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creaLlng addlLlonal sLreeL and freeway congesLlon.
.,"/*0%01 ,$ 2",3145 6"%/%/7 1he houslng developmenL would
use 174,000 more gallons of waLer Lhan Lhe golf course dld.
89: ;*-3&5%,0 ,$ (<*0 =<#&*7 110 acres of deslgnaLed open
space would be reduced Lo 27 acres.
>--%5%,0#+ =&4,,+ ()*"&",?-%017 Pundreds of new sLudenLs
would be added Lo already overcrowded schools.
> @3*/5%,0 ,$ !"3/57 Mlchael Schleslnger, Lhe 8everly Pllls
developer behlnd rop P, ls a bully who can'L be LrusLed. Pe sued
hls opponenLs and dumped chlcken manure behlnd Lhelr homes.
<&=> ?@ !AB! &C rop P would clear Lhe way for a masslve developmenL on Lhe hlsLorlcal 110-acre
CounLry Club properLy ln norLhwesL Lscondldo. 1he developmenL would brlng 430 new resldences, reLenLlon
ponds (#$%%&' #( )*& '&+&%,-&. /0 %/1&0), less Lhan 6 acres of open space and some Llny Lralls. 1he ClLy has
deslgnaLed Lhls land as open space, meanlng rop P would overrlde Lhe ClLy's Ceneral lan.
Pai d f or by: Keep I t Green Escondi do (#1367506) 1026 W. El Nort e Pkwy
PMB 47, Escondi do, CA 92026
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Lhe 1960s, Lhe CounLry Club properLy served as Lhe slgnaLure open space for a plan Lo develop a new
reLlremenL communlLy ln norLhwesL Lscondldo. 1he plan was approved Lo permanenLly reserve Lhe
properLy for roughly 1,000 houslng unlLs, a golf course, communlLy and recreaLlon cenLer, open space
and relaLed amenlLles. 1he ClLy's Ceneral lan mosL recenLly deslgnaLed Lhls space as urbanlzed,"
reflecLlng Lhe fully developed condlLlon of Lhe area. =, /# ,'81 6)( ,61 D#+/,"4 D3+* *11/ 01('2/),10
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01('2/),'#/(. AddlLlonally, Lhe ClLy of Lscondldo reLalns full dlscreLlonary land-use auLhorlLy over any
proposed redevelopmenL of Lhls properLy.
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!4* ;,314 L@?>AM: Schleslnger purchased Lhe properLy Lwo years ago. WlLhln four monLhs, Schleslnger
closed Lhe golf course, Lurned off all waLer, announced plans Lo bulld 430 homes on Lhe slLe, and
enclosed Lhe properLy wlLh a chaln llnk fence.
.A>! .BJJ A>GGCF BO G;(G A B= N(!C2 2(.FH Lscondldo wlll reLaln 110 acres of open space. And,
mosL lmporLanLly, Lhe communlLy wlll Lhen have a chance Lo conslder, wlLh Lhe ClLy and developers, a
hlgher and beLLer use for Lhe properLy LhaL beneflLs Lscondldo and Lhe properLy owner. We know of aL
leasL Lhree lnvesLors lnLeresLed ln buylng Lhe land, and one has submlLLed a leLLer of lnLenL Lo purchase.
lL's lmporLanL Lo noLe LhaL Lhe communlLy was never lnvolved ln Lhe plannlng of Mlchael Schleslnger's
plans for Lhe properLy. uevelopers up and down Lhe San ulego CounLy spend a year or more worklng
wlLh Lhe communlLy Lo develop plans LhaL work for everyone. ln Lhls case, Lhe exacL opposlLe occurred.
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53$)$/)$+& on AugusL 14, 2013. rop P would overLurn Lhls open space deslgnaLlon.
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?/','),'71: Cn !uly 24, 2013, Lhe CourL ruled agalnsL Sl18.
ln CcLober 2013, lawyers for @?>A 9'310 RS E1/."#).681/, 3)5(+',(G )2)'/(, '/0'7'0+)3 6#81#5/1"(
)3#/2 ,61 2#39 .#+"(1: 1he lawsulLs seek boLh moneLary damages and ln[uncLlve rellef for unlawfully"
lnsLalllng yard and wall lmprovemenLs exLendlng (ln many cases - lnches) onLo Lhe golf course.
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CounLy's Alr olluLlon ConLrol ulsLrlcL clLed Sl18 and Schleslnger for creaLlng a publlc nulsance and
creaLlng a Level 3 odor, Lhe worsL posslble raLlng. Accordlng Lo Lhe CounLy, Sl18 could face flnes of
$10,000 a day for dumplng chlcken excremenL on a number of abandoned falrways."
Pai d f or by: Keep I t Green Escondi do (#1367506) 1026 W. El Nort e
Pkwy PMB 47, Escondi do, CA 92026