Canyon Complaints Due Soon, “Tree Huggers”!


The public comment period on an environmental impact report related to a controversial development plan in the canyons east of Orange will be open until July 20 at 5 p.m.


Monks from St. Michael's Abbey on El Toro Road near Cook's Corner bought land at the former Holtz Ranch in Silverado Canyon and aim to build a new monastery at the site. The plan has drawn fire from many longtime canyon residents, who say the new abbey will be an eyesore in the bucolic canyons. 
 

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Comments on the project's Draft Environmental Impact Report can be mailed to Orange County Community Development at 300 N. Flower St., 1st Floor, Santa Ana, CA. 92702-4048. Or, they can be emailed to Ch***********@oc**.com.
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