THE SIGNAL

“Supervisors to request Sunshine Canyon Landfill audit” 

A civil lawsuit filed in L.A. County Superior Court is calling for the landfill to be shut down via a preliminary injunction. Citizens for Chiquita Canyon Closure has named the landfill and the county as defendants in the case, which has an April 12 date for a case management conference, where the parties meet with the judge to discuss how to handle the case and what it would take to settle the case before a trial. 

Also listed as a “party of interest” is Waste Connections, the Texas-based company that owns, operates and manages Chiquita Canyon. 

The case management conference is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on April 12 in Department 86 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown L.A.