Save Elephant Hill - El Sereno

We interrupt this blog to bring you some relevant information regarding Elephant Hill in El Sereno. Will developers ever stop and smell the open space?

Elephant Hill El SerenoSee Location(32 acres)

Elephant Hill is comprised of 110-acres of privately owned, undeveloped hillside open space in predominately Latino, working-class El Sereno.

It is the largest remaining open space in Northeast Los Angeles and is located north of Huntington Drive and east of Collis Avenue, on the border with South Pasadena.

According to Audubon California, Elephant Hill has several distinct habitats and high local biological importance. It is home to owls, hawks, coyotes, cottontail rabbits and many other types of wildlife, as well as rare Oak and California Walnut trees.

Residents of Northeast Los Angeles recently waged a campaign to prevent the development of 24 luxury homes on 15 acres of Elephant Hill. Under threat of a lawsuit by the developer, the Los Angeles City Council granted final approval of the development, including the construction of growth-inducing access roads.

The remaining 95 acres of Elephant Hill are now at imminent risk for development. For more information, please visit the Northeast LA Open Space Coalition: http://www.nelaopenspace.org/threat/threat.html