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Findings 5 findings
F1
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North Hollywood Operable Unit needs to be replaced. It will be replaced by the North Hollywood Operable Unit Second Interim Remedy. The completion date is as yet undetermined.
F2
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The potentially responsible parties have installed 33 groundwater monitoring wells in and around Home Depot and near the North Hollywood Operable Unit at 11845 Vose Street in North Hollywood.
F3
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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power operates the North Hollywood Operable Unit. Potentially responsible parties give funds to United States Environmental Protective Agency. The agency pays the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 90 percent of North Hollywood Operable Unit’s operating costs.
F4
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has 26 new groundwater monitoring wells—25 were constructed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and one by the United States Environmental Protective Agency. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s 25 monitoring wells have three elevations/zones (shallow, middle, and deep pipes) and the United States Environmental Protective Agency’s one monitoring well has two elevations/ zones (two pipes).
F5
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It will take many decades to clean up the contaminants in the aquifer. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s research and development lab at the La Kretz Innovation Campus’s Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator will need additional help to create new methods to clean up the groundwater.10
Recommendations 1
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R9Page 1721 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s research and development lab at the La Kretz Innovation Campus should work with the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science to request academic research into groundwater remediation in the San Fernando Basin to help speed the cleanup of the San Fernando Basin Aquifer. As described in the committee’s interview report with LADWP’s Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer. LOS ANGELES COUNTY 2014–2015 CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT
Commendations 1
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CM1Based on observations of the group homes visited, the committee commends the efforts of these group home providers in delivering services and promoting the safety and well-being of the home residents. 11 Information obtained from http://ChronicleofSocialChange.org. 12 Board of Supervisors Statement of Proceedings, March 3, 2015. 106 LOS ANGELES COUNTY 2014–2015 CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT The committee also applauds the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ decision to participate in the Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program. It will be a tremendous savings for the county and a win-win situation for all parties. ACRONYMS ARC Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Program CAP Corrective Action Plan CCL Community Care Licensing Division DCFS Department of Children and Family Services GH Group Home RCL Rate Classification Level PPQA Placement Permanency and Quality Assurance unit COMMITTEE MEMBERS Wesley C. Thompson, chair Larry Lyman, vice chair Earline Parker, secretary Doris K. Reed Joyce Simily Margaret Yasuda 107 LOS ANGELES COUNTY 2014–2015 CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT This page intentionally left blank. 108 LOS ANGELES COUNTY 2014–2015 CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT METRO RIDERSHIP Jim Contreras, chair Simeon Zano, vice chair Shari E. Pearce, secretary METRO RIDERSHIP TOPIC The Los Angeles County 2014–2015 Civil Grand Jury (CGJ) formed the Metro Ridership Committee (committee) to look into increasing the ridership within the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) system and investigate the efforts of Metro to do the same. The committee also looked into whether Metro would receive maximum funding from federal sources based on achieving the farebox recovery goal of 33 percent.1
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