SMMC-MRCA March 2025

Some More Urban Natural Parks

NORTHEAST L.A.: acquisition of APN 5306-006-011 (approximately 0.18 acres) at Elephant Hill using Proposition A funds, City of Los Angeles.
MRCA 3-19-25 Item VII(g) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143671/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20the%20acq.pdf?handle=208593F6836B4F4B924BD5C9C90E1D10

NORTHEAST L.A.: acquisition of either conservation easements or fee simple on APNs 5462-024-028, 029, 030, 031, and 032 and 5462-021-012, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, and 018 in Walnut Canyon using ULART grant funds, Glassell Park, City of Los Angeles.
MRCA 3-19-25 Item VII(h) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143577/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20the%20acq.pdf?handle=C97AC5CEEA734FBDBA16A1EFE88D7BCB

SHERMAN OAKS: acquisition of APNs 2281-022-006 and 008 (10.21 acres), using Community Facilities District 2020-1 and ULART grant funds, Sherman Oaks, City of Los Angeles.
MRCA 3-19-25 Item VII(i) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143580/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20the%20acq.pdf?handle=F11DD2EA2AC44F5690B7F2B31BE0F599

SMMC-MRCA Feb. 2025

Proposed Hilltops Park in East L.A.

EAST L.A.: establishment of a Northeast Los Angeles Hilltops State Park.
SMMC 2-24-25 Item 12(h) Staff Report
https://smmc.civicweb.net/document/55108/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20supporting%20establis.pdf?handle=5C72159C79A44E269BAC26C0B83359E1

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CALABASAS: comment letter to Los Angeles County on Project No. 2019-000010-(3) for Minor Coastal Development permit for 4 home Parcel Map 10857, Mulholland Highway, Cold Creek watershed. SMMC 2-24-25 Item 11(b) Staff Report
https://smmc.civicweb.net/document/55046/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20comme.pdf?handle=ACF52F398AC54436A3489401FC56A4F0

GRIFFITH PARK: acceptance of APNs 5580-018-022 and 023 (approximately 0.25 acres total), Griffith Park area, City of Los Angeles. MRCA 2-5-25 Item VI(c) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143137/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20the%20acc.pdf?handle=7B737F3637BC46B2B67DD816D23A1A15

NORTH CHATSWORTH: accepting both fee simple and easement interests within Tract Nos. 53138-01, 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 including Parcel Map Nos. 84226 and 73886, and (2) partial or total termination of a Memorandum of Agreement with Forestar Chatsworth LLC over all said properties, Deer Lake Highlands, unincorporated Chatsworth area. MRCA 2-5-25 Item VII(f) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143141/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing_%20(1)%20ac.pdf?handle=03ADBCA740B045CC8F3059751A0E9756

SANTA CLARITA: agreement with New Urban West: to (1) accept approximately 467 acres of Santa Susana Mountains offsite open space in fee simple and a 144-acre conservation easement associated with Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 83301; and (2) accept funding sources for permanent maintenance and/or monitoring of both said land interests, Lyons Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. MRCA 2-5-25 Item VII(g) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143140/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20conditionally%20autho.pdf?handle=57C1CAAA6739431E859A192F42A82688

CASTAIC: award of contract to SC Wildlands to assist the coordination of the Interstate 5 (Sierra Madre-Castaic) Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Assessment & Implementation Plan. MRCA 2-13-25 Item V(b) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143354/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20conti.pdf?handle=82BAC5150280432CAC668C879C5E45E0

ORANGE COUNTY: comment letter to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District regarding the proposed sale of their 11.36 acres of surplus land located at APNs: 114-170-63, 114-170-64, and 114-170-51, City of Newport Beach. MRCA 2-5-25 Item VII(k) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/143244/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20comme.pdf?handle=3A1FE3312EEB4763A607E3568487E634

SMMC-MRCA January 2025

comment letter to Los Angeles County on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Trails at Lyons Canyon project, Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 83301, SCH No. 2022060346, Santa Susana Mountains, unincorporated Los Angeles County.
SMMC 1-27-25 Item 12(b) Staff Report

acquisition of Poe Ranch, APNs 2826-012-014, 015, 018, 019, and 2826-015-036, in Los Angeles County and APNs 615-0-100-045, 055, 065, 075, and 085 in Ventura County, and authorizing future acceptance of said Los Angeles County parcels, Santa Susana Mountains. MRCA 1-17-25 Item VI(d) Staff Report

agreement with the Las Virgenes – Triunfo Joint Powers Authority including granting temporary and permanent encroachment permits and potential utility easements within Triunfo Canyon Park (APNs 2057-015-902 and 2059-025-907), City of Westlake Village. MRCA: 1-17-25 Item VI(e) Staff Report

acceptance of APNs 3210-014-279, 280, and 281, approximately 77 acres in Bee Canyon from the City of Santa Clarita, contingent upon funding and timing assurances, unincorporated Los Angeles County. MRCA  1-17-25 Item VII(c) Staff Report

SMMC-MRCA December 2024

End Of The Year Deals: "The Edge" to sell

(including MRCA meetings on 12/11  and 12/16, and SMMC on 12/9)

MALIBU 266 ACRES: reallocation of reserve funds towards the purchase price of Sweetwater and Primrose properties (APNs 4453-005-013, 4453-005-018, 4453-005-111, 4453-005-114, 4453-005-117, 4453-005-118, 4459-004-001, 4459-004-004, 4459-005-001, 4459-005-003, and 4459-005-013) in Malibu and unincorporated Los Angeles County. MRCA 12-11-24 Item VII(h) Staff Report
comprising approximately 266.39 acres in Malibu and unincorporated Los Angeles County. MRCA 
12-11-24 Item VII(i) Staff Report

background: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/entertainment/the-edge-denied-malibu-home/index.html

