UPDATE: we got to speak after waiting 5 hours, for 2 minutes, to protest the new $20 Billion L.A. water pollution cleanup plan which was originally supposed to include restored river and creek parks but now is an engineering firm's pipe dream.
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If you support expanded parks from our Creeks to our Peaks, come to the L.A. County Board of Supervisor's meeting on Tuesday May 26th and tell them to Keep their promise of new parks as part of the L.A. stormwater cleanup plan.
The
plan is a near complete reversal of longtime plans to turn concreted
creeks throughout L.A. into restored and expanded parts of the park
system, instead largely relying on turning existing public parks and
playgrounds into pollution catch basins. This crummy plan also features a
massive tax hike which county planners are trying to sneak past all of
us to avoid a rebellion like occurred in 2013. For what happened in 2013, read this: L.A. County to revise proposed parcel tax to fight polluted runoff
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L.A. County to revise proposed parcel tax to fight pollu...
Faced
by widespread public opposition, the Los Angeles County supervisors on
Tuesday sent a proposed parcel fee to combat storm water pollution back
to the drawin...
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The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy wrote this in their
comment letter: "There seems to be a bias against projects on private
land..." in the plan. The SMMC supports land acquisition to create new
"multi-benefit stormwater cleanup parks" that include wildlife habitat.
They stated: . We "recommend inclusion of these types of acquisition
projects and this approach in the plan. "
To read the full letter: http://smmc.ca.gov/pdf/attachment3990_Comment%20Letter.pdf
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