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City Council backs regional trash limits, adopts internal 60% early-target for river cleanup
Summary
The City Council voted to endorse positions on the Los Angeles River trash TMDL and the draft stormwater permit, approving an amended package and adopting an internal 60% reduction target for the first five-year phase; council members and environmental groups urged faster action while some members cautioned about legal and funding risks.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to adopt amending motions on the regional trash total maximum daily load (TMDL) and the draft municipal stormwater permit, and the council set an internal goal of achieving a 60 percent reduction in trash for the city's early-control period. Councilmembers approved the amended package 14-0 after a separate voice vote adopted a verbal amendment raising the early target from 50 percent to 60 percent (12-2 on the verbal amendment).
Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, chair of the committee working on the items, framed the package as closing a compliance gap while keeping implementation reasonable and cost-effective. He said the motions "raise the bar for the city of Los Angeles." The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has adopted a draft trash TMDL and the stormwater permit the council considered seeks city responses and plans to reduce trash carried by…
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