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Long Beach council urges regional action on Los Angeles River trash, directs staff to engage water board
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously to press the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and upstream jurisdictions for stronger, enforceable measures to reduce trash entering the LA River that flows to Long Beach beaches.
Long Beach City Council on Tuesday voted to press for stronger regional rules and partnerships aimed at preventing trash carried by the Los Angeles River from reaching Long Beach beaches.
The council approved a pair of related items asking staff to engage with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board during the upcoming rulemaking on the nonpoint source trash waiver and to pursue county and multi‑jurisdictional collaboration, funding opportunities and public education to reduce watershed debris affecting Long Beach.
Councilmember Rex Richardson and councilmembers who sponsored the measures said the city has been shouldering an outsized cleanup cost for trash that originates upstream. Councilmember Duggan told…
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