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Archives 2019
June 10, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) San Diego - Public Comments
Playa Vista Waste of Fresh Water at BWER,
Patricia McPherson, Grassroots Coalition and Kathy Knight, Sierra Club
https://youtu.be/aArk1KpfqyI 9 minutes 2 seconds
May 10, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard - Public Comments
Re: Director Ainsworth's BALLONA REPORT MAY 8, 2019.
https://youtu.be/1Lo_ZDPubEo 19 minutes 27 seconds - four speakers. First 2 speakers are Margot & Patricia.
May 10, 2019 Margot Griswold's Comments begin at 0:07 minutes to 7:26 minutes. Margot is discussing misleading testimony by Eric Stein and others during the Executive Director's Report. See the full testimony below, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.
https://youtu.be/NFJPAsrmnO0 7 minutes 37 seconds
May 10, 2019 Patricia McPherson's Comments begin at 7:30 minutes to 14:26 minutes. Patricia is discussing misleading testimony by Eric Stein and others on Ballona when they discuss Ballona Wetlands as former Tidal Wetland during the Executive Director's Report below, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.
https://youtu.be/fUJfuVrkzMg 7 minutes 22 seconds
May 8, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard BALLONA WETLANDS
First 48 minutes 13A Director's Report Item 13 Informational Hearing. Listen carefully to Eric Stein.
Then 47 minutes PUBLIC COMMENTS - Patricia McPherson comes up first.
Relevant permit history and restoration efforts.
https://youtu.be/EtgcejRl57c 1 hour 47 minutes
May 8, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard Director Jack Ainsworth's BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Report: "In Order of Appearance: Dir. Ainsworth; Mandy Ravell; Andrew Willis; Dr. Joana Engle; Dr. Eric Stein, SCCWRP; Korina Johnston, Bay Foundation; Richard Brody, CA Dept. Fish & Wildlife; Chair Dana Bochco; Commissioner Robert Uranga; Korina Johnston, Bay Foundation; and Commissioner Donne Brownsey 5.8.19
https://youtu.be/l1SDVzSiJLE 53 minutes 24 seconds
May 8, 2019 California Coastal Commission (CCC) Oxnard Public Comments, Re: CCC Director's Report on Ballona Wetlands- Patricia McPherson, Grassroots Coalition; Ruth Landsford, Friends of Ballona; Marcia Hanscom, Ballona Institute; Walter Lamb, Ballona Wetlands Land Trust; Patricia McPherson, Grassroots Coalition; Cindy Hardin, LA Audubon Society; Molly Basler, Climate Reality Leader; Edith Read, Manager Freshwater Wetlands System; Rex Frankel, Ballona Ecosystem Education Project; Margot Griswold, LA Audubon Society; Marc Saltzberg, LA County Democratic Club; Diane Fletcher-Hoppe, Protect Playa Now Coalition; Jonathan Coffin, Ballona Wetlands Photographer; Patricia Unise, representing the owners of Fishermans Village; Kathy Knight, Sierra Club; Richard Harmel, Sierra Club, Airport Marina Group; CCC Chair Dana Bochco
https://youtu.be/obbl-VxFuKE 52 minutes 14 seconds
Archives 2017
November 21, 2017 -- Jeanette Vosburg, Rex Frankel
November 11, 2017 -- 2017 Fish & Game Commission Meeting in Atascadero Re: DEIR Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve
October 17, 2017 -- Rex Frankel
Archives 2016
December 13, 2016 -- Rick Pine: Photos, Sierra Club Holiday Party
September 13, 2016 -- Douglas Fay
August 27, 2016 -- Margot Griswold
June 21, 2016 -- JohnTommy Rosas
May 17, 2016 -- Bev-Sue Powers : Hook Line and Sinker
April 19, 2016 -- Walter Lamb: Ballona Wetlands Land Trust Lawsuit
March 15, 2016 -- Rex Frankel (also Melanie Winter) Ballona Wetlands Restoration
January 19, 2016 -- Marcia Hanscom: Ballona Wetlands