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Sierra C lub San Diego C hapter • Serving Imperial and San Diego Counties Working To Preserve The Special Nature of San Diego for Over Half A Century Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet V ol 72 No. 2 Visit our website at: www.sandie go.sierra club.org March/Apri l 2013 Balboa-continued on page 3 Now Is The Best Chance Ever To Preserve Our Forests Forever! by Cindy Buxton, Chair Forest Committee The Cleveland National Forest published an unprecedented Land Management Scoping Document last spring which proposed many areas for protected wilderness status. The final public interface to this process, the Draft Land Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement is now available for public comment. The document, maps, and instructions for submitting comments are at: http://www .fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php? project=351 30 W e need you NO W! This is one of the single most impor- tant comment periods of our time for ensuring the lasting pristine beauty of our backcountry forests for all of time. Ten minutes of your time can make an important differ- After a two-year battle, Save Our H eritage Organisation is ecstatic about its major legal victory made final when Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor ruled today that the City Council violated municipal la w and used faulty logic last J uly in approvin g the Plaza de Panama Committee plan to build a massive bridge and freeway-s tyle road off the iconic Laurel Street/Cabrillo Bridg e, modernize acres of parkland , fill cany ons, and introduce paid parking into Balboa Park thr ough the building of a new parking structure against the backdr op of the majestic Sprecke ls Organ Pavilion. Judge T aylor, in a detailed ruling , held that the City “abused its discretion” in approving the project in violat ion of its Municipal Code and that “SOHO is entitled to a writ of mandamus direct- ing the city” to set aside the project’s required Site Development Permit. In order to approve the permit under the Municipal Code, the City was requir ed to find that the project site w ould otherwise have “no reasonable beneficial use . ” The judge held that “the criti- cal finding b y the C ity Council is so lac king in evidentiary sup- port as to render it unreasonable; it must therefore be set aside. Bruce Coons, SOHO’s executive director, issued the following statement: “SOHO is extremely gratifie d by the court’s ruling. Balboa Park is SOHO Wins! Balboa Park is Saved! (Photo by Nathan Weflen) Forest: continued on page 9 

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