Who is opposed to liberty quarry?
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City of Temecula |
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Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians |
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Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce |
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Rancon Group |
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Wilson Creek Vineyard & Winery |
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Temecula Creek Inn |
...along with hundreds of additional companies, over 150 local physicians and tens of thousands of concerned residents.
If this was the right project in the right location, don't you think that the City of Temecula, the Temecula Valley Chamber and the Pechanga Indians would show their support? WRONG PROJECT ~ WRONG LOCATION!
who we are...
We are a group of concerned citizens and homeowners in Rainbow, Fallbrook and Southwest Riverside
County dedicated to the preservation of the beautiful, pristine hills and open
space in the Temecula, Murrieta and Rainbow area.
Our efforts are
currently focused on preventing the approval of a huge open-pit mine on the
Temecula border which would destroy the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve
directly adjacent to the proposed quarry site, as well as drastically lower our clean air quality,
decrease our home values and irreparably harm our booming tourist industry.
Visiting our site for the first time? Check out our Quarry Facts section for a quick overview of why we are so vehemently opposed to the proposed Liberty Quarry.
Please visit SacredSkySacredEarth.com to sign a petition in favor of Assembly Bill 742. Note that this is a different petition than the petition on our home page.
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"Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money." Native American proverb
DON'T LET GRANITE DO AN END RUN AROUND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PEOPLE OF RAINBOW, FALLBROOK AND THE TEMECULA VALLEY!
Click here for to read about the first meeting. Click here to read the latest news articles. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE LIBERTY QUARRY APPEAL GOES TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 AT THE RIVERSIDE CONVENTION CENTER. MEETINGS BEGIN AT 9 AM AND WILL LAST UNTIL 6 PM. Best directions to the Convention Center: I-215 North to Martin Luther King Blvd. Turn Left (West). Go about 3 miles ( MLK becomes 14th Street ) Turn right onto Market Street. Proceed about 6 blocks then turn right on 5th Street. Drive two blocks to Orange and you will see the Convention Center Parking Lot. WE NEED YOU THERE! PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE ~ WEAR YOUR ORANGE. Free buses will be available from both Rainbow and Temecula. Temecula area buses will be leaving from the Ronald Reagan Sports Park at 8:00 am. Loading begins at 7:30 am. Rainbow/Fallbrook area buses will leave from the Rainbow Oaks Restaurant at the same time. At least one bus will stay through the end of the hearing. The other buses will leave at noon and be back in the area at 1:00 pm. People who wish to speak at the meetings will be required to fill out a form
before they address the Board of Supervisors. Click here to download a copy of the form. You can fill it out in advance Bus Reservations Additional Information
TELL EVERYONE - THE ARMY OF ORANGE IS GETTING READY TO MARCH. LET'S GO TO RIVERSIDE AND WIN! Call Kathleen Hamilton 951.676.6912 or Jerri Arganda 760.451.2413 for more information. |
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TEMECULA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VOTES TO OPPOSE LIBERTY QUARRY In what was called a "major development" by city officials, the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce voted this week to oppose Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project. “After reviewing multiple sources of information regarding the quarry and the impact to the Valley, the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted to take an opposing position to the Liberty Quarry,” said Alice Sullivan, President/CEO of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce in a released statement. “The Chamber’s Board of Directors reviewed information provided by Granite Construction, Save Our Southwest Hills, County of Riverside, City of Temecula and Pechanga and discussed many of the issues surrounding the quarry at length. It was a difficult and well-thought out decision. Based upon the Chamber’s mission statement, the majority of the TVCC Board of Directors felt it was in the best interest of the community at large to oppose this project,” Sullivan said. According to the released statement, the mission of the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce is to promote and enhance a successful economic environment for all member businesses and by so doing will support the programs which preserve and improve the quality of life. |
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PLANNERS DENY PROPOSED OPEN PIT MINE Read More >>
With the DENY decision by the Planning Commission, Granite Construction must decide if they will appeal or not. If they decide to appeal, (which they will probably do) then the project will move to the Board of Supervisors, but with a NEGATIVE recommendation. The hearings process will start again, this time with the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. They are the group that will make the final decision. In short, we won an incredibly important battle, but the war is not over.
Thank you to everyone for the incredible support!
For all the latest news articles regarding this important victory, please visit our In the News page.
LET THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS |
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Pechanga Sponsors Legislation to Protect Tribe's Place of Creation Read the August 4, 2011 Press Release |
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4th Quarry Meeting was held on Monday, July 18 at Rancho Community Church. Geologists, residents debate merits of Temecula quarry Read More >> |
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| 3rd Quarry Meeting was held on June, 22, 2011 'Largest and Most Contentious Public Hearing in Riverside County History' Read about it here... |
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Please help us in our "David vs. Goliath" battle! All of your contributions are tax deductible. To donate via PayPal, click the Donate button below. If you send a check please mail to SOS Hills, PO Box 2196, Temecula, Ca. 92593-2196. Our Federal Tax ID # is 33-0807157. |
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"The San Diego Union-Tribune investigated the debris removal program in mid-2008 and found that Diani and Granite removed questionable quantities of debris, overcharged for materials, billed for work they didn’t perform, provided receipts that didn’t back up their charges and cost the city millions more than stated in their contracts." |
FINAL EIR RELEASED BY THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE Read More >> Click here to visit the County's website and read the final EIR |
Help us stop the Quarry! Please write letters to the Supervisors and Planning Commisioners listed below.
| Supervisor Marion Ashley PO Box 1645 Riverside, CA 92502-1645 district5@rcbos.org Website |
Supervisor John Benoit PO Box 1647 Riverside, CA 92502-1647 district4@rcbos.org Website |
Supervisor Bob Buster PO Box 1527 Riverside, CA 92502-1527 district1@rcbos.org Website |
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| Supervisor Jeff Stone PO Box 1485 Riverside, CA 92502-1485 district3@rcbos.org Website |
Supervisor John Tavaglione PO Box 1646 Riverside, CA 92502-1646 district2@rcbos.org Website |
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| Send all correspondence to:
Chantell Griffin Planning Commissioner Secretary County of Riverside Administration Center 4080 Lemon St P O Box 1409 Riverside, CA 02502 cgriffin@rctlma.org |
1st District Planning Commissioner John Roth 2nd District Planning Commissioner John Snell 3rd District Planning Commissioner John Petty 4th District Planning Commissioner Jim Porras 5th District planning Commissioner Jan Zuppardo |
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fallbrook healthcare district issues statement of opposition to liberty quarry
"The negative impact of the Liberty Quarry would be of immediate, and, we believe, long range health impairment to the citizens that this District serves."
Dan stephenson, founder of the rancon group, comes out
against the quarry
"...It has become very clear to me that the proposed site for Liberty Quarry is not an appropriate location. I have not come to this conclusion lightly. After carefully weighing the information being brought forth, I realize that approval of the project would be a mistake and would seriously undermine this beautiful community that we have all fought so hard to preserve."
temecula valley unified school district asks the riverside county board of supervisors to consider the potential air quality impacts as indicated in the deir
"The DEIR states even with mitigation measures, air quality issues remain considerable and unavoidable. We are also concerned
that ground level dust studies were not conducted on the fields or playgrounds of our schools downwind from the proposed quarry."
temecula valley Convention & Visitors Bureau opposes the location of liberty quarry
"We are concerned about the negative impacts it will have on tourism and our local tourism businesses."