trash. I definitely do not think that these homes should be taken
away from the residents.
There is plenty of other spaces of land that can be turned into a
campground. The state needs to go somewhere else and make a
campground.
Amy Gibson
Yorba Linda
I just want you to know that I have a friend that lives in El
Morro Village and visit often.
What a charming place. Everyone is so nice and seem to love where
they live. I think it is terrible that it may be taken away from
them. It is already sad what happened to Crystal Cove (all those
people made to leave and then the government decides they don't have
enough money to develop it) and I would hate to see all these people
at El Morro Village have to leave their homes.
There has got to be a solution where they can stay and live the
life they are used to.
Jeannie Drennan
Fullerton
Succinctly rendered, as a matter of local and public policy is it
preferable that the state build over people and places to allow a
60-unit transient overnight camp park to offset a 16,000 unit
shortfall or preserve and maintain a 290 unit, low-income village to
continue a 70-year-old cultural resource?
Essentially, the state is imposing its autocratic, political will
on the history and future of Orange County in general and Laguna
Beach in particular. If local control is not at issue, the citizens
have no recourse to take action elsewhere including El Toro's Great
Park Plan where the state has an archaic, vested interest as well.
As individuals we can stand our ground or move. I for one live by
our nation's first motto: "Don't Tread on Me."
Duff Owens Wilmoth
Laguna Beach
Hedges should live by fence rules
Re: "Do you think the Planning Commission should recommend the
city regulate how high hedges can be?" (Coastline Pilot, Aug. 23)
Of course the Planning Commission should subject vegetation along
property lines to the same regulations that apply to fences made of
"dead wood" or other materials.
If the rules governing the height and location of fences is good
for the general welfare of the public, than it does not make any
difference of what material the fence consists of. In fact, a static
fence is much better for the public than a living fence which
continually grows and spreads out encroaching on neighbor's property,
sidewalks, streets, etc.
This action is long overdue and should be enacted immediately. I
agree that in special cases vegetation exceeding the existing
limitations in the fence ordinance should be allowed, just as the
