Testimony before the California Coastal Commission February 6, 2008. Visit savepanhe.org and savesanonofre.org.

Testimony before the California Coastal Commission February 6, 2008. Visit savepanhe.org and savesanonofre.org.

“Places like this are important to us, because it’s our history, our connection to who we are,” she says. “But the other part that worried me is that I’m an American. I’m a Native American, but I’m an American. I love this country. I love this country. I believe in all the stuff about freedom [...]

Los Angeles Times
February 9, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY
Agency appeals tollway rejection
The county’s toll road agency filed an appeal Friday of the California Coastal Commission’s decision rejecting a controversial toll road extension.
According to the appeal, the commission exceeded its review and its decision was not in compliance with the state Coastal Act. The document was filed with the [...]

The United Coalition to Protect Panhe – a grass roots coalition of Native Americans – The City Project, and a diverse and growing national civil rights and environmental justice alliance helped to Save Panhe and San Onofre State Beach and stopped a proposed toll road through the park at a historic hearing before the California [...]

Rebecca Robles, a Juaneño Indian from San Clemente, and half a dozen other Native Americans sang a ceremonial song to commissioners. Afterward, Robles gave an emotional speech about Panhe, an old Indian site at San Onofre that is the Juaneño band’s ancestral home.
“I encourage you, I implore you to uphold the California Coastal Act,” Robles [...]

February 7, 2008
California Officials Pick Surf Break Over Toll Road
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 7:03 a.m. ET
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Surfers and environmentalists threw a roadblock in front of a proposed toll road through one of the world’s best surf breaks — but backers say they will fight on.
The California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 [...]

Take action to save Panhe and San Onofre and stop the toll road through the park! The Coastal Commission hearing is February 6, 2008, in Del Mar, CA, near San Diego. Over 2,000 are expected to attend the largest hearing in the history of the Coastal Commission.
The toll road would violate civil [...]

79% of Hispanics statewide generally oppose building toll roads through state parks, compared to 72% of the sample surveyed. 81% of Hispanics feel that protecting state parks and beaches is a higher priority than relieving traffic congestion, compared to 70% of the sample surveyed.
74% of Hispanics in Orange County oppose building the toll road [...]

February 4, 2008
Mr. Patrick Kruer, Chair
California Coastal Commission
45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105-2219
Re: Opposition to Coastal Consistency Certification (CCC-018-07)
Honorable Commissioner Kruer & Coastal Commissioners:
ON behalf of Ti’at Society/Traditional Council of Pimu, and as a Most Likely Descendant (MLD) representing the interest of the Gabrlieleno/Tongva, I am submitting our formal opposition [...]