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Last night I joined my colleagues from Santa Monica Baykeeper, Surfrider Foundation and the Malibu Surfing Assn. in an appeal to the Malibu City Council on the Legacy Park project EIR. If I had wanted that kind of abuse, I could have gone to Canter’s and ordered a corned beef on Wonder Bread with extra [...]
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The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission unanimously approved a new Bay Restoration Plan on Thursday. Dr. Shelley Luce, executive director of the Bay Commission, and her dedicated staff put together the new recommendations: the long-awaited sequel to the original 1995 plan. Since the mid-90s, a lot has happened to help restore the Bay. Hyperion and [...]
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On Thursday, the Regional Water Board unanimously approved a resolution requiring Board staff to negotiate a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Malibu for permitting on-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTS, or septic systems). In addition, staff was ordered to move forward on an OWTS moratorium for the Malibu Civic Center area. Both of these actions [...]
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The battle between Malibu and the Regional Water Board has become even more heated. On Nov. 20, the Regional Water Board will vote on whether or not to revoke the septic system MOU for Malibu. Without the MOU, Malibu won’t be able to issue waste discharge requirements for any new systems, so this move could [...]
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Malibu’s history is inextricably linked with celebrities, natural disasters, a gorgeous coastline and … sewage problems. In fact, Malibu became a city when L.A. County tried to force a huge sewage treatment plant in undeveloped Corral Canyon down residents’ throats. Yet here we are 17 years later and Malibu has yet to seriously address the [...]
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