Some of the environmental and/or land use articles from 2016 include:
- Voice of OC (30 Dec 2016) Online
“Schlotterbeck: Understanding How to Love Our Parks Without Destroying Them“ - Los Angeles Times (30 Dec 2016) Online
“Coastal Commissioner Wendy Mitchell Resigns Post After Six Years on the Panel“ - Orange County Register (30 Dec 2016) Online
“Political Perspectives: Highlights of Yorba Linda’s Last 12 Months“ - Los Angeles Times (16 Dec 2016) Online
“A $1-billion Desalination Plant Might be Coming to Huntington Beach, But it Will Test California’s Environmental Rules” - Voice of OC (16 Dec 2016) Online
“Orange Citizens Prevail: California Supreme Court Affirms the Power of the General Plan” - Voice of OC (14 Dec 2016) Online
“Drama on the Dias as Supervisors Narrowly Reject Development Plan” - OC Indy (14 Dec 2016) Online
“Yorba Linda Officials, Esperanza Hills Developer Mull Next Steps After County OKs 1 of 2 Hillside Housing Projects” - Voice of OC (12 Dec 2016) Online
“Nelson: Public Safety Issues Still Plague the Esperanza Hills Project” - OC Indy (08 Dec 2016) Online
“Yorba Linda City Council Deadlocks, Scraps Letters to County on 420 Hillside Homes” - Los Angeles Times (07 Dec 2016) Online
“Brea, La Habra Both Make Progress on Their Trails” - OC Indy (05 Dec 2016) Online
“Yorba Linda City Council to Prepare Final Argument to County on 420 Proposed Hillside Homes” - Daily Pilot (02 Dec 2016) Online
“OCTA To Preserve 1300 Acres of Wilderness Forever” - Daily Pilot (02 Dec 2016) Online
“Police Investigate After Man’s Body is Found in Talbert Regional Park” - Daily Pilot (01 Dec 2016) Online
“Those Mysterious Creatures Along Huntington Beach’s Coast are Burrowing Sea Cucumbers” - Daily Pilot (01 Dec 2016) Online
“Fire That Started at Homeless Camp Burns Brush at Talbert Regional Park” - Los Angeles (18 Nov 2016) Online
“Enforcement Questions Add Frustration to Fear For Neighbors of Crime-Plagued Talbert Regional Park” - Washington Post (18 Nov 2016) Online
“While the North Pole Warms Beyond the Melting Point, it’s Freakishly Cold in Siberia” - Los Angeles Times (10 Nov 2016) Online
“Settlement Ends the Threat of a Toll Road Through San Onofre State Beach” - Los Angeles Times (04 Nov 2016) Online
“Banning Ranch Developer Sues over Coastal Commission’s Rejection of Project” - Rawstory (01 Nov 2016) Online
“Southern California’s Deadliest Quake May Have Been Caused by Oil Drilling, Study Says” - The Log (20 Oct 2016) Online
“Orange County Names New Manager to Oversee Dana Point Harbor“ - Orange County Register (18 Oct 2016) Online
“Here’s a Look at Coyote Attacks on Humans in Irvine” - NBC News (10 Oct 2016) Online
Hiker Injured in Bear Attack in Bailey Canyon” - Voice of OC (03 Oct 2016) Online
“Schlotterbeck: Making Parks a Priority” - Los Angeles Times (01 Oct 2016) Online
“From Buying Land to Preserving It, How One Group is Teaching Outdoors Aficionados How Not to ‘Love It to Death’“ - Whittier Daily News (23 Sep 2016) Online
“Hellman Park’s Hiking Trails are Degrading From Overuse. Is Closing It the Answer?” - Orange County Register (15 Sep 2016) Online
“Developer and Residents Reach Agreement Over Cielo Vista Project” - Los Angeles Times (11 Sep 2016) Online
“Meet the Small Gray Songbird That has Restricted so Much California Coastal Development“ - Orange County Register (10 Sep 2016) Online
“How Ordinary Folks Waged Battle Against Money and Power at Newport Banning Ranch” - Los Angeles Times (08 Sep 2016) Online
“Is the Banning Ranch Proposal Really Dead? A Look at Where the O.C. Coastal Project Goes From Here” - Voice of OC (09 Sep 2016) Online
“Eidt: Newport’s Banning Ranch Development Denied, Violates Coastal Act” - Orange County Register (07 Sep 2016) Online
“Banning Ranch Project Denied by Coastal Commission, Ending 20-year Battle — For Now” - Los Angeles Times (07 Sep 2016) Online
“A Massive 895-home Development on Southern California’s Coast is Shot Down” - Daily Pilot (07 Sep 2016) Online
“Coastal Commission Denies Banning Ranch Project After Marathon Hearing” - New York Times (05 Sep 2016) Online
“Keep Bikes Off Our Wilderness Trails” - National Park Service (17 Aug 2016) Online
“Doctor Pleads Guilty to Looting Artifacts from Death Valley” - Rancho Santa Margarita Patch (16 Aug 2016) Online
