More Sheep! Neighbors Send in Footage of Wildlife on La Mirada- Slated to be Main Access Road for 98 Home Subdivision

🚨UPDATE! Out-of-Town Developer Proposes 98 HOMES on a 22 Acre Wildlife Refuge🚨

 

Map of Proposed Site Plan- This is not an exaggeration it's the literal site plan submitted🤯

I got my public records request back- let's get started.

Meet the out-of-town developer, Steve Sheldon, who is riding into OUR TOWN and proposing a 98-home subdivision that would fundamentally alter our neighborhood and devastate the wildlife population that has relied on this land as a refuge for over half a century.

Developer STEVE SHELDON, CEO of SHELDON DEVELOPMENT

This is their calculation to overcome the current zoning with high density zoning

Oh how cute, they want concessions and incentive waivers.
Here is an incentive for them- get out of our town and I will stop exposing you.

If you're not on the email list make sure to sign up, I have sent these records to everyone on our list.

Be sure to speak up to local elected officials and city leaders which can be found here.

As of now, the only LOGICAL solution is to REZONE the 18 acre parcel with PRESERVATION status.

Madelyn & Kenneth Hinsvark curated their 18 acre parcel as a wildlife refuge for half a century. Generations of wildlife have adapted to this safe haven that extends from the mountain down the wash.
We have co-existed with wildlife peacefully, but now a DEVELOPER plans to destroy this.

Steve Sheldon Proposal for Landlocked Wildlife Habitat Parcel of Land🤦🏼‍♀️

Main Access Road would be a literal FIRE ZONE? 😂

Has he read the updated CEQA 2025 Statute and Guidelines?

Given the overlapping regional connections between the developer and some local officials, we believe transparency and full disclosure are essential to ensure that our city’s decision-making is impartial and accountable.

This is all allegedly and in my opinion.

Who is Developer STEVE SHELDON & Why is He in OUR TOWN? 🤔

Question:

Why is Steve Sheldon, an out-of-town developer, pursuing a large-scale project targeting our neighborhood, rather than in areas where he has an established track record?

Source: https://sheldongrp.com/

👀

Source: https://www.facebook.com/stoptherezoning/

"Orange County Water District director Steve Sheldon mocks transparency at a committee meeting several years ago."

Source: https://socalwaterwars.substack.com/p/ever-been-to-your-local-water-board

"Steve Sheldon's Unethical Culture Challenged by Legal Complaint"

Source: https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2014/12/steve-sheldons-unethical-culture-challenged-by-legal-complaint/

"He also, perhaps inadvertently, included an email from one of his sister’s lawyers that called him “unscrupulous” and “a schmuck,” according to court records."

Source: https://www.ocweekly.com/lou-sheldon-traditional-values/

"...allegedly discovered Sheldon's reputation with the City was less than stellar."

 Source: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/632d36c144e14c0a066101b4

"Developer Accused of Bullying as his Plans to Reimagine Westminster's Civic Center Drag On"

"Instead, an internal memo labelling Sheldon's behavior as "hostile" and "aggressive" toward those tasked with holding him to his project commitments is causing distress among the public over what kind of deal, exactly, the city has gotten itself into."

Source: https://voiceofoc.org/2020/12/developer-accused-of-bullying-as-his-plans-to-reimagine-westminsters-civic-center-drag-on/

"...expressed concern regarding Steve Sheldon's character, behavior, and actions..."

Source: https://westminsterca.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=westminsterca_9d3eb0503505559d94efe0214825bf4e.pdf&view=1

Steve Sheldon was spokesperson for Traditional Values Coalition — which was designated an “anti-gay hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center — one might ask why he is choosing to pursue a development in a community like Palm Springs, known for its inclusivity and diversity? 🤦🏼‍♀️🌈

Source: https://x.com/LarryTenney/status/1915791901745103137?s=20

"They (homosexuals) are using the power of the state to garner legitimacy for their lifestyle,"

-Steve Sheldon, spokesman for Traditional Values Coalition

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/04/30/gays-lesbians-shift-focus-to-civil-rights-and-win/

Big Horn Sheep Need YOU to Be Their Voice

 

The endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep - an iconic species of the Coachella Valley - relies on uninterrupted access to the lower mountain slopes and natural wash areas for food, water, and safe migration routes.

Development at the base of the mountain threatens to fragment these essential corridors, forcing the animals closer to roadways and residential areas where vehicle collisions and human disturbance are common causes of death.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife classifies the Peninsular bighorn sheep as fully protected, meaning their habitat is not to be disturbed or destroyed without rigorous environmental review. 

Protecting this land safeguards one of the last remaining natural linkages between the San Jacinto Mountains and the desert floor -  a corridor that has sustained wildlife for centuries.

The late Madelyn and Kenneth Hinsvark curated their 22 acre parcel as a refuge for wildlife for the past 4 decades, according to Desert Sun March 3, 1978

"Landscaping has been done with care for the creatures of the outdoors since the Hinsvarks are nature lovers"

For the past at least FORTY SEVEN YEARS, this 22 acre parcel of land has been PROTECTED and CURATED as a REFUGE for wildlife... 

but now, suddenly, all those animals who have learned for generations that this land between the mountain and wash was safe-- will now be DISPLACED and DIE?

All due to the trust selling to a DEVELOPER? 
Which seems the exact OPPOSITE of what the late Madelyn and Kenneth Hinsvark intended? 

An archived Desert Sun news article profile from March 3, 1978 noted that the Hinsvark home 

"...seems to belong so much to the desert that coveys of quail and scurrying rabbits thrive in the sagebrush and song birds send their cheery notes heavenward, undisturbed."

Word around the neighborhood is that Mr Hinsvark used to call his 22 acre parcel of land a 'dog park' and never intended for it to be developed.

It seems that Madelyn and Kenneth Hinsvark loved nature, so I cannot imagine they would be too happy to learn the trustees are allegedly selling their 22 acres to a developer?

It's things like this that make one wonder what the Hinsvark Trust & Hinsvark Marital Trust instructs about this property?🤔

Is the executor honoring the intent of the trust? 

Maybe the executor needs to do some reading on who Madelyn and Kenneth Hinsvark were and what they would have wanted.

This article is available online, they should start there.

See article here: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19780303.2.86&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------