CA: Conservancy Spending Assailed - Audit says that mountains agency misused $7 million

Los Angeles Times ^ | June 6, 2004 | Sue Fox and Andrew Blankstein

[calcowgirl]

IMO, this audit didn't go deep enough into the SMMC. I'd like to see those land deals... and how many hands they passed through. Did Gray Davis ever release that appraisal for the Ballona Wetlands? That was another swift move by Gary Winnick and his partners... at the expense of taxpayers. Barbra Streisand donated land to the SMMC for a tax write-off... at a couple million ABOVE the listed price (she had it on the market for some time with no buyers).

Please folks.... write your Senator! And call the Governor's office. We don't need more conservancies!

[calcowgirl]

New articles on Sierra Nevada posted (on same thread):

Sierra Conservancy bills seek funding for range (Sierra Sun)

Editorial: A Jewel Worth Protecting (LA Times)

[farmfriend]

I was going to call you to all the threads showing corruption by the Nature Conservancy, they are numerous, but decided I would call you to the ones just in CA. This is what we can expect not what was promised.