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1934 - Bouquet Canyon Reservoir, replacement for ill-fated St. Francis Dam & reservoir, begins to fill with water [story]
Bouquet Reservoir


To read the H.R. 4086 text as introduced, click here.

To view the fact sheet about the legislation, click here.

To view a map of the proposed expansion area, click here.

In an effort to jump-start movement on H.R. 4086, the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act now stalled in committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, author Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) has enlisted the aid of Rep. Steve Knight (R-Antelope Valley).

Schiff and Knight co-authored a letter they sent Wednesday to Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona), the ranking committee member, urging the legislation be heard.

“This bipartisan bill enjoys broad support from local leaders and landowners throughout the Los Angeles region and would preserve open space in one of the densest metropolitan regions in the nation,” the letter read in part.

The landmark legislation would add more than 193,000 acres of the Rim of the Valley Corridor to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The Rim of the Valley stretches from the Simi Hills and Santa Susannas, the Verdugos and on to the San Gabriel Mountains, and includes the Santa Clarita Valley, Griffith Park and the Los Angeles River.

“The Rim of the Valley is the critical bridge between the urban city centers, suburbs in the Los Angeles basin and the spectacular wilderness beyond – our bill would help protect these lands for generations to come,” Schiff said in October 2017 upon introducing H.R. 4086.

“As more of this area is developed and open space diminishes, the wildlife it supports is increasingly at risk,” Schiff said. “Congress must preserve the Rim of the Valley for generations to come, but we must act quickly on a bipartisan basis, or this once in a century opportunity will be gone.”

In June 2016, Schiff and then-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced the original Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act, H.R. 5647. The bill died due to the 114th Congress’ failure to act on it.

Schiff and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act last October as H.R. 4086.

The legislation was referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands on October 24, 2017, but has not moved since, precipitating the letter from Schiff and Knight to the Natural Resources Committee.

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6 Comments

  1. mellie says:

    More leftist idiocy. I’d bet anything soros is really proud.

  2. John Whitaker says:

    Gentlemen: I strongly support your bipartisan efforts to get this done. Please do everything possible to make it happen. I am a retired real estate attorney and now a docent-naturalist at Placerita Canyon Natural Area where we lead hikes for visiting grade school classes. Let me know if there is anything we can do to help. Thanks, John

  3. Misty Riportella says:

    Sen Knight you would be a wise man to NOT get involved with anything Shifty Schiff does! When Boxer and Feinstein set out to do something with Schiff it is haute breed to be a career breaker!

    • SCVNews.com says:

      It seemed to work out OK for Buck McKeon, who sponsored Rim of the Valley legislation and who said teaming up with Boxer to stop the Elsmere dump was the best thing he ever did as a congressman.

  4. Misty Riportella says:

    Hi John you don’t honestly believe the text is what the truly have in mind do you Sir? They previous admin has been on a government land grab for quit a while and this is part of it! Are you democrat and support the corruption in gov today or are you just unaware of Schiffs tactics ?

  5. Misty Riportella says:

    Sir are you aware of the real push behind this land grab? The fact that Schiff and two of his criminal Cohorts have been unsuccesful at getting this bill passed should tell you that it is NO good ! This is an attempt to take resources from the state WATER to be specific! Furthermore if your concerned about hiking for out of town grade schoolersA take them some where else and B in this time in our lives, really you need to re-evaluate your priorities for those grade schoolers futures!

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