“Remote Rescues Near Rancho Santa Margarita Remind Hikers to Use Good Sense” - Los Angeles Times (11 Aug 2016) Online
“Perseid Meteor Shower 2016 Offers a Once in a Decade ‘Outburst’” - CalMatters (10 Aug 2016) Online
“Forests of Fatalities: After 70 Million Tree Deaths, Worst “Still to Come”” - Coastline Pilot (04 Aug 2016) Online
“Grant Will Help City Clean Laguna Canyon Creek” - Los Angeles Times (08 Aug 2016) Online
“Hollister Ranch Owners are Fighting the State Again Over Public’s Right to Use the Beach” - Los Angeles Times (03 Aug 2016) Online
“It’s 90 Degrees in the Shade — Have You Watered That Tree?” - Los Angeles Times (01 Aug 2016) Online
“Bill to Ban Private Communications by California’s Coastal Commissioners Gets Sidetracked” - Los Angeles Times (22 Jul 2016) Online
“Why California’s Northern Coast Doesn’t Look Like Atlantic City” - ClimatePlan (19 Jul 2016) Webinar
“Is Southern California on Track?“ - Voice of OC (07 Jul 2016) Online
“Sears: What Didn’t Happen is A Story Worth Telling” - Orange County Register (06 Jul 2016) Online
“Esperanza Hills Opponents Find Hope in Judge’s Decision” - Orange County Register (28 Jun 2016) Online
“Banning Ranch Developer Seeks Expansion” - NPR (22 Jun 2016) Online
“How Reddit Helped Find A Graffiti Artist Who Defaced National Parks” - Los Angeles Times (22 Jun 2016) Online
“Nuclear Waste, Anyone? Feds Look to Willing States” - Merced Sun Star (16 Jun 2016) Online
“Our National Parks Are Vital to Fighting Climate Change” - Minute Man Newsletter (07 Jun 2016) Online
“Caution On Off-Leash Dogs at Preserves” - New York Times (07 Jun 2016) Online
“Builders Pierce California’s Environmental Shield With New Weapon: The Ballot” - Orange County Register (06 Jun 2016) Online
“Clashes Mount As More Mountain Bikers, Hikers, Equestrians, Hit the Trails” - Fix – Yes (04 Jun 2016) Online
“Why You Should Add Hiking to Your Fitness Routine” - Los Angeles Times (02 Jun 2016) Online
“Banning Ranch Developer Allowed Environmental Degradation to Site” - Next City (19 May 2016) Online
“What 174 Parks in 25 U.S. Cities Reveal About Public Space Design” - Los Angeles Times (14 May 2016) Online
“Cover Your Ears: Coastal Commissioner Martha McClure’s on the Phone” - Voice of OC (13 May 2016) Online
“Coastal Commissioners Get an Earful on Banning Ranch Project” - Los Angeles Times (12 May 2016) Online
“The Coastal Commission Hopes to Restore Public Trust with its Latest Decision” - Voice of OC (12 May 2016) Online
“Eidt: Breaking Free from Fossil Fuels and the Refineries that Own our Air Quality Regulators” - Los Angeles Times (07 May 2016) Online
“Coastal Commission Hearing on Banning Ranch Project Postponed” - Capitol Voice (May 2016) Online
“Super Pollutants Control in the Spotlight” - Los Angeles Times (07 May 2016) Online
“How the California Coastal Commission Pressured Scientists to Change Opinions on Major Project” - Orange County Register (04 May 2016) Online
“Land Trust Reaches Agreement to Buy Final Piece of Disputed Land in Bolsa Chica” - Irvine Ranch Conservancy (03 May 2016) Online
“New East Sinks Viewing Deck Opens in Limestone Canyon” - Los Angeles Times (03 May 2016) Online
“State Senator Calls for a Ban on Private Meetings with Coastal Commissioners to ‘Level the Playing Field’” - Voice of OC (03 May 2016) Online
“Eidt: Jerry Brown’s Role in the Coastal Commission Coup” - A Bubbling Cauldron (02 May 2016) Online
“Fairview Park Initiative Petitions Submitted” - Los Angeles Times (30 Apr 2016) Online
“In Reversal, Staff of Coastal Commission Recommends Approval of Newport Beach Hotel and Housing Project” - The Trust for Public Land (26 Apr 2016) Online
“Are you Getting Your Daily Dose of Vitamin N?” - Orange County Register (24 Apr 2016) Online
“A Brighter Future for OC Wildlife” - Los Angeles Times (23 Apr 2016) Online
“A Billionaire is Willing to Bring Back Public Access to Martins Beach — for a Price” - Los Angeles Times (23 Apr 2016) Online
“The Most Influential Person on the Coastal Commission May Be This Lobbyist” - Los Angeles Times (23 Apr 2016) Online
“Official to Low-Income Earners: If You Can’t Afford Costa Mesa, Look Somewhere Else” - Voice of OC (22 Apr 2016) Online
“Schlotterbeck: Earth Day Reminds Us Keeping Our Planet Healthy Starts at Home” - Orange County Register (11 Apr 2016) Online
