Santiago Creek is the main water path in Orange City County, in the state of California that drains into the Santa Ana River. There are thirteen thousand three hundred and eighty-one people who signed the petition for the Santiago Creek open space development. Only seven thousand and one required signatures from the residents in Orange city and eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-three were certified signatures. The proposed property development on the Sunny Santiago creek was initially supposed to be fifteen acres but on the new development plan increased to forty acres which could be changed. The investment Company was to sign a development agreement with the city council but later said that the accord could change. Residents of Orange city felt deceived by the city council and are protesting against the development plan. The main reason for the protest is to address the various dangers that the housing development project in Santiago creek possesses.
A hundred and twenty-eight houses were to be built on fifteen acres according to the public agreement but an increase to forty acres will lead to the construction of more homes than the houses that were agreed upon. There has been a previous occurrence of investment companies lacking to fund enough capital to ensure safety in construction. This could bring about a number of problems. Residents of Orange city have claimed that waste materials have been known to be dumped on the proposed development area. If the open space is given to the company for development, pollution may rise and the whole community will be affected due to the dangerous waste matter that could be released on the area without the company bothering about the effect on Orange city and other close areas. Due to the depressions in the ground caused by the heavy rains, there is potential danger from the rubble that takes a long period of time to naturally settle. If a sinkhole collapses under a constructed area human lives can be lost. There have also been past events of the Santiago River causing destruction of property and loss of lives. Such a disaster could reoccur if flooding comes to happen.
In conclusion to why you should protest against the housing project on the entrails of the Santiago Creek, there are still other factors to be considered. The geographical adjustment of the area should allow for open space due to underlying fault structure and natural causes such naturally occurring gases in Santiago creek. Some gases can result in explosions under the residential area due to the high pressure from the overlying houses. Faulting and gas leaks can cause massive loss of life and property. In any case only if the regulations that are provided by the residents of Orange City are not adhered to on the open space allotment then, protest against the rezoning of the development project. The project should be stopped on Santiago creek as it poses harmful effects to the people of Orange City and California State.