Downey City Council member Mario Trujillo is no stranger to controversy, but his latest scandal may be the one that defines his
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The Palisades Fire exposed devastating weaknesses in Los Angeles leadership, with Mayor Karen Bass at the center of mounting criticism. Residents accused her administration of failing to act decisively as flames spread, citing delays in evacuation orders, poor coordination with county and
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Edited at 6/24/2019 at 10 a.m. PST While burn-out victims are tangled in red tape going through the permit process at City Hall, who has issued little more than 5 permits to
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By Sam Hall Kaplan Some good news, that is if the neophyte City Council and concerned citizens can assert themselves in the discretionary municipal budget review now going on at a paranoid
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By Sam Hall Kaplan In its information gathering efforts, Management Partners, the firm retained by Malibu to evaluate the responses to the Woolsey Fire by CIty Manager Reva Feldman and the city
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In a not-so-surprising move by Malibu City Council member Skylar Peak, the subject of a Recall, and City manager Reva Feldman, the subject of 4000+ signature petition appealing to Council to have
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In yet another controversial move to discredit Sheriff Villanueva and his efforts to “Reform, Rebuild, Restore” the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department as promised on the campaign trail, the Los Angeles Board of
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By Sam Hall Kaplan So, the attorney for the over reaching Malibu Beach Inn has threatened to sue the city if it does not approve a public-be-damned proposal calling for a traffic
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By Sam Hall Kaplan The thought of the fire still haunts me, as I am sure it haunts many in Malibu, especially the burnouts but also persevering residents who are acutely
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When asked what one word would best describes post disaster Malibu, I offered “fractured,” then amended it to “hurting,,” then “changing,” followed by “challenged.” Actually words really don’t describe the conflicted feelings
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By Sam Hall Kaplan Like the residue of toxic ash from the Woolsey fire that is embedded in the soil of my Malibu, there are many aspects of that disaster that should
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By Sam Hall Kaplan FIRST THE BULLSHIT: The California City Management Foundation, a self aggrandizing bureaucratic boondoggle of which Malibu City Manager, Reva Feldman is an officer, has named her “City Manager
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