Lower Ballona

Oil well gas leak creates new dangers for local residents and visitors to Ballona Wetlands - University City Syndicate

Submitted on Sun, 10/20/2019 - 18:34

ALERT:

An increasingly dangerous gas leak from the oil well located in the Fresh Water Marsh, just west of Lincoln Blvd, in the Ballona Wetlands, has been proclaimed by oil and gas experts as a "significant surface hazard."

Alleged Clean Water Act Violation: Playa Vista; CA Department of Fish & Wildlife; and, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission's 2013 emails establish they knew of Illegal Drains that allowed contaminated Channel Water to flow into Ballona Wetlands.

Submitted on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 11:32

Alleged Clean Water Act Violation: Leadership of Playa Vista; CA Department of Fish & Wildlife ; Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission (SMBRC) , Bay Foundation; Friends of Ballona emails (2013) establish they were all aware of the Illegal Drains allowing contaminated Ballona Channel water to flow into Ballona Wetlands.

Stop drying out Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve! Stop Playa Vista's confiscation and throw away of Ballona's freshwater resources.

Submitted on Tue, 07/09/2019 - 10:52

STOP ALLOWING THE ON-GOING DESTRUCTION OF BALLONA WETLANDS

1990 Friends of Ballona Wetlands and CCC Signed Settlement Agreement

Submitted on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 18:24

In 1990, this Settlement Agreement occurred (197 pages - 14 meg).

1990 Signed Friends of Ballona Wetlands, Vs. : CCC Settlement Agreement Courtesy Tattn.pdf 197 PAGES.pdf

Courtesy of Tattn.

SoCal Gas Underground Storage Operations: How Hazardous is too Hazardous?

Submitted on Tue, 06/11/2019 - 15:23

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?

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.

SoCalGas, Playa Del Rey Gas Storage Field Leakage - Grassroots Coalition's CPUC Complaint Case; CPUC Consumer Protection and Safety Division - "Facts and Findings"

Submitted on Tue, 07/10/2018 - 16:45

Both Grassroots Coalition and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Consumer Protection and Safety Division's "Facts and Findings" detail risks created by the SoCalGas underground gas storage operations in Playa del Rey (PDR), CA.

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

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