Save Our Community was founded in the movement to resist Wal-Mart's development in Rosemead, California. Now, it has become a general site for news, information, gossip, talk, and blogging about Rosemead. We also have stories about South San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Montebello, and occasionally about Pico Rivera, El Monte, South El Monte, Alhambra, Temple City, and other nearby communities. Your host is Todd. If you want a blog just sign up, get approved, and start writing. Good posts will be moved onto the home page.
Public Comment Extension Period
The public comment period has been extended to May 28, 5:30 pm. Some deficiencies pertaining to Rosemead residents are the puzzling traffic study which used 7 vehicle trips per household per day to determine the level of increased traffic on San Gabriel Blvd., the Pomona ramps for Montebello Blvd., and San Gabriel Blvd., and Walnut Grove (to Walmart). Professional traffic study consultants tell us that 10 vehicle trips per household are the usual number in California. They also tell us that Montebello residents average closer to 15 vehicle trips per day. The reason that the smaller number was used is that the more accurate number leads to gridlock at peak times, and there is no sufficient reasonable mitigation that can be done. For you residents in adjacent cities, CH refuses to consider your loss of viewscape as a significant problem. Buried in the 5000+ pages, there is a blurb that they will cut 100 feed from the height of the hills to fill in the extant canyons and straighten out the ridgeline.