This may be surprising considering the Friends of Coyote Hills is locked in a lawsuit with the City of Fullerton and Chevron-Pacific Coast Homes to uphold the public’s 2012 Measure W vote which should have overturned the City Council’s approval of the...
As Council Turns Down $15 Million for Coyote Hills Acquisition In the August 2017 issue of the Fullerton Observer, I wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek piece titled “I’m All for Saving Coyote Hills… Unless It Can Actually Be Done”. This was in respo...
Recently, Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva and State Senator Josh Newman took significant actions to help preserve Coyote Hills as a natural open space park in park-poor North Orange County. They authored state legislations Assembly Bill (AB) 510 and Sena...
The City of Fullerton acquired the 72-acre Robert E. Ward Nature Preserve in 1983. It was closed to the public from day 1. The City did not intend to open the park until after the development of West Coyote Hills. Deals were made with Chevron-Pacific Coas...
The Friends of Coyote Hills continue to fight to save all 510 acres of West Coyote Hills as a park and preserve for now and future generations. In February we filed an appeal of our Measure W lawsuit to defend the people’s right to referend our City Cou...
Press Release: Quirk-Silva’s West Coyote Hills Preservation Act Passes Assembly Floor (SACRAMENTO) – Today, Assembly Bill 510 (AB 510) by Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Orange County was approved on the Assembly floor by more than a two-th...
Friends of Coyote Hills President Angela Chen-Lindstrom is honored by California State Senator Josh Newman during his annual Women of the Year Awards, held recently in Buena Park. Angela was chosen as this year’s honoree in the Environment category...
On February 2, 2017, The Friends of Coyote Hills filed an appeal on the Measure W referendum. Last October, an Orange County judge ruled that Measure W did not overturn the City Council’s approval of the development of West Coyote Hills. We disagree...
The October 2016 court ruling on the 2011 Measure W results put the Save Coyote Hills effort in a state of legal limbo. Litigation has its risk for all sides. The Friends have until February 3, 2017 to file an appeal. The Friends of Coyote Hills sued ...
On Monday, 10/31/16, the judge ruled against our Measure W lawsuit to uphold Fullerton voters’ decision to overturn the development approvals for Coyote Hills. Of course we are very disappointed. We had hoped that we voters would prevail. Well,...
