Regional View Ballona Creek Watershed December 19, 2003 Area A & part of Area B (192 acres total) purchased for $139 million (Prop 50 funds) Area B.

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Regional View Ballona Creek Watershed

December 19, 2003 Area A & part of Area B (192 acres total) purchased for $139 million (Prop 50 funds) Area B remainder and Ballona Creek Channel (291 acres total) donated to the state by Playa Capitol Company LLC (additional $1 million for cost of land transactions and fees) August 4, 2004 Area C (70 acres) conveyed to CDFW (valued approximately $50 million). Subject of Settlement Agreement with Howard Hughes Estate. (Senate Bill 666) June 20, 2005 Freshwater marsh (24 acres) leased by State Lands Commission to CDFW. August 19, 2005 California Fish and Game Commission designated the area as an Ecological Reserve. Acquiring the Ballona Wetlands

Area C Area B Area C Area A

Historic Ballona – 1876 T-Sheet Vegetated marsh - green Salt pan - yellow Intertidal- light blue Subtidal- mid blue Open water- dark blue

Partnership Effort: California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Coastal Conservancy Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission Annenberg Foundation (Interpretive Center) Others: US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles County -Public Works Dept/Flood Control City of L.A. LMU

Habitat delineations based on vegetation alliances, tidal influence, and elevation Surveys completed by: CDFG (2007) Habitat Map

A Need for Habitat Improvement: Low usage by target/native species Existing degraded habitat conditions High Potential for Improved Conditions High Potential for Increases in Benefits to Natural Resources High Potential for Increased Value to the Public Benefit

Area A North Fiji Ditch

Area A Southwest

Area B West

Area B (Culver & Jefferson)

Area C North

Area C South Little League Fields

Area B, 2013 Two Views of Ballona Wetlands

A Restoration Project is being Proposed Environmental Review/Permitting Process No decision has been made. Environmental Review underway (CEQA = CDFW; NEPA = Army Corps of Engineers) Analyzes the environmental effects of implementing the project Presents alternatives (including no project) Public can comment on draft environmental analysis Public meeting to comment on draft environmental analysis

CDFW: CEQA Lead for document. Including an agreement for the Foundation to construct, operate, and maintain any center, & decision to implement a particular restoration plan Army Corps of Engineers: NEPA lead. 408 permit (levees) & 404 permit (impacts to waters of the U.S.) Fish and Game Commission: regulatory change to allow or change uses; pets on leash in Area C and bicycles California Coastal Commission: Coastal Development Permit Some of the necessary permits and approvals

Questions ? Terri Stewart Environmental Program Manager