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-edge-malibu-20190626-story.html

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EAST LA: approving the plans and specifications for the Elephant Hill Open Space Trail project, City of Los Angeles. MRCA 12-11-24 Item VII(a) Staff Report

Interstate 5 (Sierra Madre-Castaic) Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Assessment & Implementation Plan, unincorporated Los Angeles County. MRCA  12-11-24 Item VII(d) Staff Report
12-11-24 Item VII(e) Staff Report   12-11-24 Item VII(f) Staff Report

EAST SF VALLEY: acquire the approximately 33-acre Mountain Oaks property in the Verdugo Mountains, City of Glendale. MRCA 12-11-24 Item VII(g) Staff Report

LA RIVER/BURBANK: acceptance of APN 2443-004-018 (0.165 Acre) and APN 2443-004-019 (0.741 Acre) for a combined total of 0.91 acre in Burbank. MRCA 12-11-24 Item VII(j) Staff Report

SMMC-MRCA Oct-Nov 2024

Late 2024 L.A./Ventura Mountain Land Deals

DEVELOPMENTS IN PINK SHADING

From agendas for 10/2 + 21, and 11/06, 2024

SIMI/MOORPARK GREENBELT:

SIMI VALLEY 7.7 ACRES: comment letter to the City of Simi Valley for the proposed Simi Pak Industrial Project (CUP-S-2023-0004) in the Alamos Canyon inter-mountain range habitat linkage, Simi Valley.
SMMC 10-21-24 Item 10(d) Staff Report
https://smmc.civicweb.net/document/54428/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20comme.pdf?handle=416C99FFEEC14D2395E076E0A4E8CAD9


SANTA CLARA RIVER VALLEY GREENBELT:

SANTA CLARITA: comment letter to the County of Los Angeles on 548 acres, previously- approved 492 unit Spring Canyon Subdivision Project (Project No. 96-044-(5), Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 48086 and Environmental Assessment No. RPPL2018004166), unincorporated Los Angeles County.
SMMC 10-21-24 Item 10(e) Staff Report
https://smmc.civicweb.net/document/54430/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20comme.pdf?handle=1BD04FFD6E1F4952935F49389040C7C8
https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/1997031043/3

SOLEDAD CANYON: comment letter to the County of Los Angeles supporting denial of appeal of Condition No. 23 for the Conditional Use Permit No. RPPL2019001251 and continued operation of Cali Lake RV Resort (Project No. 2019-000706-(5)) adjacent to the Angeles National Forest, in Soledad Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County.
SMMC 10-21-24 Item 10(f) Staff Report
https://smmc.civicweb.net/document/54436/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20comme.pdf?handle=88B5A4C2D48740D39347139FFDEBF1A1

NORTHWEST L.A. COUNTY: acceptance of donation of approximately 120 acres in San Martinez Canyon and approximately 28 acres near Oat Mountain, unincorporated Los Angeles County.
MRCA 11-6-24 Item VI(h) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/142234/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20accepta.pdf?handle=5E22B92088EC4EEDB3C72FAAB8893BB5


EAST L.A. HILLS:

CHINO HILLS: corrective deed to GM Gabrych Family LP and Empire Communities LLC, consistent with Resolution No. 21-25 over purchase of 320 acres.
MRCA 10-2-24 Item VI(c) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/141098/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20corre.pdf?handle=C7A053D0E1B9492D99D336803D3197D3

MONTECITO HEIGHTS 0.6 ACRE: grant application to the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District for Measure A funds to acquire approximately 0.6 acres, APNs 5303-014-043 and 044 in Montecito Heights, City of Los Angeles.
MRCA 10-2-24 Item VII(e) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/141019/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20a%20grant.pdf?handle=EAB3D41A66754AD28D439CA0E13BB2E9


(editor's note:  this map shows an unusual geologic feature in the East L.A. area, which is a collection of uplifted hilltops that were cut and separated by rivers and creeks, known as a Thrust Fault. These separating creekbeds have mostly been developed. So the East L.A. Hilltops are islands of habitat in an urban sea. This collection of hilltop habitats could reconnect the Santa Monica, Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains with open spaces in Orange, Riverside and San Diego Counties.)


SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:

GRIFFITH PARK 0.1 acre: acceptance of APN 5580-018-024 on Carolus Drive, adjacent to Griffith Park, City of Los Angeles.
MRCA 11-6-24 Item VI(i) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/142261/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20the%20acc.pdf?handle=5858B395B262427CA0D3881BFF319FBD

HOLLYWOOD HILLS 0.1 acre, acquire APN 5567-029-006 in Laurel Canyon, City of Los Angeles.
MRCA 10-2-24 Item VII(d) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/141023/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20enterin.pdf?handle=5F928D13C56B45998BB415F3F4B02E6F

WEST MALIBU 46 acres north of "Party Rock" at Circle Ranch: acceptance of approximately 46 acres composed of APNs 694-0-181-170,180,190, 200, 220 and 230 and 694-0-210-655 in the Carlisle Canyon watershed, unincorporated Ventura County.
MRCA 11-6-24 Item VII(c) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/142263/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20the%20acc.pdf?handle=CD6D62F82D1B496993BD91BDDAEAA692

MALIBU 27 acres: acceptance of APN 4465-005-044 (approximately 27.5-acres), Ramirez Canyon, Unincorporated Los Angeles County.
MRCA 10-2-24 Item VI(f) Staff Report
https://mrca.civicweb.net/document/141024/Consideration%20of%20resolution%20authorizing%20donatio.pdf?handle=22794B5823EA4540BC371870B71382F5