nature getting neutered

from Ballona.org

The L.A. City Council will vote next week on massive new development at Ballona Southeast!!
March 2010

Please come to the hearing and let your voice be heard!!
What: L.A. City Council Hearing
When: Friday March 26, 2010, 10 a.m.
Where: Downtown L.A. City Hall, 200 N. Spring St., Room 340

Playa Vista 2 would add 2,800 residential units, 175,000 sq ft of office space, and a huge shopping center to Ballona. This would result in a minimum additional 26,000 car trips per day!!

Permission to build on the property would also represent a multi-million dollar giveaway to the Wall Street investment consortium landowners!

Let your representatives know we are tired of overbuilding, pollution, and gridlock! Please come to the hearing and show the
m our broad-based community support for a livable city!

If you cannot come, please write or email your councilperson, and be sure to send a copy to Bill Rosendahl, councilmember for the 11th District.

Councilmembers’ contact info can be found at: The Los Angeles City Council Page

For more information email us at: landtrust@ballona.org

This last open space could not only be used for habitat, but also as a treatment wetland. This Natural Treatment Wetland could clean Ballona and Centinela creeks before they reach the preserved 600-acre Ballona Ecological Reserve and Santa Monica Bay. This could be done at a fraction of the cost of mechanical water purification; our vision is not only ecological; it is financially viable.

For more information go to www.naturaltreatmentsystem.org, or read the Ballona Wetland Land Trust’s Vision Book, “Natural Treatment Wetlands at Ballona Southeast”(pdf).