This is posted as a comment farther down the way, but I wanted to raise the visibility a bit. The new deadline is May 28. The link to the EIR is here.

The City Council of Montebello has decided to release the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the Montebello Hills Specific Plan (MHSP). and the Specific Plan itself, simultaneously and with the absolute minimum publicity and comment time legally allowed. The document is finally available 18 days after its announced release date at the Montebello Library.

Judge Dismisses Montebello Trash Issue
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Submitted by centaur1255 on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 14:21

Postponed per precocious precipitation, at 4:30 pm on Wednesday, February 18, the group which mailed Montebello City Councilmembers Urteaga and Salazar notices of the upcoming recall campaign will reveal their identity and reasons for said campaign. Per spokesman Chris Robles, it will happen on the steps of Montebello City Hall at 1600 W. Beverly Blvd.

What a big "oops". One would think a judge would side with "the people" on this one, even for a "minor technicality". Although, I am siding with Athens on this one because SSG has an Athens contract and I am a satisfied customer, I just feel sympathetic for all the hard work and signatures collected for nothing.

Read the Tribune story here.

As long as I'm posting about transportation (see the next post down), I should also note that Montebello Route 20 is being shortened.  Beginning on January 19, the hourly "shuttle" service that runs between Garvey/San Gabriel and the Sierra Madre Villa Gold Line station is going to terminate at San Gabriel and Las Tunas.  Folks wishing to continue on from Las Tunas to Sierra Madre Villa will ha

This article was in the LA Times a day or two ago.

Here’s an article from the Whittier Daily News about trash fees in Montebello. It’s not an issue I’m following very closely, but I did notice that Mike Lewis is the guy working on behalf of Athens.