The Sierra Club is suing the County of San Diego over a controversial development that promises more than 450 homes in the North County.

“Well, it's just the worst possible kind of development,” said Dave Hogan, the volunteer chair of the Sierra Club San Diego Chapter’s legal committee.

The Sierra Club and many people who live in and around the Elfin Forest opposed plans to build 453 homes on 111 acres in the Harmony Grove Village South development, which is just south of San Marcos and west of Escondido.

“It'll convert this very rural scenic area into what we're seeing behind me: More urban sprawl development near Escondido,” said Hogan as he pointed toward hundreds of two-story homes across the valley.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the development in October de

See Full Page