SEA
Significant Ecological Area - SEAs & The General Plan
A Component of General Plan 2035 
March 24, 2015 Board of Supervisors Hearing
• SEA Map
This hearing will include Countywide Goals, Policies, Descriptions and Maps of the Proposed Significant Ecological Areas. The full General Plan Draft is available for review at: https://case.planning.lacounty.gov/generalplan/draft
The Significant Ecological Areas are designated through the Los Angeles County General Plan and governed by its policies. In addition the Technical Appendix of the General Plan contains descriptions of the documented significant resources in a given SEA, including rare species and important geographical features, which document biological resources of significance to the County.
GENERAL PLAN DOCUMENTS:
Adopted Los Angles County General Plan
The current General Plan of Los Angles County was adopted in 1980. There are 61 adopted SEAs as designated in this plan.
Compiled References to the SEA Program in the 1980 General Plan NEW! 6/7/2012
The full text of the adopted General Plan is available at: click here NEW! 6/7/2012
Draft Los Angeles County General Plan
Recent efforts to update the Los Angeles County Plan include changes to the policies, boundaries and technical descriptions of the County’s SEAs. The 2012 Draft General Plan includes 27 SEAs and two Coastal Resource Areas, and greatly expanded technical descriptions for each of the SEAs.
Compiled References to the SEA Program in the 2012 Draft General Plan NEW! 6/7/2012
The full text of the most recent draft General Plan (Spring 2012) is available at: click here NEW! 6/7/2012
Individual Descriptions for the Proposed SEAs & CRAs, 2012 draft:NEW! 6/18/2012
13. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Coastline SEA Description (2012)
16. Rio Hondo College Wildlife Sanctuary SEA Description (2012)
18. San Dimas Canyon and San Antonio Wash SEA Description (2012)
23. Santa Susana Mountains and Simi Hills SEA Description (2012)