Your Donation
Keeps Us in this Fight​

Joshua Tree Village Neighbors now offers three ways to support our efforts to STOP LoveMore Ranch:

  • For tax-deductible donations, please use the GiveButter portal below.

  • If you prefer, you can still give generously through GoFundMe (link below).

  • To help us avoid the 3% online processing fee, you may also mail a check to our fiscal sponsor here:

MarinLink
5800 Northgate Mall, Suite 250
San Rafael, CA 94903

Please write “Joshua Tree Village Neighbors” in the memo line and we thank you for your support!

https://givebutter.com/joshuatreevillageneighbors

Joshua Tree Village Neighbors is a grassroots coalition of residents and supporters dedicated to protecting the beauty, ecology, and character of our desert home. Our current focus is a legal challenge to the proposed LoveMore Ranch — a sprawling 64-unit subdivision crammed onto just 18 acres in the heart of Joshua Tree. We contend that this high-density, gated project is urban sprawl: incompatible with our community’s values and a direct threat to public safety and the environment. If built, it would bring increased traffic accidents, flooding, raw sewage, light pollution, and the destruction of pristine Joshua Tree woodland.

 

Our Mission

  • Preserve our rural identity. Joshua Tree’s charm lies in its open spaces, dark skies, and natural landscapes—not high-density developments. We stand against permitting urban-style sprawl in an underserved, rural community.
  • Defend the environment. The proposed development threatens native habitat, potentially disrupts wildlife (including Joshua trees, coyotes, tortoises, and burrowing owls), increases light pollution, and strains limited resources.
  • Champion responsible process and accountability. We are pushing back against what we believe is a flawed approval process—including a questionable Mitigated Negative Declaration rather than a full Environmental Impact Report, and a lack of proper public notification.

What We Do

  • Legal advocacy. We have filed a lawsuit challenging the project’s approval, asserting violations of California environmental review requirements and public process protocols.
  • Community organizing. We have have launched petitions, raised awareness, and galvanized local support through GoFundMe campaigns aimed at funding legal and advocacy efforts.
  • Amplifying local voices. We maintain digital platforms to keep the community informed, host informational sessions, organize community meetings, and share updates to amplify concerns and mobilize collective action.

For more information please visit our website: joshuatreevillageneighbors.com

 

Joshua Tree Village Neighbors is a fiscally sponsored project of MarinArts, a California nonprofit corporation exempt from federal tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service #47-2571336.