The Chiquita Canyon Landfill Community Relief Program, which has provided financial assistance to residents affected by landfill odors, is set to conclude at the end of February 2025. Launched in March 2024, the relief program was designed to offset costs associated with odor mitigation for residents in Val Verde, Live Oak, Hasley Hills, Hillcrest Parkway, Hasley Canyon, and Stevenson Ranch.  ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to discuss the closure of Chiquita Canyon Landfill during its next meeting Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has published the agenda for its Tuesday, Jan. 7 meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at Board Hearing Room, 381B Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 W. ...

The Chiquita Landfill Community Advisory Board is set to meet on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 6 p.m. at the Castaic Library. Among the agenda items are updates from regulatory agencies about the progress at Chiquita Landfill and what is being done to bring the landfill into compliance. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has received more than 13,000 ...

A judge heard arguments from the Val Verde community in a lawsuit against County of Los Angeles and Chiquita Canyon Landfill in their ongoing battle to shut down the waste facility due to toxic fumes. Since May 2022, an underground chemical fire at the landfill has generated noxious odors, hazardous leachate, and elevated levels of benzene. As a result, tens ...

Chiquita Canyon Landfill released a statement Friday stating that the location had unintentionally exceeded a “sub-limit” on solid waste disposal in 2023. Officials from Chiquita Canyon Landfill announced Friday that the landfill had inadvertently accepted more solid waste than allowed by its conditional use permit for 2023, though it did not violate its total allowed maximum disposal limit of 2,800,000 ...

An upcoming hearing on the lawsuit Citizens for Chiquita Canyon Closure v. County of Los Angeles will be held on Wednesday, June 5. Judge Stephen Goorvitch, a judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, will hear arguments on whether citizens have the right to challenge the county’s decision to allow the continued operation of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill ...

Residents of Val Verde and the surrounding area came together Thursday afternoon to protest the Chiquita Canyon Landfill and the negative effect it has had on their health and lives. “I’ve been here today talking to neighbors, hearing about birds and bees being dead around people’s homes,” said Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo. “People passing out in their homes and needing to ...

Wednesday, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Hearing Board approved an Order for Abatement that will require the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to take actions to reduce odors from the landfill that have impacted the community. The Chiquita Canyon Landfill is a landfill/solid waste disposal facility located at 29201 Henry Mayo Dr., in Castaic, California. So far ...