LOS ANGELES COUNTY : 5-Year Plan to Clean Up Bay Gets Board’s Approval
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday endorsed an ambitious, five-year plan to clean up Santa Monica Bay and agreed to provide three full-time employees to implement recommendations.
The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project is the culmination of five years of discussion and assessment by a coalition of local, state and federal officials, environmentalists, scientists and industry representatives.
The project provides a blueprint for cleaning and protecting the bay that includes 73 priority actions that are to cost an estimated $67 million. A foundation has been set up to secure funding from government and private sources.
The board also pledged to lobby for funding of the project.
The county already had agreed to spend $400 million to enhance treatment of waste matter at its Carson sewage plant, which will greatly reduce bacteria that threatens swimmers.
Key components of the plan include educating the public about how to prevent pollution runoff from homes and neighborhoods, restoring the Ballona Wetlands and providing long-term management, and developing a restoration plan for Malibu Lagoon.
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