CA blocked LADWP fire-hardening project to protect now-burned plant: Congressman

(The Center Square) – Congressman Kevin Kiley has introduced a bill to Congress that would strip the California Coastal Commission of much of its powers, citing its recent blocking of a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power request to upgrade wooden power poles to protect a now-burned plant. 

“This is why I’m introducing a bill to rein in the CA Coastal Commission,” said Kiley on X in response to a report on how the CCC blocked the LADWP upgrade and collected $2 million in fines for trampling Braunton milkvetch shrubs that live in fire-prone areas. “It stopped LA from replacing wooden power line poles in an elevated fire-risk area in order to save a few “Braunton milkvetch” plants, collecting $2 million in fines in the process.”

The report from the

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