2012 Press

Some of the environmental and/or land use articles from 2012 include:

• OC Weekly (15 Nov 2012) Online
  “Activists Abuse Environmental Laws”
• Voice of OC (14 Nov 2012) Online
  “Developing Trabuco Breaks Public Trust”
• Los Angeles Times (09 Nov 2012) Online
  “New Stormwater Runoff Rules Could Cost Cities Billions”
• Orange County Register (07 Nov 2012) Online
  “Canyon Activists File Lawsuit Against County, Supervisors”
• Daily Pilot (23 Oct 2012) Online
  “Recall Story Misstated Banning Ranch Facts”
• Governing: The States and Localities (22 Oct 2012) Online
  “Turning Forests into Carbon Banks”
• Orange County Register (05 Sep 2012) Online
  “Conservancy Sues Newport Beach Over Banning Ranch Development”
• Daily Pilot (04 Sep 2012) Online
  “Conservancy Files Lawsuit Against Banning Ranch Approval”
• Los Angeles Times (04 Sep 2012) Online
  “On Rural Wildcat Canyon Road, Fears of Uncaged Development”
• Orange County Register (22 Aug 2012) Online
  “Monks Make Case for New Monastery”
• Orange County Register (20 Aug 2012) Online
  “Billions Evaporate from Measure M2 Tax Take”
• Orange County Register (17 Aug 2012) Online
  “28 Miles of Bike Lanes and Trails Planned for Orange County”
• Huntington Beach Independent (15 Aug 2012)
  “Developer: Coastal Commission Not Obeying Court Orders”
• Daily Pilot (14 Aug 2012) Online
  “Commentary: $4.4 Million is Not Enough to Cover Banning Ranch Impacts”
• Daily Pilot (13 Aug 2012) Online
  “Fair Attendance Declines a Bit”
• Daily Pilot (09 Aug 2012) Online
  “Coastal Commission Approves Sunset Ridge Park”
• Voice of OC (07 Aug 2012) Online
  “Stick to the Rules on Canyon Developments”
• Daily Pilot (04 Aug 2012) Online
  “Commentary: Politics Aside, Banning Ranch Agreement is Good for Costa Mesa”
• Daily Pilot (24 Jul 2012) Online
  “Conservancy Remains Optimistic In Open-Space Effort”
• Orange County Register (24 Jul 2012) Online
  “Newport Beach Council OKs Banning Ranch Project”
• Sacramento Bee (21 Jul 2012) Online
  “Hidden California State Park Funds Spark Outrage”
• Daily Pilot (20 Jul 2012) Online
  “Commentary: Council Sold Costa Mesa Short on Banning Ranch Project”
• Orange County Register (20 Jul 2012) Online
  “Pelican Crisis Worsens; H.B. Center Crowded”
• Daily Pilot (18 Jul 2012) Online
  “City to Get $4.4 Million if Banning Ranch is Completed”
• Orange County Register (17 Jul 2012) Online
  “Captured Mountain Lion Will Be Relocated”
• Voice of OC (16 Jul 2012) Online
  “Why is the FBI Shooting Down a Wildlife Corridor?”
• Chino Hills Champion (14 Jul 2012)PDF
  “Federal Funds Ensure State Park Won’t Close”
• OC Weekly (28 Jun 2012) PDF
  “Monks and Canyon Dwellers Go Mano a Mano in Silverado Canyon”
• Orange County Register (25 Jun 2012) Online
  “Spike in Trail Rage Prompts Etiquette Reminders”
• Laguna Beach Independent (17 Jun 2012)
  “FBI Hunts for Wildlife Habitat”
• Los Angeles Times (30 May 2012) Online
  “O.C.’s Great Park At Risk After $1.4 Billion in Tax Money is Lost”
• Voice of OC (17 May 2012) Online
  “Don’t Let Developers Reshape Canyons”
• Wall Street Journal (01 May 2012) Online
  “A Bold Plan for Sustainable California Communities”
• Voice of OC (30 Apr 2012) Online
  “Old Battles Still Rage On OC Fair Board”
• Daily Pilot (26 Apr 2012) Online
  “Fair Board Expands Committee Members”
• Daily Pilot (23 Apr 2012) Online
  “Attorney General Drops Fair Board as Client”
• Voice of OC (16 Apr 2012) Online
  “Pringle’s PR Firm Part of the Fight Against Water Clean Up Plan”
• San Jose Mercury News (07 Apr 2012)
  “Windfall of Cash Could Hit State Treasury From Global Warming Program“
• Voice of OC (28 Mar 2012) Online
  “NRC Shuts Down San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Indefinitely”
• Voice of OC (28 Mar 2012) Online
  “Regulators: Desalination Plant Builders Not Providing Key Info”
• Los Angeles Times (27 Mar 2012) Online
  “A Penny Foolish on California’s Parks”
• Los Angeles Times (15 Mar 2012)
  “Stop-Sign Cameras Ticket 70,000 in Los Angeles Parks”
• PlosOne (March 2012) PDF
  “Housing Location Determines Wildfire Risk”
• Voice of OC (22 Feb 2012) Online
  “Governor Appoints Two New Members To the OC Fair Board”
• Voice of OC (12 Mar 2012) Online
  “Fair Board Makes Activists Wait 820 Days For Copies of Public Records”
• Huntington Beach Independent (04 Jan 2012 Online
  “Natural Perspectives: The Return of Vanished Species”