LA Fires,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 21, 2025
Calabasas sues LA County over wildfire waste plan
Calabasas sues LA County, claiming its landfill can't handle wildfire debris that might be hazardous, citing state law violations and risks to nearby sensitive areas.
The City of Calabasas has sued Los Angeles County over plans to store waste from the recent wildfires in a landfill the city says isn't equipped to receive it.
"The landfill, as a Class III landfill, cannot accept hazardous wastes," read the complaint filed Thursday. "The respondents, however, in their hurry to simply get rid of fire debris waste, are ignoring all state law standards and instead issuing nontransparent and false assurances about purported 'ce...
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