City Council listens to the public and graciously puts TDSF reduction to death.
Last Monday, July 1st, over 300 of you turned out for the Planning Commission hearing. The Main Auditorium was filled past capacity and the Lobby was standing room only as well. Over 4 hours of testimony from residents were given before the Commission began their deliberations. 92% of all comments were extremely negative about the […]
Join us at Malibu City Council meeting. Downzoning item has been added to July 8th agenda for scheduling.
Last Monday July 1st over 300 of you turned out for the Planning Commission hearing. The Main Auditorium was filled past capacity and the Lobby was standing room only as well. Over 4 hours of testimony from residents were given before the Commission began their deliberations. 92% of all comments were extremely negative about the […]
24 How big can I afford to build? And what business is it of the Planning Commission?
The Planning Commission’s favorite boogeyman, “Mansionization”, has yet to appear. According to the City’s website on July 1, 92 Applications for rebuilds have been approved by the Planning Department. 47 of those applied for the same size house in the same location. They left the plus 10% option on the table. 43 applied for the […]
Deadline for Fire Rebuild Permits announced and The Politics of Envy
Permits! Last Monday, June 17th, I attended the Planning Commission meeting hoping to hear of lots of new permits being issued for fire rebuilds. There was only one new permit for a full rebuild granted in the last 2 weeks. It wasn’t a total loss as I learned that the City has now published a […]
District 29 Water tank sizing, “Maximum Day”, Total Development Square Footage Reduction
I’d like to start by recognizing Public Safety Commissioner Andy Cohen who coordinated, set up and ran the Malibu Safety and Preparedness Expo at The Trancas Country Market Center this past Saturday. Terrific job of corralling lots of interesting resources for building a more resilient community along with many interesting panels to see and hear. […]
2019 State of the City-1
The Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the City of Malibu hosted their annual State of the City event last Friday featuring reports from Assemblyman Henry Stern, County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, and Mayor Jefferson Wagner. The Malibu High School Choir opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner […]
The Two permit week!
Two weeks ago on May 21st the Leonard Family pulled the first full rebuild permit issued in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire. Last week on May 29th Dave Kessenich of Seaview Development and Construction pulled Malibu’s second Woolsey Fire permit for the rebuild of Tom and Lani’s home on Bluewater Drive. I have heard […]
Malibu City “Winning the Rebuild”
On Monday the 20th of March the City of Malibu officially announced issuance of the first fire rebuild permit for a replacement home that had nothing in the pipeline before the Nov. 9th 2018 Woolsey Fire. The”6 months or less to a Permit” goal that wasn’t even discussed until well into December of 2018 has […]
Welcome Malibu’s Fire Safety Liaison Jerry Vandermeulen, Plant Prefab
On Saturday I attended a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training conducted by Malibu’s new Fire Safety Liaison, Jerry Vandermeulen. It was Mr. Vandermeulen’s 6th day working for the City of Malibu. He comes to us after completing a 35-year Fire Service career with a 7 year stint as a Battalion Chief for Ventura County […]
2019 State of the City
After last weeks column “Moving right along, the way forward is clear” was printed, I was contacted by several people who were willing to share some of the challenges they are facing. In a disaster situation you will probably not be dealing with an Insurance adjuster who is based in California. The sheer volume of […]
