Sunday, February 9, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Local agencies adopt water conservation methods
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=9424129
Local agencies adopt water conservation methods
Friday, February 07, 2014
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With water rationing on the horizon, Governor Jerry Brown is asking his administration to lead by example. Brown is asking state agencies to cut their water use by 20 percent.
With the announcement of a drought emergency come major concerns about water conservation.
In Panorama City, officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to introduce the Woodman Avenue Stormwater Capture Project, which they say will improve water quality and alleviate local flooding.
The project will capture rainwater in the San Fernando groundwater basin instead of letting it run off to the ocean.
In Camarillo, Congresswoman Julia Brownley hosted a water resources round table, where Ventura County farmers voiced concerns about how the water shortage will affect their livelihoods.
"Rationing will be an important part, I believe, of the solution, clearly," said Brownley. "Each city and the county, they're all deliberating about that at this particular moment in time."
At a water recycling facility in El Segundo, water-efficiency experts also addressed how cities, residents and businesses can conserve water during the drought.
Mayor Bill Fisher says 50 percent of the water used in El Segundo is already recycled.
"We've adopted a water-conservation ordinance that calls for such common sense conservation acts as residences and businesses reacting and immediately responding to even the smallest water leak; prohibiting automatic watering of lawns during daytime hours, 9 to 5, and limiting that duration to 15 minutes or less; limit washing vehicles," said Fisher.
Assemblyman Isadore Hall called for a statewide water bond that would increase water capacity and clean existing water sources in Los Angeles County, reducing need for Northern California water.
Water district officials say Los Angeles should have enough water to make it through the end of the year, but reiterated that water rationing may be needed in the future.
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Friday, February 7, 2014
CA Drought Conference at West Basin Water District
Fox News coveres the CA Drought Conference at West Basin Municipal Water District. Local South Bay and West LA/Malibu Chapter activists were there to talk about water conservation measures, including Ocean Friendly Gardens, water recycling and reuse.
Gaviota Homes Approved
independent.com/news/2014/feb/05/gaviota-homes-approved/
Supervisors Give Green Light to Controversial Paradiso del Mare Project
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
The controversial Paradiso del Mare project moved forward Tuesday, after the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to deny an appeal filed by environmental groups following the County Planning Commission’s go-ahead in November. Located just west of the Bacara and next door to Naples, the project — barring another appeal — will see the construction of two homes on the property, a 7,000-square-foot inland house and a 6,000-square-foot house nearer the ocean, along with accompanying guest houses and garages.
The appeal — filed by the Gaviota Coast Conservancy, marine mammal expert Peter Howorth, and the Santa Barbara chapters of the Surfrider Foundation and the Audubon Society — was originally accompanied by an appeal from the Santa Barbara Trails Council. But last week, the Trails Council rescinded its appeal after striking a deal with the developer — Brooks Street — will donate $500,000 to help build a parking lot, a mile-long trail along the bluff, and a bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks on the site. The environmental groups’ issues with the project included, among other things, concerns over how the homes’ presence would affect Chumash archaeological resources, public access to the beach below, and — for what occupied most of Tuesday’s discussion — the seal and the protected white-tailed kites populations in the area.
County staff, however, said that the multiple mitigations agreed to by Brooks Street, including more than 100 acres of open space, were reasonable. The houses will be built on the western side of the property, away from the Chumash site, and water will be provided to the homes through a pipeline originating from the eastern side. Although a popular trail to the beach on the western side will no longer be available to the public, people will be able to get to the sand from a to-be-determined spot on the eastern side. While that access point will prove problematic for getting to a popular surf spot during a chunk of the year — because of its proximity to the seals’ pupping and breeding area — Brooks Street will put $20,000 toward a volunteer-based watch group. And the kites, staff said, are not married to any particular nesting site.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
AB976 -Beach Access - and why you should write your senator!
AB976 -- and why you should write your senator! - Native Intelligence. Allow the Coastal Commission to levy fines (potentially upwards of $1,000 per day) directly against (beach access) violators.
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