LEAPS Project Impacts: Economic, Environmental & Cultural
Economic Impacts - LEAPS ISSUES
LEAPS ISSUES
- Increased Commuter Times and Associated Expenses
- Loss of Property Values
- Eminent domain and interference with property rights
- Interference with firefighting operations - placing properties and first responders at risk
- Industrialization of a residential area and a national forest resource
- No real impact on water quality
Environmental Impacts
LEAPS ISSUES - WILL IMPACT:
- Endangered Species
- Damage to Protected Public Forest Lands
- Construction Traffic and Pollution
- Destruction of undisturbed forest scenery
- Construction Traffic and Pollution
- Damage to native plants, trees and shrubs
- Increased lake turbidity and dissolved solids
- Increased lake water temperatures due to disturbance of natural lake strata
- Destruction of Decker Canyon
- Expose residents to increased levels of Magnetic Field activity, which has been consistently shown to be associated with higher levels of cancer
Cultural Impacts - Native American Tribes
- Luiseño People's Native American sacred sites, including sites of the tribes' creation myth.
Luiseño Peoples include :
- La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians
- Pala Band of Luiseño Indians
- Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians
- Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
- Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
- Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.
- Historical Sites
- Artifacts
LEAPS HAS MAJOR ISSUES