Should Some L.a. Beaches Be A National Park? It's Being Studied. Here's How You Can Weigh In - Beritaja

Northern California has Point Reyes National Seashore. New York has Fire Island National Seashore. And North Carolina has Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

But should immoderate of L.A.’s about celebrated beaches besides person specified a designation?

Unbeknownst to galore Angelenos, the National Park Service is studying the possibility.

The national agency is embarking connected the Los Angeles Coastal Area Special Resource Study, which focuses connected the coastline and adjacent areas on Santa Monica Bay from Will Rogers State Beach to Torrance Beach, including areas about Ballona Creek, arsenic good arsenic San Pedro. The study area excludes the Port of Los Angeles northbound of Crescent Avenue.

The National Park Service did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from The Times connected Friday. But successful an announcement, the agency said the study’s intent is to “gather accusation about prime sites on the Los Angeles seashore done investigation and nationalist input, and past to study these findings to Congress.”

It said the study “will measure the imaginable for inclusion of the Los Angeles seashore successful the nationalist parkland strategy based upon whether it meets established criteria for significance, suitability, feasibility, and the request for [National Park Service] management.” It will besides see “other alternatives for preservation, protection, and interpretation,” arsenic good arsenic the costs.

Only Congress aliases the president has the authority to found a caller portion of the nationalist parkland system.

Though the study is underway now, it’s been successful the useful since Congress included the scheme successful appropriations authorities successful 2022.

That authorities directed the National Park Service, which is portion of the Interior Department, to “conduct a typical assets study of the coastline of Los Angeles.”

One mobility that will about apt travel up successful the process is really designating a nationalist parkland mightiness activity alongside the California Coastal Act, a landmark authorities rule that has shaped and defined the measurement the seashore is developed and protected.

Other than the accusation connected the National Park Service website, Trump management officials person not publically commented connected the thought of making L.A. beaches a caller nationalist park.

The National Park Service is holding 2 virtual informational meetings about the study, 1 connected Feb. 11 astatine 1 p.m. and different connected March 11 astatine 6 p.m. The parkland work will besides judge written comments connected its website until April 6.