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VIDEO County Parks Needs Assessment of the Marina - Burton Chace Park 1.30.16

Submitted on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 16:04

WATCH VIDEO of COUNTY PARKS NEEDS ASSESSMENT of the Marina - Burton Chace Park 1.30.16. Participants expressed a desire to have more parks and habitat areas at the Marina. While the Assessment focused on local resident needs, several speakers were concerned with County Wide use of the Marina. They referred to U.S. Congress' definition of the purpose of taking 950 acres of Ballona Wetlands for a Small Boat Harbor and Recreation area in 1954 Documents 389 and 780.

Underground Gas Storage: What Went Wrong At Porter Ranch?

Submitted on Sun, 01/03/2016 - 15:22

Before she retired in 2014, Anneliese Anderle was a field engineer for the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermic Resources, which regulates oil drilling. She worked out of offices in Bakersfield, Cypress and Ventura, and for a while she was responsible for monitoring the massive natural gas storage field at Aliso Canyon.

Southern California Gas owns the facility, which distributes gas to 14 power plants and 21 million customers. In her years monitoring wells at Aliso Canyon, Anderle says she got to know the gas company as "a first-class operation."

Underground Gas Storage: Porter Ranch gas leak takes months to fix

Submitted on Sun, 01/03/2016 - 13:35

Not long after plans were laid for the community of Porter Ranch half a century ago, an oil and gas well caught fire less than five miles away.

A company of Texas oil well firefighters stopped the 1968 blaze after six days.

Seven years later, as volunteers planted pines along hillsides of the growing community, the Texans were again on the scene to contain an even more ferocious blowout.

Public Information Requests: California State Brown Act Brochure

Submitted on Fri, 05/01/2015 - 22:32

Using the Brown Act to Request Public Information

http://www.thefirstamendment.org/Brown-Act-Brochure-DEC-03.pdf

Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission: CA State / Agencies Controversies - Public Private Partnership (PPP) and the Ballona Wetlands

Submitted on Fri, 07/19/2013 - 16:24

Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission In 2010 Grassroots Coalition's President Patricia McPherson, with the help of associate John Davis began researching the way in which the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission interfaced with the (*so called) Public Private Partnership (PPP) known as the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation (an independent private business).

Ballona Watershed: Playa Vista Drainage Devices in Ballona Wetlands / De-Watering / California Coastal Commission Letter

Submitted on Tue, 07/16/2013 - 17:45

For several years the Ballona Wetlands have appeared remarkably dry, even in the rainy season. Ballona volunteers have been perplexed. We asked Why? A Public Request Act (PRA) may have supplied the answer!

Underground Gas Storage : Grassroots Coalition 2007 Lawsuit Victory Against Sempra Energy (Southern California Gas Company) in Playa del Rey, CA

Submitted on Sat, 06/29/2013 - 20:24

Grassroots Coalition believes in open government
and full disclosure of health and safety issues.

SUMMARY

Underground Gas Storage: Southern California Gas - Origin and Responsibility for Gas Migrating to the Surface

Submitted on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 13:05

PLAYA VISTA ALERT

Origin and Responsibility for Gas Migrating to the Surface at Southern California Gas in Playa del Rey adjacent to Playa Vista

Underground Gas Storage: 1998 Playa Vista Coring Log Books

Submitted on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 12:58

PLAYA VISTA ALERT

About Grassroots Coalition: Lawsuit Reply Brief - Etina, Grassroots Against Playa Vista and City of LA

Submitted on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 12:46

Legal History

For several years the Ballona Wetlands have appeared remarkably dry, even in the rainy season. Ballona volunteers have been perplexed. We asked Why? A Public Request Act (PRA) may have supplied the answer!

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