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Ahmanson Ranch Save Open Space - Santa Monica Mountains |
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Rally for the Ranch
On November 14, Rally for the Ranch, a broad-based, high profile coalition of Ventura County and Los Angeles County community organizations formally joined forces to fight Washington Mutual Bank's environmentally destructive development.
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| Rally for the Ranch announces fight to save Ahmanon Ranch. Left to right: Former Ventura County Planning Commissioner Sue Boecker, Thousand Oaks Councilmember Linda Parks, Martin Sheen, Rob Reiner, Calabasas Mayor Janice Lee, HBO Program President Chris Albrecht, and President of Save Open Space, Santa Monica Mountains, Mary Wiesbrock. |
I am proud to join "Rally to Save Ahmanson Ranch" to fight what I see as a grave injustice perpetuated by a company that supposedly prides itself on corporate responsibility and claims to be a friendly neighbor to the people of Southern California," said activist, actor and director Rob Reiner. "Today we join forces to call upon Washington Mutual to abandon this disastrous project and to save our beautiful Santa Monica Mountains."
"A project that destroys 1,300 oak trees and builds a massive development in one our last rural areas doesn't deserve to be called a model of anything smart," said Thousand Oaks City Councilmember Linda Parks, one of many elected officials in both counties supporting Rally for the Ranch's goals.
"Through their persistence to ram through this development, Washington Mutual Bank has ignored the concerns voiced by Southern Californians," added actor Martin Sheen, another supporter of the group.
Rally to Save Ahmanson Ranch will focus on educating the public about Washington Mutual's proposed development and to counter Washington Mutual Bank's lavish and misleading campaign designed to ram through its disastrous development scheme for the Ahmanson Ranch site. Further, the Coalition hopes to persuade the Ventura County's Board of Supervisors that the public deserves to know the truth about the massive project's impact. A new Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is the only legal way to disclose to the public how Washington Mutual's plans will affect regional traffic congestion and the environment.