LIVE OAK CANYON, Calif. — A group of Redlands and Yucaipa residents have launched a campaign to overturn Yucaipa City Council’s approval of a 2 million-square-foot warehouse development at the mouth of Live Oak Canyon, saying the city’s decision threatens the rural canyon and surrounding communities.
Friends of Live Oak Canyon is joining forces with the Yucaipa Preservation Society in an effort to qualify a referendum for the November ballot. The goal is to overturn a city ordinance passed Monday that changes zoning to allow the Pacific Oaks Commerce Center, a two-building distribution complex off Interstate 10 and Live Oak Canyon Road.
Organizers say they need to raise $50,000 by the end of the week to hire professional circulators and begin gathering the roughly 4,700 valid signatures needed from Yucaipa voters…