Time for Citizen Budget Oversight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.