Local News in Brief : Equestrian Center OKd
The Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved construction of a $1.2-million equestrian center near Point Dume that will be the first public staging point for horseback riding along the Los Angeles County coast.
The county and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy will build two arenas for horse training and shows, along with a 106-space lot providing free parking for horse trailers. The 24-acre site, about one-half mile inland from Zuma Beach, is being leased from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. The facility should be open by mid-1990, officials said.
A 1985 census by Equestrian Trails, a riders’ group, found about 131,000 horses in Los Angeles County. But the only county equestrian facilities are at Bonelli Park near San Dimas and at the Whittier Narrows park. The city of Los Angeles runs the large Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Griffith Park.
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