CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 2, 1994 | BILL BILLITER
City law is clear: People in Huntington Beach must be given the right to vote on construction proposed on beach or park land. That right came to the general public when voters overwhelmingly passed an initiative, called Measure C, in 1990. What remains unclear, however, is at what stage a project must be placed on the ballot for voter approval. Is it when the project is first planned?
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 26, 1992 | BILL BILLITER
The City Council has unanimously approved a county plan to halt erosion around bridge abutments at the new Talbert Channel at Huntington State Beach. The erosion could threaten a parking lot next to the bridge. The new outlet to the sea was carved into the beach last year. It connects the newly restored Huntington Beach Wetlands at Brookhurst Street and Pacific Coast Highway with the Pacific Ocean, allowing ocean water to flush the wetlands.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 3, 1992 | TOM McQUEENEY
Developers of the city-approved 4,400-home Holly-Seacliff project will give the city another piece of land Monday that will be used for the Bolsa Chica Linear Regional Park. Pacific Coast Homes and Urban West Communities, joint developers of the Holly-Seacliff project, agreed in 1990 to give a total of 41.3 acres of land to the city for use as part of the 106-acre county park. The 6.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 8, 1991 | BILL BILLITER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
On the first anniversary of the American Trader oil spill, Assemblyman Tom Mays (R-Huntington Beach) announced Thursday that he will sponsor legislation to increase the state's regulation of offshore oil transportation and drilling.
NEWS
February 7, 1991 | BILL BILLITER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Most residents believe that the city has recovered from the oil spill that happened one year ago today, but the memory of the disaster lives on in the form of a new wave of environmental awareness, according to a new survey. The Times Orange County Poll also found that a majority of residents favor removing the offshore oil unloading terminal where the tanker American Trader spilled 397,000 gallons of oil last year.