Category Archives: Environmental
Large Branch Needs to Be Cleared, Before it Comes Down
A large eucalyptus tree topped across Sunset and Bienveneda around 3:30 p.m. on December 30 and neighbors reported: “Massive tree down on Sunset and Bienveneda—took the power lines out,” and “Just drove by and there’s multiple trucks and people working.”...
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Braude Bike Trail “Gap” Construction Underway
Former City Councilman Marvin Braude would be delighted that the long-proposed improvements to add a second lane to the bike path between the City of Santa Monica and Will Rogers State Beach is finally under construction. Work has started this...
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Lack of Alarms/Human Error Cause Hyperion Failure
Initially, the L.A. City Public Works claimed that the near catastrophic failure of the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in July, which not only flooded the plant but caused a 17-million-gallon sewage spill to be released in the ocean, was caused...
L.A. County Sheriff Responds to Plea from Residents/Nonprofits
After nearly a year of watching the Ballona Wetlands destroyed by the people living in illegally parked RV’s, who dumped garbage into the water, broke fences, used the area as an outdoor toilet and did drugs unimpeded, residents and nonprofits...
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Highlands Eldercare Building Impacts Residents
Is a special Environmental Impact Review (EIR) needed to add an entrance gate to a public park? That question recently came up in a January 27 letter in the Palisadian-Post (“Holding Public Officials Accountable, Local Project Concerns”). An EIR examines...
“Unfriendly” Opposition to an Entrance Gate into Potrero Canyon Park
Several residents are waging a battle against an entrance gate, under construction off Friends Street, that will allow hikers to enter the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon, once it is opened. Three Palisades residents made public comments during the Board of Recreation...
Bathrooms at Split Rock Trailhead Are Disgusting
(Editor’s note: We received a note from hikers who said the Split Rock Trailhead’s bathrooms were disgusting. The trailhead is a major starting place for hikers using the Temescal Ridge Trail, Skull Rock and Topanga State Park. There is a...
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Environmental
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Solar Available for Palisades Residents; Prospective Installers to Present on February 3
One of the goals of Resilient Palisades is to ensure the community of Pacific Palisades is utilizing solar power, and then to establish a microgrid. A microgrid is a local electrical network that includes homes or businesses with solar panels...
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Environmentalists and Government Officials Are Needed to Save Ballona Wetlands
Prior to the L.A. County Supervisors meeting on January 11, Lucy Han, a representative of the nonprofit Friends of the Jungle, dropped off 500 letters tp Supervisor Holly Mitchell. The letters pleaded to save the Ballona Wetlands from the illegally...
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Gas-Powered Blowers & Mowers Are Still Polluting Our Air
A new California law (AB 1346) will require the state to adopt regulations regarding gas-powered tools, such as blowers and mowers, by July 1, 2022. It also bans their sale by the start of 2024, IF California’s Air Resource Board determines...
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