Neighbors of Grandview Endorse Measure JJ

September 2024

Voting YES on Measure JJ allows the City of Yorba Linda to maintain control of the city's residential neighborhood and open space protection plans. This will allow for the changes we've fought so hard for, to remain in place.

Voting against this measure, would allow the State to take over local zoning control, putting the 3 previously planned rezoning sites in our neighborhood, back at risk of rezoning.

Neighbors of Grandview Oppose Measure KK

Measure KK proposes a new zoning classification in Yorba Linda called MU-30, allowing high-density housing of up to 30 units per acre and buildings up to four stories high. This zoning type does not currently exist in the city, and if approved, MU-30 could be applied anywhere in Yorba Linda, subject to a Measure B vote.

Voting NO on Measure KK would block the creation and implementation of this new zoning and prevent the owner of the Bryant Ranch Shopping Center from building a high-density residential and mixed-use complex on the existing property.

City Council voted in favor of Option #3 — 3 to 1.

August 2nd, 2022

Four options were presented.

City Council voted in favor of Option 3 - To remove the Grandview site, the 2 Ohio sites, and the Meadowland site. It also defers the Bryant Ranch shopping center site, the Fairmont site, and the Richfield site.

Yorba Linda Country Riders, thank you for your support! - August 2nd, 2022

Video of the Vote (4 Minutes)

Update as of 7/29/22.

July 29th, 2022

The Planning Commission recommended approval of the following Resolution:

- Resolution recommending to the City Council the approval of General Plan Amendments 2022-01 and 2022-02 and Zoning Code Amendments 2022-01 and 2022-02 with a recommendation to remove S4-053, S4-060, S4-201, and Site S7- 005.

Site S4-053 is the Grandview site. Sites S4-060 & S4-201 are the 2 Ohio sites. Recommendation for removal is noted on pages 142 and 146 of the August 2nd meeting agenda.

Grandview Neighborhood Demand:

Eliminate the Grandview and Ohio Street sites.

Change the housing element; include different sites; and get Re-certified by the State. In other words, stop, go back, and do it right by using a transparent process that actually provides notice to the voters in the community.

The City cannot afford to get this wrong. The Council’s decision will permanently ruin this equestrian residential neighborhood, and it’s the wrong plan for Yorba Linda.

1) Yes, the housing element update is a state mandated process

Cities must identify enough vacant and non vacant sites to accommodate their assigned RHNA number. Cities must legally comply.

2) No, the Yorba Linda City Council was not legally required to select the Grandview equestrian neighborhood sites for inclusion in the housing element update for rezoning.

The Council had the "discretion" to eliminate these equestrian properties during the site selection process. The Council and the city planning staff decided to include the Grandview and Ohio St. sites, but they weren’t legally required to do so. These sites are too close to existing homes and established neighborhoods and will result in many negative secondary impacts.

3) Rezoning traditional equestrian residential sites to high density apartments begins the destruction of Yorba Linda!

The Council and the city planning staff clearly chose to not give the Grandview Ave. & Ohio St. residents specific notice that these sites were being considered for rezoning; they could have given the residents notice, but they chose the more deceptive and expedient path forward. Residents were intentionally kept in the dark until it was too late. Council voted to include these sites without ever asking the residents for their opinions or viewpoints. The City intentionally chose to keep the Grandview & Ohio St. residents in the dark in order to become the first City to get an approved Housing Element from the State.

Neighborhood Map showing the proposed rezone sites.

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