“Whiting: Why Orange County Could be a Mountain Biking Mecca” - Orange County Register (11 Apr 2016)
“San Clemente Man Impaled in BMX Bike Accident” - KPCC (06 Apr 2016) Online
“Legal Fight Over 405 Expansion in Orange County Moves to San Diego” - Capitol Voice (April 2016) Online
“Coastal Commission Test: Protect Banning Ranch” - Orange County Register (04 Apr 2016) Online
“Focus: When Oil and Homes Mix in Orange County” - Los Angeles Times (24 Mar 2016) Online
“South Coast Desalination Project is in the Works” - Laguna Beach Independent (25 Mar 2016) Online
“Public Safety Trumps View for Burying Wires” - Orange County Register (16 Mar 2016) Online
“Cielo Vista Project Clears County Planners” - Fullerton Rag (16 Mar 2016) Online
“Angela Chen Lindstrom Clarifies Friends of Coyote Hills Position to Disdainful Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald” - Los Angeles Times (15 Mar 2016) Online
“El Niño is Rapidly Filling California’s Once-Dusty Reservoirs, Easing Drought” - Voice of OC (15 Mar 2016) Online
“Are Special Districts Shadow Governments? Consider our own OC Water District” - Orange County Register (13 Mar 2016) Online
“Rare Sea Otter Sighting in Orange County Offers Hope of Resurgence” - Los Angeles Times (11 Mar 2016) Online
“A Behind-the-Scenes Battle to Divert L.A.’s Storm Water From Going to Waste” - Los Angeles Times (11 Mar 2016) Online
“How the Refineries Came to Own Our Air Pollution Regulators” - Orange County Register (11 Mar 2016) Online
“Join Me at the Circus, I Mean, a California Coastal Commission Hearing” - Voice of OC (09 Mar 2016) Online
“‘A Total Disregard for the Public’ on Coastal Commission” - Los Angeles Times (08 Mar 2016) Online
“State Senate Leader Will Introduce Measure to Counter Southern California Air Board’s Industry-Friendlier Plans“ - Orange County Register (05 Mar 2016) Online
“Orange County Faces More Competition for Drought-Strangled Colorado River” - CALMatters (04 Mar 2016) Online
“How is California Doing on Climate Change?” - Los Angeles Times (03 Mar 2016)
“Is AQMD Easing Up on Smog?” - Orange County Register (28 Feb 2016) Online
“Battle at Banning Ranch: Project Reflects Activists’ Fears, Coastal Panels’ Frustration” - Laguna Beach Independent (18 Feb 2016) Online
“Why We Need Coyotes in Our Wildlands” - Washington Post (12 Feb 2016) Online
“Obama Designates New National Monuments in California Desert“ - Voice of OC (10 Feb 2016) Online
“Blatantly Disregarding Public Will, Coastal Commission Votes to Fire Executive Director” - Los Angeles Times (10 Feb 2016) Online
“Coastal Commission Fires Executive Director Over Objection of Hundreds of Supporters” - Los Angeles Times (10 Feb 2016) Online
“Commissioners Vote 7-5 to Dismiss Executive Director” - Los Angeles Times (09 Feb 2016) Online
“Big Turnout is Expected at a Showdown Over the Coastal Commission Chief’s Future” - Voice of OC (08 Feb 2016) Online
“Former Coastal Commissioners: Don’t Destroy CA’s Coastal Protections” - Voice of OC (27 Jan 2016) Online
“Surfrider: Public Trust Should Prevail Over Profits” - MPORA (26 Jan 2016) Online
“65 Year Old Canadian Woman Sentenced After Being Filmed Booby Trapping Mountain Bike Trails in British Columbia” - Los Angeles (26 Jan 2016) Online
“Op-Ed: The Coastline Belongs to All Californians—But Maybe Not For Long” - CalMatters (26 Jan 2016) Online
“Jerry Brown’s Complicated Relationship with Environmentalists” - Mercury News (25 Jan 2016) Online
“California Gov. Brown Should Stop Coastal Commission Coup” - Daily Pilot (25 Jan 2016) Online
“Residents Want to Preserve Fairview Park in Costa Mesa” - Voice of OC (22 Jan 2016) Online
“OC Coastkeeper: Friday’s King Tides Unveil Threat from Poseidon Desal Deal” - Los Angeles Times (20 Jan 2016) Online
“California Coastal Commission Members to Consider Firing Executive Director” - Voice of OC (18 Jan 2016) Online
“Public Can Actually Tell Planners How to Manage Public Lands” - Orange County Register (13 Jan 2016) Online
“One of the Early Lessons of El Niño – Catch that Water” - Voice of OC (06 Jan 2016) Online
“OC Community Planning Efforts Should Be Respected” - Orange County Register (06 Jan 2016) Online
“Council Again Delays Esperanza Hills Decision” - Yorba Linda Star (01 Jan 2016) Online
“Yorba Linda: A Perfect Political Storm in 2016?”