Builder to Proceed on Bolsa Chica Homes
From Times Staff Reports
Developer Hearthside Homes is moving forward with plans to build 387 homes on the upper portion of the two-tier Bolsa Chica Mesa, while letting the courts decide the fate of the rest of its land.
A marina, hotel and 5,700 homes were envisioned on the upper and lower tiers of the Bolsa Chica Mesa. Plans have been repeatedly scaled back because of legal challenges by environmentalists.
Environmental activists have argued that any development on the lower tier would harm 1,200 acres of wetlands that the state is spending $100 million to restore.
