COMMON GROUND
With assistance from
the California Resources Agency, the Rivers and Mountains
Conservancy (RMC), in conjunction with the Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), jointly developed a
Watershed and Open Space Plan for the San Gabriel
and Los Angeles Rivers entitled Common Ground,
from the Mountains to the Sea. The RMC and SMMC
adopted the Watershed and Open Space Plan at a joint
meeting on October 17, 2001.
To facilitate downloading,
the plan has been broken into the following parts.
- Table of Contents and Preface (6 page, 189 KB PDF file)
- Executive Summary (7 page, 479 KB PDF file)
- Executive Summary Table (1 page, 128 KB PDF file)
- Section 1. Background (6 page, 296 KB PDF file)
- Section 2. Current Conditions (29 page, 1.1 MB PDF file)
- Section 3. A Vision for the Future (31 page, 1.2 MB PDF file)
- Appendices (49 page, 1.4 MB PDF file)
Phase II Final Report was written to address several specific planning issues raised in Common Ground. These include: clarifying and expanding the scope of the subsequent plans proposed in Common Ground, expanding outreach, tracking approval of Common Ground by governmental organizations, augmenting or clarifying information in Common Ground and extending the Plan to those portions of the RMC territory outside of the watersheds of the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers, and providing the RMC with project evaluation software and enhancing the RMC’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database.
To facilitate downloading, the Phase II report has been broken into the following parts.
- Open Space Plan, Phase II Final Report (111 page, 591 KB PDF file)
- Final Report Map (1 page, 373 KB PDF file)
-
Phase
II Final Report Errata Sheet (1 page, 66 KB
PDF file)
The North Slope Addendum extends Common Ground beyond the watersheds of the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers to the northern slope of the San Gabriel Mountains, including the upper Santa Clara River.
Download the North Slope Addendum (26 page, 722 KB PDF file)
Water Addendum
The Water Addendum to Common Ground provides additional information and clarifies certain issues related to water quality, supply and rights, and the conditions under which the RMC can undertake projects.
Download the Water Addendum (13 page, 112 KB PDF file)
RMC Information Catalog
The RMC Information Catalog was created to document information used to prepare Common Ground. The catalog is part of the California Environmental Information Catalog (CEIC). The CEIC is an online repository of information about environmental data resources in California. The catalog may be viewed as a "Yellow Pages" of environmental information. Data are not stored in the catalog. Only data resource descriptions, including information on how to find out more about the data or obtain it, is stored.