Sept. 30, 2025 8 AM PT
To the editor: Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, in a press release by his spokesperson, means that leasing parts of Camp Pendleton would “maximize worth and taxpayer {dollars} whereas sustaining mission readiness and safety” (“Camp Pendleton is an oasis from SoCal urban sprawl. Feds now consider unprecedented development,” Sept. 28). This declare overlooks the environmental significance of the bottom, which was named the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s navy conservation accomplice of the yr in 2022 for shielding endangered species such because the arroyo toad and the coastal California gnatcatcher. Industrial improvement would jeopardize these preservation efforts and undermine a long time of environmental stewardship.
Furthermore, improvement strain on the Southern California shoreline has traditionally led to lengthy authorized battles, as seen in Bolsa Chica and Banning Ranch, each of which had been finally scrapped as a consequence of ecological issues. Any proposal that shifts Camp Pendleton away from its navy and conservation mission dangers irreparable environmental and neighborhood hurt.
Michael Shen, Rowland Heights
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To the editor: As soon as a month, I drive from San Diego to Woodland Hills to go to my mom in reminiscence care. The drive again on Saturday afternoons is highlighted by the ridiculous one hour it takes to journey from a bit of south of the nuclear energy plant by Oceanside. It ought to take 10 minutes.
We higher repair that first earlier than creating Camp Pendleton and the neighborhood.
Jeff Prescott, La Jolla
