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Residents bring up solar permit delays and request protections for undocumented neighbors during Chino Hills public comment
Summary
Public commenters at the Feb. 11 Chino Hills meeting raised concerns about permit delays for home solar installations after repeated outage losses, and another resident urged the council to limit local cooperation with ICE and to invest in legal resources for undocumented residents.
Members of the public used the Feb. 11 comment period to raise a range of community concerns, including a resident complaint about delays in solar permit approval and a call for the city to protect undocumented neighbors from Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.
Curtis Smith, a Chino Hills resident, said he had tried to install rooftop solar but that large oak trees on his property limit production to "20 to 30% of my power needs on a bright day." Smith said outages in the canyon are "not uncommon" and described a recent 3½‑day outage that cost him freezer…
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