Staff Members

Tom Ford

Baykeeper

Carlos Carreon

Beachkeeper Program Coordinator

Brian Meux

Kelp Project Coordinator

Mark Abramson

Director of Watershed Program

Tatiana Gaur

Staff Attorney

Advocacy Program

Enforcement is a cornerstone of environmental protection and without it, it is hard to believe we will ever achieve our goals of clean coastal waters. For this reason, the Santa Monica Baykeeper regularly engages in the legal activities to ensure that our nation's water quality laws are not ignored, whether by the polluters themselves or by those agencies charged with protection our rivers and beaches.

The Baykeeper has successfully developed cases for prosecution by the California Department of Health Services, Environmental Crimes Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, California Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Coast Guard, the USEPA, and other agencies. But limited government resources means that there are some polluters that only the Baykeeper is willing to pursue. In these cases, Baykeeper fills the void.

We stop polluters. One at a time.

Baykeeper Brief Bank

Los Angeles Storm Water Permit Appellate Court Decision 2006

September 15, 2006- Comments on Statewide Power Plant Once-Through Cooling Policy Proposed by State Water Resources Control Board (co-authored by Santa Monica Baykeeper)

January 26, 2006- California Court of Appeal Decision in L.A. River Watershed Trash TMDL Case

December 8, 2005-Comments of Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc. and Natural Resources Defense Council on the Draft EIS/EIR concerning the Long Beach LNG Import Project.

August 4, 2005- Amicus Brief in Support of State Water Boards Defending the L.A. RiverWatershed Trash TMDL

June 1, 2005-Improving Water Quality in the Santa Monica Bay and its Tributaries A Long-term Outlook

April 4,2005- California Supreme Court Petition Challenging Environmental ConditionsConcerning Rebuilding of El Segundo Power Plant (Reply Brief)

March 14,2005- California Supreme Court Petition Challenging Environmental ConditionsConcerning Rebuilding of El Segundo Power Plant (Brief on the Merits)

October 28,2004- Baykeeper vs. City of Los Angeles Sewage Settlement Agreement Final Order

January 16, 2006 � Executive Director, Tracy Egoscue is inverviewed by ABC after two million gallons of untreated sewage spilled over a large section of beach along the Santa Monica Bay. Los Angeles County says it's the largest spill of its kind in more than a decade.