By Daily Press staff
Richard Bloom is keeping his sights set on healing the bay for two more years. Bloom, a Santa Monica Councilman, has been re-elected to the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, a Los Angeles-based state organization that monitors implementation of efforts to ensure the long-term health of the bay and its watersheds.
Bloom was re-elected on Dec. 15 to a two-year at-large term on the 34-member commission, which also includes members from the Ballona Creek, South Bay and Malibu Creek watershed areas and from the city of LA, state, county and regional agencies and two public members with environmental and public interest backgrounds. While serving at-large, Bloom will continue to represent Santa Monica, one of the Ballona Creek watershed cities.
“I have a ‘deep bench’ of fellow council members and city staff in Santa Monica who are putting the bay restoration plan into action through our sustainable city efforts and by demonstrating leadership in urban runoff and storm water management,” Bloom said. “As an example, within the next three years, Santa Monica expects to divert 100 percent of dry weather urban runoff flows from our beaches and the bay. Our resources and expertise are valuable to the commission.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 23, 2005. Read the original PDF.