After years of consideration and failed attempts, the Huntington Beach City Council is again considering ownership of the Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve.
The city council last decided not to move forward with an annexation in 2014. This year the council directed staff to prepare an updated study to determine feasibility of an annexation.
City staff presented findings at the council meeting on Sept. 6, 2022. After discussion, the council asked staffers to continue their study—including looking into financial burdens that would be placed on the city—before further discussion in a council meeting next month.
Under study are 1,500 acres of land—1,300 acres belong to the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, 4 acres belong to the Harriet M. Wieder Regional Park and another 61 acres of undeveloped land around it, and the rest of the land is privately owned….