The appeal is the latest move in a longstanding dispute between environmentalists and desalination proponents.
Category: Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, Surf City USA and Orange County’s largest beach city, is home to about 191,000 people. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget and its fights with the state over housing and other laws.
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Conflict Questions Raised On Water Official’s Desal Vote
Fred Ameri of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board was until Thursday a senior vice president of a firm that made hundreds of thousands of dollars working on the Poseidon desalination project.
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Huntington Beach Management to Pay More for Pensions
The measure is expected to save the city $83,500 during a three-month period.
Posted inHuntington Beach, Investigative, Water, Power & Waste
Proposed Desalination Plant Gets Key Permit
The
water quality board allows the plant to draw up to 126.7 million
gallons of ocean water per day.
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HB Council OKs New Cellphone Tower Approval Process
The city now requires a conditional use permit and a public
hearing for proposed standalone cellphone towers.
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Huntington Beach City Council Poised To Lift Fireworks Ban
The ordinance passes over the strong objections of the city’s
fire and police chiefs.
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HB Property Owner Fined for Disturbing Bolsa Chica Site
State officials said excavation damaged prehistoric shells,
animal bones and other cultural artifacts.
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HB Council Rejects Cell Phone Tower Near Wetlands
The decision came after nearly a dozen residents spoke against
the proposal by T-Mobile to put a tower next to the protected area
in Bolsa Chica.
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HB Council Debates Fireworks Ban
Most council members support lifting the ban, despite strong
objections from the city’s fire and police chiefs.
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Recusal From Desalination Hearing Explained
Officials say Linda Ackerman disqualified herself from a hearing
on a proposed desalinization plant because of her involvement with
two other water agencies that support the project.
