Air quality officials on Friday approved $600,000 for contractors to design and install gas fire rings on public beaches, taking a new step in the fight over hundreds of wood-burning fire pits on Los Angeles and Orange County coast. Coastal regulators, who oversee land use and public access along the state's shoreline, oppose the air district's restrictions on fire pits and say Newport Beach needs the state's permission before removing any fire pits or installing gas rings. Newport Beach is the only community that has offered to host gas fire rings, but in the coming months air quality officials will seek city, county and state agencies willing to try them out over a 12-month period. The Newport Beach-based organization contends the rules are arbitrary and were crafted not for health reasons, but to let cities like Huntington Beach that welcome visitors keep their fire pits while allowing the removal of nearly all wood-burning rings in Newport Beach, where they face the most opposition from locals.
Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES
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