Santa Clarita
Organization for
Planning The Environment
| Mission: |
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Promote, protect and
preserve
the environment of the Santa Clarita Valley. |
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Work to provide a high
quality
of life for residents of the Santa Clarita Valley. |
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Monitor, review and
take action
on proposals which would impact or affect the environment. |
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Provide a forum for
the people
of the Santa Clarita Valley in which issues involving the environment,
ecology or quality of life can be heard and discussed. |
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Foster the education
of the
members and the people of the Santa Clarita Valley on matters involving
environment, ecology and quality of life. |
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Promote community
planning and
design which exhibits superior attention to quality, aesthetics,
sensitivity
to the environment and consideration of community goals and needs. |
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SCOPE is a twenty-three
year old volunteer organization serving the Santa Clarita Valley, a
community of over 250,000 situated in Northern Los Angeles County.
There
are many issues affecting the quality of life in this valley, whose
explosive
suburban growth is rapidly converting miles of rustic open space
directly
into modern automobile oriented communities. The City
of Santa Clarita, governs much of the older developments, however
the
majority of the surrounding area is still part of Los Angeles County,
and
subject to the 5th Supervisory District of Michael
D. Antonovich. The County has approved projects which would
effectively
double the population of the valley in the next decade, and looming on
the horizon is the largest single development proposal in Los Angeles
County
history; The Newhall
Ranch
Project.
SCOPE is your environmental voice on
these
issues. We welcome your comments --you can submit an Inquiry
Form directly to our Board of Directors.
NEXT SCOPE MEETING
Saturday, July 31st
Join us for summer refreshments and to meet other SCOPE members from 10 AM to noon.
Placerita CanyonNature Center Park
19152 Placerita Canyon Rd., Newhall
Directions from Highway 14 or Sierra Highway:
Head east on Placerita Canyon Road approximately 1.5 miles.
Park is on the right and has a signed entrance. Look for us at the picnic
tables across the pedestrian bridge.
We look forward to hearing from you!
More Information: 661 255-6899
Board elections, update on SCOPE activities and local issues, suggestions
and ideas from the membership.
the Army Corps extended the comment period on the Newhall Ranch project to Aug. 4th
- Click here to learn more about current isues surrounding Newhall Ranch
- Click here to
read an editorial published written by Alison Maulhardt about the
importance of saving this unique resource. An exerpt:
"This is our
opportunity to protect a local treasure that is rapidly becoming
extinct, a natural free-flowing wild river and all its jewels of
biological diversity. To do so we must ensure the preservation of the
wildlife corridors."
- Click here to
read an editorial by Lynne Plambeck that looks back on past river
protectoin failures that we must avoid THIS time. An excerpt:
"The Santa
Clara River is a treasure trove of animals and plants that do not exist
anywhere else in the world and are fast disappearing. It is the
source of a good part of our water supply, both for humans, plants and
animals. It provides beauty and open space for our
community. We must do a better job of protecting it this time."
- Click here
to
read an editorial by Lynne Plambeck that questions the claims of
available water for the project. An excerpt:
"In a little
noticed agenda item earlier this year, Castaic Lake Water Agency
arranged to purchase Newhall Ranch’s priority position to pump water
from the Kern Water Bank, where CLWA stored water for drought back-up
supplies. They needed the water to supply current residents, but
couldn’t get it out because their water storage agreement did not
provide for a pumpback priority. If such arrangements must be
negotiated now, even before building all the previously approved
tracts, what in the world will we do when so many new houses come on
line?"
Community groups
file suit December 22nd to ensure that hospital facilities will really
be built
The Community Advocates for Healthcare
SCV (CAHS) and Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the
Environment
(SCOPE) joined forces today in filing public interest litigation to set
aside the approval of a hospital office expansion that we believe does
not meet the needs of our community. Although touted by G & L
Realty as adding new beds and facilities to the Henry Mayo Hospital
campus,
the Development Agreement does not obligate this developer to provide
these
benefits.
Click
here for Press Release (25K doc)
Click
here for Development Agreement (4MB pdf)
Check
out SCOPE's 2009 Holiday Card (click to open PDF file):
SCOPE
is an affiliate of the California
Futures Network 
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