The West without Water: What Can Past Droughts Tell Us About Tomorrow? by B.Lynn Ingram, Ohio State, March 2015
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Ballona Watershed
Support a slow, careful restoration
PARK TO PLAYA BRIDGE OVER LA CIENEGA FROM KENNETH HAHN PARK
TO STONE VIEW NATURE CENTER COMPLETES 13 MILE TRAIL TO THE BEACH
TO STONE VIEW NATURE CENTER COMPLETES 13 MILE TRAIL TO THE BEACH
SUPPORT A SLOW CAREFUL RESTORATION OF BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
Dr. Margot Griswold, Restoration Ecologist - 4.6 minute YouTube
Listen to her Proposal to Restore Ballona's Predominantly Freshwater Seasonal Ballona Wetlands
... protect Ballona groundwater.
GRASSROOTS COALITION & CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION SETTLE OUT OF COURT
- Aquifer Groundwater Infiltration Protection Recharge Watershed - 14 slides
- Ecological Preserve Waterflow and Dewatering Impact - 32 slides
- Wetlands Preservation - 35 slides
- Wetlands Preservation and Restoration - 48 slides
- Activists want Public Participation in 2016 Proposed Restoration - 12 slides
- Animal Welfare Presentation - 7 slides
- Wetland Preserves Proposed Tidal Wave Levee - 13 slides
A Diagram of Aquifer underlying the Ballona Wetlands
DOUBT CALIFORNIA IS DRYING OUT? LOOK AT THESE OUTER SPACE PHOTOS!
We have taken rainwater for granted or treated it as an enemy sloping driveways to send rainwater to the street and nearest storm drain since the 1930's. Now the LA River Watershed is taking a different approach. Why not the Ballona Watershed which sends Billions of Gallons of Water to Ballona Flood Control Channel and into the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica Bay?
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What did the L.A. Basin look like before there was an L.A.?
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Ballona Watershed Vimeo - Douglas Fay - 60 Year Evolution of Santa Monica Bay
Discusses his famous Dad, Rimmon C. Fay's point of view
JohnTommy Rosas Discussing Many Aspects of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve Restoration Preferred Alternative #1
Congressman Ted Lieu Supports Parts of Ballona Watershed as a National Park
Implications of Ballona Wetlands Restoration - Travis Longcore
Restoration Ecologist, Ballona Wetlands Restoration - Margot Griswold
Lost Creeks of the Ballona Valley offer an opportunity to remove concrete channels,
day light streams children can enjoy, and infiltrate rainwater into our aquifers.
The light blue lines on the map represent earlier streams. Now our precious rain water goes into storm drains
along with contaminants from our streets.This polluted runoff flows to Ballona Creek, then into the Pacific Ocean.
Rex Frankel, Editor of Rare Earth News & President of Ballona Ecosystem Education Project.
Link to his PICASA SITES below:
EVOLUTION OF BALLONA DESTRUCTION PLANS
https://picasaweb.google.com/rexfrankel/EvolutionOfBallonaDestructionPlans#
UNBURY BALLONA CREEK TO SAVE BILLIONS
https://picasaweb.google.com/rexfrankel/UnburyBallonaCreekToSaveBillions#
BALLONA CRITTERS AT RISK FROM STATE BULLDOZING PLANS
https://picasaweb.google.com/Rare.Earth.fotos/BallonaCrittersAtRiskFromStateSBulldozingPlans
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FACT: Marina real estate, boat slips basins and yacht clubs are all on long-term land leases of 50-60 years. Some have expired, some have been renewed, and others offer opportunities for revision..
FACT: Santa Monica Bay Restoration has advocated opening our Ballona Wetlands to the ocean. See videos by Travis Longcore and Margot Griswold for a greater understanding of our opposition to this.
FACT: A flood plane covers large areas of the lower Ballona Watershed (Venice, Marina del Rey, Ballona Wetlands and Playa del Rey). Sea level rise, a tsunami, or a huge storm event could flood the lower Ballona Watershed.
FACT: 950 acres of Ballona Wetlands were chiseled out to create Marina del Rey small boat harbor and recreation area by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under U.S. Congress Documents 389 and 780. U.S. Congress, Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County provided funding in almost equal parts.
FACT: U.S. Congress Documents 389 and 780 designated 41.9 acres for Oxford Lagoon Bird Sanctuary. Only 10.7 acres were actually set aside.
FACT: 90% of all our wetlands in Southern California have been built on or paved over.
FACT: Last 150 years have been the wettest in 4,000 years. Our present drought could continue for 100 years.
FACT: 120 miles of intermittent streams, 47 miles of perennial streams, and 3.8 square miles of wetlands in Greater Los Angeles existed before storm drains were installed early in the 20th Century.
FACT: 0.61 square miles of Ballona Wetlands and 24 miles of creek existed before storm drains were installed early in the 20th Century.
FACT: Los Angeles imports around 85% of its water from over 200 miles away. It uses 30% of its state electrical power to deliver this water.
Ballona Watershed Related Material
What Can We Learn from Best Selling Author Michael Lewis on PANDEMIC PLANNING and INFORMATION SILOS that's applicable to BALLONA?
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Michael Lewis on White House Pandemic Planning (Podcast) Masters in Business
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3.16.21 COMPREHENSIVE BALLONA OVERVIEW with flyovers and exceptional YouTubes
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11.10.20 PARK to PLAYA 13.2 MILE FLYOVER of Ballona Watershed
Full 720p 30fps Roads
https://youtu.be/sl4sjhBSRkA
LAWSUIT FILED TO CHALLENGE THE 2021 BALLONA WETLANDS “RESTORATION” PROJECT: Grassroots Coalition and Ballona Ecosystem Education Project (BEEP) Press Release
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 2021 LOS ANGELES, CA
Grassroots Coalition and Ballona Ecosystem Education Project (BEEP) Press Release
Contact: Grassroots Coalition (GC)
Jeanette Vosburg, Outreach Coordinator, 310-721-3512
Los Angeles, CA 90066
PROTECT & DEFEND BALLONA - WRITE LETTERS/EMAILS NOW
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Stop the Dig at Ballona - Write Letters/Emails NOW!
Editor at the LA Times:
How Hazardous is too Hazardous? SoCal Gas Underground Storage Operations
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SoCal Gas' own documentation of their gas leakage, migration and expansion beyond their approved boundaries.
Who knew what? Was the City of Los Angeles informed? Was the Public informed by SoCalGas?
Grassroots Coalition Has Won Every Lawsuit
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2014 California Coastal Commission Letter to Playa Capital and California Department Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) about Two Unpermitted Drains (Coastal Act Violation) in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
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2014 California Coastal Commission Letter from Andrew Willis, Coastal Commission Enforcement Officer, to Playa Capital and California Department Fish & Wildlife (CDFW).
Grassroots Coalition (GC) later sued Playa Capital, LLC and CDFW and prevailed in order to enforce the Coastal Commission's request which later became an order.
2017 California Department of Fish & Wildlife, (CDFW) Betty Courtney Cites Harm to Ballona Due to Reduced Water Flow From Playa Vista
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From: Patricia Mcpherson
To: Andrew Willis <andrew.willis@coastal.ca.gov>; Todd Cardiff
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