Wealthy residents of the Santa Monica Mountains are outraged that scenic acres of land bought by the Trust for Public Land have sat stagnant for years and turned into an infamous dumping ground.
The nearly 1,300 acres of land along Deer Creek Road in Ventura County was acquired by the Trust for Public Land for the Santa Monica Mountains National Reserve almost two years ago, reported the Thousand Oaks Acorn.
Since then it has sat untouched and turned into a makeshift landfill where people throw out hundreds of pieces of trash.
Video shows empty beer bottles, plastic cups, cardboard boxes and graffiti covering the once immaculate hillside overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
‘This is the last of the pristine area of the Santa Monica Mountains. And this is what you see – mattress dumps, construction dump, human feces, and we keep calling and nothing is happening,’ one furious resident told ABC7.
Residents of the Santa Monica Mountains are outraged that once pristine acres of land have become a dumping ground
Video shows empty beer bottles, plastic cups, cardboard boxes and graffiti covering the once immaculate hillside
Nearly 1,300 acres of land along Deer Creek Road was acquired by the Trust for Public Land for the Santa Monica Mountains National Reserve have sat still and become an impromptu landfill
‘This trash over here, you can see, it was dumped six months ago. It hasn’t been removed.’
Outraged neighbors, many of whom live in multimillion dollar mansions, said they have complained to the city but nothing has been done.
‘The Deer Creek Beach property is a remarkable 1,241-acre expanse of oceanfront hillside with two miles of coastal beachfront along Highway 1, but when Trust for Public Land took over title and temporary stewardship to the Deer Creek Beach property in late 2022, TPL inherited several areas affected by illegal dumping,’ Alex Size, TPL’ Southern California Conservation Director told DailyMail.com.
‘In 2023, TPL invested over five-figures to clean up these areas, which involved the removal of a double-wide trailer, multiple abandoned cars, an RV, various trash and what appeared to be an illegal farming operation.’
‘In that time, 2023, TPL partnered with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) to become co-owners of the Deer Creek Beach property. Together, TPL and MRCA have been diligently monitoring the property and conducting regular debris removal efforts to maintain the site,’ Size said.
The local news station captured evidence that showed the remains of a fire, which has many concerned if they are not properly contained could set the whole area ablaze.
‘If you’ll notice some of the brush is non-indigenous. It catches fire real fast… It’s just a matter of moments when somebody throws a cigarette out,’ the resident said.
Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes as wildfire spread outside Los Angeles last week.
Neighbors said they have complained to the city but nothing has been done and garbage sits in the area for months at a time
The local news station captured evidence someone had started a fire in the area and many are concerned that could lead to the whole neighborhood going up in flames
The devastating wildfire, named the Post Fire, ignited on June 15 just 65 miles northwest of LA, and scorched over 14,000 acres.
An alarming number of Californians perish from wildfires long after firefighters have tackled the blazes, new research shows.
Scientists are sounding the alarm about PM2.5 — tiny smoke particles that emanate from wildfires and can travel deep into people’s respiratory tracts.
Particles from wildfires are among the finest types of pollution in the air, and measure 2.5 microns or less in diameter, according to the California Air Resources Board.
Due to their small size — roughly one-thirtieth of a human hair — they can cause a range of health issues that may not immediately show