Dear Santa Barbara View:
CHERI RAE’S STORY IS MAGNIFICENT!
Heal the Ocean has been working on this problem for years.
The attached (below) Google map shows an outline of contaminated properties in SB waterfront area, made by Heal the Ocean, piecing together reports of contaminated soils and groundwater. This is only a start, because since we started this research we have the findings of Cheri Rae re: 617 Garden Street, we know about Artisan Court on Cota Street, and since we made this map we have discovered the locations of old burn dumps beneath Ortega Park and Santa Barbara Junior High School. The actual landfill operated by the City on the lower east side is 132 Garden Street, at the corner of Garden Street and 101 south onramp. The landfill materials were discovered by a City-hired engineering firm, whose report HTO has.
Hillary Hauser, executive director
HEAL THE OCEAN
I wondered where this was – bravo View and Cheri for bringing this issue to light!
Hmmmm, 500 E. Montecito Street – across the street from those new condos being built, which prove that 3-stories-tall development is massive, especially when it is nearly flush with the sidewalk. Is that new development being built on contaminated soil or is the contamination kept to the ocean side of Montecito Street?
Who knew? This is great information that will hopefully slow down overdevelopment. Thank you!