City launches campaign to save lagoon
The saltwater pool at the Seaside Lagoon will not or. pen as scheduled this yea A line has been drawn in the lagoon. And the troops are rallying on Facebook. The City Council last week reacted to a potential $21.2 billion fine by suspending operation of the saltwater pool in the Seaside Lagoon, indefinitely. At the same time, Mayor Mike Gin launched a “Save Seaside Lagoon” Facebook page to spearhead an advocacy campaign aimed at a relaxation of water quality standards and potential fines that would enable the lagoon to reopen. Gin said that the city hopes to obtain a new “Time Schedule Order” from the regulating agency, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, which would allow the reopening of the lagoon “as is” while the city seeks to address water quality issues surrounding outflow from the lagoon into the ocean. “I don’t think anyone disagrees we all need to do our part in keeping the ocean clean, but we feel the potential civil maximum penalty of $21.2 billion was just outrageous…I think it would be fiscally irresponsible for us to continue to operate the lagoon as is with that threat hanging over our heads.” The Facebook page has already attracted more than…
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