For all the big talk about how easy a slam dunk it is going to be to build 1,375 homes and a 70 room hotel on Banning Ranch, the smooth talking developers have neglected to discuss one crucial detail ---- where is the water going to come from? California is in its fourth year of drought, farmers in the Central Valley are being cut off from water supplies that has resulted in a $703 million dollar loss in agriculture gross revenue, and 21,000 statewide jobs have been lost due to the drought, yet AERA, Brooks Street, and Cherokee seem to think a water shortage doesn't apply to their project.The drought is expected to continue with reservoir storage levels far below standards and the runoff level expected to be dangerously deficient this year. But that is not stopping AERA Energy and Brook Street Development team from adding more stress to our region's water crisis.
Contact the Newport Beach City Council and urge them to VOTE NO on the proposed Banning Ranch development.
2 comments:
That's a good point. Lack of water is purely a result of the number of people we have living here. High growth and overpopulation is not the answer. That only makes the situation worse. The last thing I want to see is Orange County looking like L.A. and L.A. looking like Mexico City. We have plenty of people and homes already. We have plenty of water for the current number of homes and people. Why make things worse?
Mesa Consolidated Water District. They have stubs and a reliable local water supply ... next question, as this one is answered
Post a Comment