Understanding Ballona.

Stop drying out Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve! Stop Playa Vista's confiscation and throw away of Ballona's freshwater resources.
... Grassroots Coalition (GC) implores the state agencies to compel the return of Ballona's freshwater to the Ballona Wetlands to ... of high water. Restoration needs to begin by determining how the hydrology has changed 2,18 . T…

Ballona Wetlands Aquifers At Risk: Playa Vista Throws Away Millions of Gallons of Freshwater Every Week... Playa Vista's 30 year history of intentionally de-watering to protect their billion dollar development on Los Angeles' Westside. ... are aiding this endeavor due to the lack of review of how diverting and taking away a wetland’s groundwaters has deleterious

How to Drain a Wetland & Get Away With It; The Betrayal Of The Public's Trust... 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 ... Commission Meeting Item 10 C) While vocalizing how wrong it is to drain a wetland, a blind eye is being turned to the massive ...

Grassroots Coalition Letter to State Lands Commission, Director Lucchesi, April 23, 2018 re: Ballona Freshwater & Methane Gas Leakage
... Grassroots Coalition Also see Letter to Mr. Kang and Water Board Personnel: Patricia McPherson's Water Board Letter re: ...

Oil & Gas Fields Reference Materials - Baldwin Hills/Inglewood - PXP - Playa Vista/SoCalGas... Groundwaters and Surface Waters Water Board - Attn Mr. Kang 

California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) Still Draining Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve 2020 Press Coverage

GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS: Hidden Dangers of Artificial Pumping & Lowering of Groundwater, Causing Death of an Ecosystem.
... Water Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems How can we manage groundwater to benefit both people and nature? Video: vimeo.com/242821521 ...

Southern Sierra News about Ballona CALIFORNIA DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE: BALLONA BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST 1/21/2020
... as a “restoration” by: digging down/up/out to a depth of twenty-five to thirty feet; extending Santa Monica Bay ... and trash. The CDFW is gaslighting the public. How? The CDFW has gifted Los Angeles with an FEIR that entitles an ...

HOW HAZARDOUS IS TOO HAZARDOUS (SoCalGas PDR Underground Storage Operations)
27 slide presentation
"How Hazardous is too Hazardous", by Grassroots Coalition's Patricia McPherson
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgQtCKEvc8&t=93s
The YouTube Presentation and Slide Presentation were given to the City of Los Angeles for a Compliance Review Request #453028 August 2, 2019, for the Conditional Use Permit of SoCalGas/PDr by Grassroots Coalition and supported by the Sierra Club.

Dr. Bernard Endres Subject: SOCALGAS/ Series of CPUC EXHIBITS/BRIEFS of Grassroots Coalition-SCG/PDR Underground Gas Operations
... Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 3:28 PM To: Kang, Jim@Waterboards ; Willis, Andrew@Coastal ; Revell, Mandy@Coastal ...

Where has all the water gone at Ballona Wetlands?
... Hello Mr. Kang, Waterboard personnel, ...

2018 Ballona Wetlands / Protecting/ Restoring Its Fresh Groundwaters and Surface Waters / Water Board / Attn Mr. Kang
Hello Mr. Kang, and Waterboards, Agencies, County Supervisors, Legislative Persons, City ...

MISC. VIDEOS http://saveballona.org/search/node/video

MISC. SLIDE PRESENTATIONS http://saveballona.org/search/node/SLIDES​

Ballona Watershed: Historical Photos 1923-1952 Presentation Slide Show Ballona Watershed Historical Photos 1923-1952 Gallery Media : 1900 approx-ballona ... Ballona Links for Top Horizontal Menu: Photos Resources Water ...

Support a slow, careful restoration of Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
... [Video:] youtu.be/pVN-0l0TqUo 20 minutes CCC Dana Point Meeting - Unanimous Yes Vote to Remove Illegal Drains - ... Douglas Fay Interview - 60+ Years of Santa Monica Bay History. [Video:] vimeo.com/176516818 30 minutes 9.13.16 ...

Enforcement

2014 California Coastal Commission Enforcement Officer, Andrew Willis' Enforcement Letter to Playa Capital, LLC and California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) about Two Illegal Drains in the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. Click for full text.

2017 California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) Betty Courtney Letter "The reduced volume of water has compromised the success of the mitigation project, limited the habitat function and value, and decreased fish and wildlife diversity." Click for full text.