Wetlands Restoration News
L.A. port commission OKs $31 million for area wetlands restoration"Fulfilling a promise to fund projects closer to home, port commissioners agreed this week to set aside $31 million toward the purchase and restoration of local wetlands in the Harbor Area and the Ballona Wetlands south of Marina del Rey.
No solid news yet on where in the Harbor Area we are going to see some restoration, but there's a decent chunk of cash there to divvy up and a step away from the overbuild the harbor, and mitigate by restoring wetlands in San Diego stick-in-the-eye we've been getting.
No solid news yet on where in the Harbor Area we are going to see some restoration, but there's a decent chunk of cash there to divvy up and a step away from the overbuild the harbor, and mitigate by restoring wetlands in San Diego stick-in-the-eye we've been getting.
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File that one under "I'll believe it when I see it..."
I asked them at the Commission meeting how many more acres of the bay they could fill in if this went forward. No response.
Restoring wetlands is a wonderful thing. Bataquitos Lagoon is the backdrop and viewshed for some of the most beautiful and expensive housing in San Diego County. A restored Ballona wetlands would do the same for Playa Vista and the new housing developments on the Westchester bluffs.
This wetland restoration is demanded by the state as mitigation for the loss of marine habitat to the landfills. This is fitting and proper.
The Port is also required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to analyze the aesthetic impacts of its projects. For Pier 400, Pier 300, and all of its other container terminals, it has found "no signifigant aesthetic impact". Almost 1000 acres of water have been filled in, covered with asphalt, and filled up with industrial equipment, and there is "no significant aesthetic impact".
There is also "no significant impact of light and glare", which they are also required to analyze by CEQA.
If there is no impact, there is no need to mitigate.
Therefore, beautiful wetlands get restored in exclusive residential communities, providing a huge PR boost for ongoing Port expansion, and we get zero mitigation for the impacts on San Pedro and Wilmington.
Under CEQA, lead agencies have a "duty to mitigate" all significant impacts.
Imagine what could be done in San Pedro and Wilmington if the Port were to actually live up to its "duty to mitigate".
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