaking up for the Canyons
Master Storm Water System Maintenance Program
The draft environmental impact report for this program has been released (Link). Many canyon groups commented on it and found it unacceptable in its current form.
San Diego Canyonlands pdf
California Dept of Fish & Game pdf
California Native Plant Society, San Diego Chapter pdf
Friends of Rose Canyon pdf
Friends of 32ND St Canyon pdf
San Diego Audubon Society pdf
Other communities that are solving this problem in better ways
- The SUSTAINABILITY solution adopted by the City of Los Angeles - the Watershed Management Strategic Plan.
- Reevaluating Stormwater: The Nine Mile Run Model for Restorative Development and Appendix
- 21st Century Water Systems: Scenarios, Visions, and Drivers
The photo below shows an area in Rose Canyon which could be affected by this storm water project. This area has no access roads, and has a natural stream channel, with zero possibility of having property damage from floods, as houses are high above on the mesa top. This area is list as a potential site for 100 feet of clearing using heavy equipment such as bulldozers.
County of San Diego General Plan update
Comment letters
San Diego Open Space Dedication Bill
On December 4, 2007 the San Diego City Council ratified Senator Christine Kehoe’s bill for dedication of roughly 6,600 acres of city-owned land.
- The measure includes over 6000 acres in three regional parks at Mission Trails, Otay Valley, and Los Penasquitos Canyon Reserve.
- The measure also contains 600 plus acres of our urban Canyonlands that underwent a public vetting process and were approved for dedication by the Park and Recreation Board in 1992.
- Dedication provides a layer of protection for the land that requires a 2/3rds vote of the people of San Diego to sell the land or develop the land for any uses other than open space. There is however a provision in the Charter allowing roads/utilities through dedicated lands and allowing active recreational uses.
- Passing the measure saved the City over $1 million in unnecessary surveying and entitlement costs usually associated with the dedication process.
A list of parcels that may be included in future dedication process: Nov. 9, 2006 Report from City Staff: Parcel List
City Council (Parcels Dedicated) December 4, 2007 City Council Dedication
