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Date:3/2/2026 12:53:53 PM
From:"Barbara Clark"
To:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Festival Center Development Anaheim Hills
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The front section of the L.A.Times on December 21, 2025 started with a headline, Fires Defined this
Year. The December 31, 2025 L.A. Times front page covered the state's position against building permits in
high fire areas. Anaheim Hills does not want to see our names in that headline next year. When the winds
blow the common denominator for Hills residents is fear. Fear that we will be next. The city can assuage
those fears by not allowing residential development on commercial property in a high fire area. Evacuation is
impossible if with the specious "know your way" slogan.
60 years ago the state abandoned old route 91 (Santa Ana Canyon Road) because it couldn't handle traffic
when no one lived in most of Anaheim Hills, Corona was a tenth of what it is now and the Inland Empire didn't
exist. If it wasn't good enough then and is already impacted now with a senior apartment unit, restaurants,
doctor's offices, grocery stores and retail stores, how is it going to survive with these additional condos?
People just west of this development have seen their fire insurance canceled because they are already in a
designated high fire area. Don't let the Palisades, Altadena and Camp Fires happen here. PEOPLE
WILL DIE.
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Rick Clark