Supervisors Spend $300,000 to Help Acquire Parkland
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors transferred $300,000 in park funds to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy on Tuesday, clearing the way for the conservancy to buy 32 acres of land above Studio City.
The board, acting as the county’s Regional Park and Open Space District, used funds from Proposition A, a voter-approved initiative that set aside money for parkland in 1992.
The land, known as the Lecohabe property, is next to Fryman Canyon, just north of Mulholland Drive. The privately owned area sits between two larger areas of parkland that stretch from Little Fryman Canyon to the Laurel Canyon dog park.
The property contains a popular hiking trail, several dozen mature oak trees and a creek.
“This is a premier block of core urban habitat,” said Paul Edelman, a staff geologist for the conservancy.
The conservancy is buying the land from a group of doctors, but because the deal has not cleared escrow, conservancy officials will not say how much they paid for the land.
In addition to the county’s Proposition A funds, the conservancy is using its own share of $40 million in Proposition A revenue.
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