Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) cannot leave well enough alone.
The voters of the 33rd Congressional District shipped him off to Washington.
There, we could rest assured that he would never trouble us again, especially since as a member of the minority, he would be hard-pressed to pass … anything.
In spite of the Democratic Party's small numbers, Lieu is trying to flex some legislative muscle.
Or legislative busy-bodying.
Now he wants to turn the coastlines all around his district into a national park, and all the micromanaging which comes with such overreach:
park if new legislation passes
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hopeful that H.R. 4871, which was recently introduced in Congress, will expand
the federal Santa Monica National Recreation Area to include the Ballona
Wetlands, San Pedro and the beach cities beaches, thereby providing more
funding for environmental sustainability. The coastline as seen from the Palos
Verdes Peninsula looking north. (Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)
hopeful that H.R. 4871, which was recently introduced in Congress, will expand
the federal Santa Monica National Recreation Area to include the Ballona
Wetlands, San Pedro and the beach cities beaches, thereby providing more
funding for environmental sustainability. The coastline as seen from the Palos
Verdes Peninsula looking north. (Chuck Bennett / Staff Photographer)
Sustainability is code for Agenda 21, which will push individual property owners out of their homes, get rid of cars, and force people to comply with state and federal regulations, to their financial and moral harm.
steadily increases, a new piece of federal legislation aims to wrap the southern
Los Angeles County coastline into a federally protected national park with the
Santa Monica Mountains.
I wonder how much long those beaches will welcome rising tides of visitors, if the cost of living floods residents out of the state.
and Maxine Waters, would initiate a sweeping, yearslong scientific study of the
potential effects on residents, wildlife, public trails and access to beaches
and other recreational areas if the southern Los Angeles County coast is added
to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
along with beaches from Santa Monica to San Pedro.
public resources.
The strain on public resources is due to the strain of an oppressive, closed government throttling businesses and strangling consumers from making a living and prospering. If Congressman Lieu and Congresswoman Waters really want to ease the strain on public resources, they should stop the study altogether.
2007 to 2015, according to attendance figures from the county Fire Department’s
lifeguard division. Attendance has climbed from roughly 50 million a year to
more than 70 million in the past five years, stretching safety resources as
lifeguard rescues increased nearly 30 percent from 2007 to 2015.
Local leaders can respond to those needs better than federal interloping. Back off!
our beaches or creating more opportunities for recreation in our urban areas
like Baldwin Hills and San Pedro, this bill is a first step toward making more
federal resources available for our trails, beaches and open space,” Lieu said
in a written statement.
Federal funding is not really federal. That money belongs to every wage earner trying to make a living in Santa Monica Bay.
make more scientific and infrastructure funds available, thereby addressing a
shortage of resources to preserve open space for conservation and recreation in
our community.”
There is no problem too small, which another law, ordinance, or regulation cannot fix.
Critics in Torrance argued that he would open up the local newspaper, then come up with a new law based on that boutique notion.
How many people are really worried about minors getting sun-burns in a tanning salon? Banning the private sale of puppies? Really? Are these measures really going to help wounded or neglected domestic animals?
All of this legislative micromanaging is about raking in the dough for the trial lawyers, and getting any easy headline for the Congressman.
The Daily Breeze gave Lieu another fat headline, this time about his attempt to place the entire Santa Monica Bay coastline under federal "protection":
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, created
in 1978, encompasses more than 150,000 acres of coastline from Pacific
Palisades to Point Magu, and inland to the 101 Freeway. Lieu’s bill, HR 4871,
was introduced to Congress in March and is being studied by the Subcommittee on
Federal Lands.
whose district includes Echo Park and Pasadena, also would extend the Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area eastward into the San Fernando Valley
and Ventura County to encompass the Rim of the Valley Corridor out toward the
Angeles National Forest.
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oversight aren’t clear, but the bill’s language focuses on expanding public
space and residents’ access to it, while protecting the environment and natural
ecosystems. Both bills have received broad support from environmental
coalitions, but several regulatory agencies want to know more about how they
could impact property holders, safety issues and regulatory mandates.
Big Green likes the legislation? Reason enough to kill it!
Carol Baker, a spokeswoman for Los Angeles County Beaches and Harbors. “We’ve
been told that it would provide tools and resources without mandates and
restrictions. But what they are, specifically, is not yet clear. It’s too early
to say.”
As long as County officials strive to maintain a cozy relationship with their federal representative, they will never take a strong stance against anything. They want to make sure the big money rolls into their coffers from Washington as much as possible.
preservation organization The Bay Foundation, cheered the legislation, saying
it could create a more coordinated approach to protecting beaches and wetlands
while also making them more accessible for visitors.
Make them accesible? They already are? People visit Redondo Beach all the time. They also swim along the shores of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, or play volleyball.
The last thing that the South Bay needs is … more federal government micromanaging!
expand preservation, ongoing scientific work and enable existing recreational
uses to be enhanced and protected,” Ford said. “I’d love to really get a better
understanding of how we are using our coast. This study is a chance for us to
gain more wisdom and enhance our efforts.”
Please go away, feds! The beaches do not need bureaucrats!
research on how ocean acidification and hypoxia from global warming trends are
impacting Los Angeles waters. Researchers have documented that increasingly
acidic waters caused shellfish to die in Oregon, but more studies are needed
across the West Coast.
Oh that's right! Global warming!
require elevated coastal buildings and structures because seas will likely go
up from about 4 inches to 2 feet by 2050. Beach erosion, already a problem at
Los Angeles County beaches, also will be a concern as well as flooding, experts
said.
Sea level is going to rise! Oh no!
Please!
Has Congressman Lieu noticed the South Bay weather lately! It's been raining for the past week. May 2016 feels like February right now. The summer may be more mild than expected, too.
enhance them through sand dunes or hard engineering solutions like sea walls,”
Ford said. “There are a lot of hard decisions that this study would support.
Sea-level rise and ocean acidification are big issues.
Environmentalists ignore science and push a hollowed-out, religious agenda. What is there problem? Are they tripping on acid?
and people are going to keep coming to the beach.”
Actually, it is!
Final Reflection
Let's be grateful that Congressman Lieu is in Congress right now.
He is freshman Democrat in the minority. He cannot get anything passed as long as Republicans maintain their majority.
Of course, California residents need to slam Congressman Lieu as hard as they can, ensure that he votes against bad legislation.
In the meantime, concerned residents who fear federal govenrment intrusion need to put the fire out on this guy!
Contact Congressman Ted Lieu's office, and tell him:
Hands off our Beaches!