2024-05-23T16:47:23-04:00 2023-12-31 Jean M Smith EA 2265 Vista La Nisa Carlsbad CA 92009 990EZ 2023-01-01 330631080 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION FUND CALI PO BOX 232703 ENCINITAS CA 92024 DOLORES WELTY TREASURER 7609429897 2024-05-20 true DOLORES WELTY XXX-XX-XXXX true Jean M Smith EA P00657518 7602134226 2024-05-23 X 2 11 AAL2 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X 136348 X 136113 235 136348 90700 1351 92051 44297 51420 147 95864 51420 95864 0 0 0 0 51420 95864 0 0 51420 95864 REPRESENT PUBLIC ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT BY REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN ALLEDGED VIOLATIONS OF THE COASTAL ACT, QUALITY ACT, AND NATL ENVIRNMENTAL POLICY ACT (CONT ON SCHEDULE O) 91326 91326 DOLORES WELTY TREASURER 3.00 0 0 0 JOAN JACKSON PRESIDENT 2.00 0 0 0 MEL NUTTER SECRETARY 2.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false CA DOLORES WELTY PO BOX 232703 ENCINITAS CA 92024 7609429897 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 79359 37600 116606 18908 136113 388586 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79359 37600 116606 18908 136113 388586 52215 336371 223 37 60 124 235 679 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 389265 0 0.86410 0.96690 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED General explanation attachment PART II LINE 28: EXEMPT PURPOSE ACHIEVEMENTS:CELP REPRESENTED SIERRA CLUB IN A PROLONGED ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING INVOLVING BLUE TRITONS DIVERSION OF WATER FOR WATER BOTTLING PURPOSES IN STRAWBERRY CREEK IN THE SANTA ANA RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. CELP WROTE BRIEFS AND SUBMITTED EVIDENCE URGING THE SWRCB TO ISSUE A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER CURTAILING BLUE TRITONS DIVERSIONS FOR EXPORT. CELP PARTICIPATED AS COUNSEL FOR SIERRA CLUB IN ALL THE HEARINGS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW HEARING OFFICER. BLUE TRITONS MASSIVE DIVERSIONS, ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A PIPELINE BUILT IN THE 1930S,HAVE DEWATERED THE CANYON AND CAUSED RIPARIAN VEGETATION,ONCE ABUNDANT IN THE CANYON,TO DISAPPEAR. SIERRA CLUB ARGUED THAT THE DIVERSIONS WERE UNLAWFUL SINCE THE PREDECESSORS IN INTEREST TO BLUE TRITON HAD FAILED TO OBTAIN PERMITS TO DIVERT WATER FROM THE CANYON. IN OCTOBER 2023 THE SWRCB ISSUED A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER CURTAILING SUBSTANTIALLY THE BLUE TRITON DIVERSIONS. BLUE TRITON HAS APPEALED THE DECISION OF THE SWRCB TO THE FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT,WHICH WILL HEAR THE CASE IN 2024. ---- CELP REPRESENTED SIERRA CLUB IN ITS OPPOSITION TO A SMALL INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT STORAGE AND CONCRETE MIXING SITE ALONG HIGHWAY ONE IN BIG SUR.IN LETTER BRIEFS SENT TO THE MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION SIERRA CLUB ARGUED THAT APPLICABLE COASTAL ZONE ZONING LAWS DID NOT ALLOW AN INDUSTRIAL NON VISITOR SERVING PROJECT IN THIS VISITOR SERVING ZONED AREA. AT THE END OF 2023, APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN BY MONTEREY COUNTY. ---- CELP REPRESENTED SIERRA CLUB, FRIENDS OF INYO, AND OTHER GROUPS IN THEIR CAMPAIGN TO MAKE LADWP COMPLETE SATISFACTORILY MITIGATION PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN THE OWENS VALLEY TO RESTORE LANDS THAT WERE DAMAGED BY LAS EXPORT OF WATER FROM THE OWENS VALLEY.LAS MASSIVE EXPORT OF WATER FROM UPSTREAM SOURCES IN THE VALLEY, INITIATED IN 1972, CAUSED MASSIVE CHANGES IN THE VEGETATION IN THE VALLEY, DRYING UP WELLS AND CONVERTING MUCH VEGETATION TO ALKALI DENUDED FLATS.SIERRA CLUB PARTICIPATED IN WRITING LETTERS TO LADWP DOCUMENTING MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT WERE INCOMPLETE, FAILED TO SATISFY MITIGATION CRITERIA SPECIFIED IN THE 1998 EIR FOR THE PROJECT, OR THAT NEVER WERE BEGUN.CELP PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS WITH LADWP AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WERE ALLEGING FAILURES OF THE CITY TO ABIDE BY THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1998 EIR, THE 1997 MOU, AND ITS OWN MITIGATION AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS. LITIGATION HAS BEEN THREATENED,IF LA DOES NOT SATISFACTORILY PERFORM ITS MITIGATION DUTIES. Description of other expenses Part I line 16 DESCRIPTION AMOUNTATTORNEY GENERAL 25OFFICE EXPENSES 1,326 Other changes in net assets or fund balances Part I line 20 DESCRIPTION AMOUNTEARNINGS ADJUSTMENT ON INVESTMENTS 147