February 23, 2021
"When this storage facility was built, this was not a heavily populated area. [Play del Rey] is now a heavily populated area." Vice Mayor Daniel Lee underscored the main reason that the State of California was considering studying the possible closure of natural gas storage in Playa del Rey. Lee had requested that it be agendized, and reflected that Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin had already had an item before the City of Los Angeles, calling for not just study, but closure.
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The agenda item for the Culver City Council meeting on Feb. 22, 2021 was a fairly simple 'resolution to support' a study on closing down the natural gas storage facility. While it's not located in Culver City, the facility is close enough that Culver City residents would be directly effected in case of a crisis.