LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Review Board Created for Coastal Projects
Los Angeles County supervisors Thursday created an environmental review board to evaluate proposed development in the coastal zone of the Santa Monica Mountains, acting under court order six years after establishment of such a board was called for by a county land use plan.
The board, which will consist of experts ranging from biologists to ecologists, will make recommendations to the county Planning Commission about any projects proposed in or near areas designated as environmentally sensitive on the seaward slopes of the mountains.
Those areas cover much of the territory between the Ventura County line and the Los Angeles city boundary, particularly canyons, streams, wildlife corridors, oak forests and offshore kelp beds.
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