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The City Observed – Reviewing the City’s Woolsey Fire Response with City’s Hired “Reviewers”

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

May 2, 2019

News·Politics

Power Play? Council Member Peak and City Manager Feldman Conspire to Strong Arm LASD

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

April 21, 2019

News·Politics

Mitrice Richardson Case Left in Limbo: LA County Board of Supervisors Moves to Dismantle Truth and Reconciliation Panel

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

March 11, 2019

News·Politics

Proposed PCH Traffic Light Exposes City Mismanagement

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

March 8, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics

Malibu Haunted by Fire and City Hall Serpents

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

March 5, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics

Whither Malibu

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

March 1, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics

The Fire and Our Fading Democracy

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

February 24, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics·Woolsey Fire

The Ultimate Shameless Plug (for Feldman), Primes Peak for Recall

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

February 17, 2019

News·Politics·Uncategorized·Woolsey Fire

Take Back Malibu – Notice of Intent to Recall Council Members Skylar Peak and Rick Mullen

Council members Skylar Peak and Rick Mullen were served with the Notice of Intent to Circulate a Recall Petition at the City Council Meeting on Monday, February 11th, 2019.

February 13, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics

The City Observed: Reva Must Resign for Rebuild to Succeed

By Sam Hall Kaplan When the Woolsey Fire ravaged a significant slice of Malibu, it also laid bare the city’s collective innocence, exposing a failed leadership and a flawed first response, and

February 9, 2019

Investigations·Politics·Woolsey Fire

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