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COASTAL COMMISSION MEETING - BALLONA WETLANDS RESTORATION HISTORY by Patricia McPherson, GC - MAY 8, 2019 - OXNARD - POWER POINT

Submitted on Wed, 05/15/2019 - 10:02

COASTAL COMMISSION MEETING - BALLONA WETLANDS RESTORATION HISTORY by Patricia McPherson, GC - MAY 8, 2019 - OXNARD - POWER POINT

Download the 43 megabyte PDF Presentation: California Coastal Commission Meeting - May 8, 2019 - Ballona Wetlands Restoration History Presentation

How to Drain a Wetland & Get Away With It: The Betrayal Of The Public's Trust! Ballona

Submitted on Sun, 02/03/2019 - 00:42

THEN...

As is seen below in the photos from 1952 and 1997 Ballona ponds during the rainy season when allowed to do so, even with the presence of the Army Corp/ LA County built - Ballona Channel.

Playa Vista developers have always argued that their mega-development was not on a wetland, which is countered by their own internal e-mails to Los Angeles Building & Safety Department - 6/8/99 Playa Vista email to LADBS.

Environmentalists Win Ruling on Storm Channel Runoff in Los Angeles - COURT HOUSE NEWS - December 26, 2018

Submitted on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 09:59

NOYhttps://www.courthousenews.com/appeals-court-orders-deeper-look-at-socal...

Non-adherence by CCC Staff for Removal of Illegal Playa Vista Drains in Ballona Wetlands

Submitted on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 16:24

In August, 2018 GC sent this letter.

To: California Coastal Commissioners & Director & Staff; ;CDFW

cc: State Lands Commission; LARWQCB; Legislators; USACE

Re: Non-adherence by Staff for Removal of Illegal Playa Vista Drains

GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS: Hidden Dangers of Artificial Pumping & Lowering of Groundwater, Causing Death of an Ecosystem.

Submitted on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 18:00

Hidden Dangers of Artificial Pumping & Lowering of the Groundwater ...
Fresh Water
Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems

Playa Vista's Ballona Wetlands Conservancy and the Appearance of their Improper Control of Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve

From: Patricia McPherson
Subject: Fwd: QUERY ; Public Record Act Request response
Date: March 20, 2018

Seeking Streams: A landscape framework for urban and ecological revitalization in the upper Ballona Creek watershed

Submitted on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 12:59

Seeking Streams: A landscape framework for urban and ecological revitalization in the upper Ballona Creek watershed
Full Report 184 Pages. Introduction Page 3. Conclusion Page 25.
Sponsored by City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation, Watershed Protection Division

BALLONA WETLANDS Ecological Reserve Draft EIS/EIR - Todd Cardiff's (Grassroots Coalition Attorney) Comments Submitted 1.30.18

Submitted on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 11:23

Grassroots Coalition's Attorney Todd Cardiff's COMMENTS on
BALLONA WETLANDS Ecological Reserve Draft EIS/EIR

BALLONA WETLANDS Ecological Reserve Draft EIS/EIR September 2017 - Jeanette Vosburg's Comments Submitted 1.30.18

Submitted on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 08:41

January 31, 2018
Dear Ballona Supporters here are the BWER comments I sent to Army Corps and Fish & Wildlife

Soeul, South Korea - Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project | Landscape ...

Submitted on Sat, 06/24/2017 - 19:33