Board Agenda, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015: This action is to authorize the Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District or her designee to proceed with installation of temporary postfire debris mitigation measures in the area burned by the June 2015 Calgrove Fire (Santa Clarita area) using...

The California Department of Water Resources has announced the award of $27.3 million in Prop 84 grant funding to be distributed across 14 drought relief projects within Los Angeles County. In all, the agency awarded $221 million to projects across the state. The 14 projects are part of the Greater Los...

The County of Los Angeles is disappointed with an opinion issued today by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that holds the County and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District responsible for stormwater and urban runoff pollution. The opinion comes just seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court...

Citing unclear goals or a plan for the massive amount of revenue it would generate, county supervisors passed a resolution tabling the Clean Water, Clean Beaches proposal for 90 days Tuesday, with a 4-1 vote. The resolution aimed to put the proposal on the ballot for Los Angeles County taxpayers some...

After months of discussion and protest, county supervisors are set to discuss the controversial Clean Water Clean Beaches Act on Tuesday. The measure would add $57 per year to the tax bill for most single family homeowners in Los Angeles, and sets no limits for businesses, schools and nonprofits. Santa...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is holding a second public hearing on the proposed Clean Water, Clean Beaches measure on Tuesday, March 12, at the at the Hall of Administration in Los Angeles. The Santa Clarita City Council has already unanimously voted to protest the fee on all parcels owned...

The Castaic Lake Water Agency might jump on the growing “Just Say No” bandwagon next week when its Water Resources Committee debates the county’s planned storm water cleanup fee. If the committee votes to oppose it – as the CLWA staff is recommending – then the decision would go...

Supervisor Don Knabe [Supv. Knabe] – Los Angeles County property owners will now be able to protest the Clean Water, Clean Beaches Measure online, thanks to a motion by Supervisor Don Knabe that was unanimously approved at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. “It’s unbelievable that,...

Editor’s note: Homeowners in the city of Santa Clarita already pay stormwater pollution prevention fees to the agency that provides flood control services within the city – the city of Santa Clarita. The county is considering levying a new stormwater pollution prevention fee called “Clean...