Monthly Archive: January, 2008

‘No camping’ signs anger public access group - Malibu Times

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

See YouTube videos about public access in Malibu
By Jonathan Friedman / Assistant EditorMalibu TimesWednesday, January 16, 2008
Robert Garcia, an attorney who heads an activist group based in Los Angeles called The City Project, asked the California Coastal Commission during its meeting last week to issue a cease and desist order to the City of Malibu [...]

Our public lands should reflect white, black and brown

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Wayne Hare
Denver Post
August 22, 2007
As a black park ranger, I’m often asked why more minorities don’t visit national parks or participate more in outdoor activities. That’s a short question with a long answer, and one part of it involves the perpetuation of historical inaccuracy, since the victors get to write what passes for history as [...]

Issue Cease and Desist to Malibu to Take Down “No Camping” Signs

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

The City Project has asked the California Coastal Commission to issue a cease and desist order to the City of Malibu to take down all signs purporting to prohibit camping in Malibu, including but not limited to the signs at the southern city limits on Pacific Coast Highway and on Malibu Canyon Road near Hughes [...]

YouTube Malibu Resident Cut Off Public Access or Face Recall

Friday, January 4th, 2008

A Malibu resident issues a venomous invective demanding that the city council cut off public access to public lands: “as God is my witness, I will recall every single person I can that votes the wrong way . . . . I grew up in Florida in a resort city. This looks like the [...]

YouTube Malibu Public Access Native American Rights

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Angela Mooney D’Arcy, Policy Director at The City Project, urges the Malibu city council to comply with state law and the letter of concern from the Native American Heritage Commission by engaging in respectful government to government consultation with Native American leaders before cutting off public access to public lands that may implicate Native American [...]

YouTube Malibu Equal Access to Public Lands for All

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

The City Project’s Robert Garcia calls for Malibu to provide equal access to public lands for all at a public hearing December 5, 2007. The Malibu mayor repeatedly calls for order while Malibu residents jeer and yell “pay your taxes!” in an effort to intimidate non-residents. Read about the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy plan [...]

YouTube Malibu Conservancy Plan for Public Access to Public Lands

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Joseph T. Edmiston, Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, defends the Conservancy’s plan to increase public access to public parks in Malibu. The Malibu City Council at a public hearing filled with vitriolic comments and heckling by Malibu residents voted unanimously to prohibit all overnight camping in Malibu parks, and cut off access [...]