Playa Vista

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

Submitted on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 10:58

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

Submitted on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 10:34

From: Patricia Mcpherson
To: Andrew Willis <andrew.willis@coastal.ca.gov>; Todd Cardiff

Understanding Ballona.

Submitted on Thu, 03/19/2020 - 09:03

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

Read more about Understanding Ballona.
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Southern Sierra News about Ballona CALIFORNIA DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE: BALLONA BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST 1/21/2020

Submitted on Tue, 02/11/2020 - 10:59

Southern Sierra News about Ballona

CALIFORNIA DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE: BALLONA BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST

Playa Vista Buyers Will Test Capability of Methane Shield

Submitted on Thu, 01/09/2020 - 22:05

Grassroots Coalition
11924 W. Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Contact: Jeanette Vosburg
(310) 636-3518

January 6, 2003

Playa Vista Buyers Will Test Capability of Methane Shield
Critics call high-tech safeguards unproven. Courts back experts who devised system.

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.