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-two
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 INCLUDES MOVIE
Thursday, March 18th
YOU’RE INVITED!
Join us for our regular business meeting at 6:30, then stay for an environmentally themed movie at 7:30.
Valencia Hills Club House 24060 Oakvale Dr., Valencia, CA 91355 (Off of Tournament Rd., between Wiley Cyn. and McBean Pky
$10 donation requested, includes Popcorn and Soda
Limited seating-first come first serve PLEASE rsvp to exec@scope.org Film: The Unforeseen, 2007 Sundance Film Festival Winner
An ambitious developer sets out to transform thousands of acres of pristine hill country around Austin, Texas into a suburban development. The community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see the very struggle between development and preservation, between the destruction of the natural world and an often fleeting dream, that is playing out today in the Santa Clarita Valley.
WHEN: Thursday, March 18th, 6:30PM
WHERE: Valencia Hills Club House
24060 Oakvale Dr., Valencia, CA 91355
NEWHALL
RANCH River Plan out for public review -- this is your chance to voice
your objections!
- Click here to
read an editorial published written by Alison Maulhardt abot 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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