The Riverside County Board of Supervisors last week approved the initiation of a Foundation General Plan Amendment (FGPA) to convert the land use of more than 100 acres of undeveloped property in Mead Valley from very low density residential to light industrial despite opposition.
“We’re seeing that our whole entire community is being destroyed and turned into warehouses, and all the Hispanic and other people that live here and [have] been here for years will be forced out, totally forced out,” Mead Valley resident Debbie Walsh, who has been advocating against the proliferation of warehouses in the Inland Empire for years, said at the January 27 meeting. “Our community will be totally destroyed.”
As part of Riverside County’s FGPA process, supervisors must determine whether the proposed land use change makes sense within the context of surrounding uses before an implementing project can be submitted for consideration…