La Vina irking county:
Motion will OK lawsuit to create public trail

I like this because it's from the Pasadena Star-News. Being a former Pasadenan (that's where we moved after leaving Maine--see below) anything with a Pasadena or Altadana dateline is of global significance. And here the La Vina HOA, a gated compound--pardon me, community--is trying to keep a foothill trail private, to the consternation of the guardians of the public weal. Thanks to Fred Pilot for the link.

ALTADENA -- Supervisor Michael Antonovich plans to introduce a motion at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting that would require county counsel to take the steps necessary to secure a public trail around the upscale La Vina residential community. The La Vina Homeowners Association, which represents more than 200 homeowners in the gated La Vina community in Altadena's foothills, owns 108 acres of open space that forms a ring around the development. A group of trail advocates known as the Altadena Crest Trail Restoration Working Group formed by Antonovich to make the Altadena Crest Trail continuous from Eaton Canyon to the Arroyo Seco has raised concerns at the county level about the resistance users have met on trails around La Vina. The La Vina Homeowners Associ ation posted new "No Trespassing' signs in May along a trail in Millard Canyon.
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