A small business owner named Ted Sakaida who owns "Sakaida and Sons" equipment is proposing a strip Mine planned for the Northern San Fernando Valley which is at the North East border of Los Angeles County.
If Mr. Sakaida is succesful the following will occur in the next seven years.
* 3,000,000 cubic yards of earth will be stripped from the mountain
* 7 - 14 years of operation
* 230 dump truck trips per day passing in and out through residential streets.
The location of the site is in Sylmar, California. A quiet community with 90,000 residents. The mine will be located between residential areas. If approved here is a partial list of the potentially significant impacts that the community and surrounding area could face, including earthquake induced landslides and liquefaction, where saturated dirt substantially loses strength and stiffness under stress conditions, causing the dirt to behave like a liquid. Flooding, high erosion and debris deposition from run-off along with obnoxious odors, dust, hazardous emissions, noise from heavy equipment, fire hazards, traffic/access, hindrance of emergency response times, raise tremendous concerns for residents who live very close to the site. In addition, the site is not designated as a mineral resource area.
This is only in Sylmar, Southern California winds are strong during the summer and the health hazards this mine carries will easily move to surrounding cities in Los Angeles County including but not limited to Pasadena, Hollywood, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley and Santa Clarita Vally. The owner of the site Ted Sakaida from Woodland Hills, CA has started to illegally grade the roads without a permit. Violatiing LA County violations (Code 26). Please help us stop this from happening.
