Bill Ordering Talks on Bolsa Chica Vetoed
Gov. Gray Davis has vetoed a bill that would have pushed the state into talks to buy Bolsa Chica mesa.
The bill, by Assemblyman Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach), would have required the state parks department to meet with landowner Signal Landmark to figure out a purchase price for the 230-acre mesa and report back to the Legislature by April 2002. Davis said 90% of the area is already under public ownership.
Developers initially planned a marina, hotels and 5,700 homes on 1,547 acres. The state bought the 880 acres of wetlands there in 1997. Last November, the state Coastal Commission said development must be limited to 65 acres on the mesa.
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