The Malibu Times • October 5, 2023

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City Council holds special meeting

Meet your new Malibu mayor: Steve Uhring

Malibu’s new mayor, Steve Uhring, has come a long way from his humble beginnings, born the son of a coal miner in western Pennsylvania.

After graduating from Merrimack College with a degree in accounting, he started work with Arthur Andersen, but said, “Over time I decided accounting wasn’t exactly my love.”

After working in a number of fields, including graphic design, Uhring eventually worked his way up to vice president at a big company. When the company was sold, his wife decided to move back to California.

“The interesting part is she bought the house in California,” Uhring said. “I never saw the house. She moved

Over 5,000 people competed in the 38th edition of the Malibu Triathlon at Zuma Beach last weekend — days after the two-day endurance spectacle was on the precipice of cancellation.

The charity race raised over $1 million for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Pediatric Cancer Research Program and featured professional triathletes from across the globe, celebrities, and weekend

warriors swimming in the Pacific Ocean, biking on Pacific Coast Highway, and running along the Zuma Beach shore.

However, the participants did not pedal their bicycles down the underpass at Zuma Beach, a key component of the race’s bicycle route in past years.

The section of roadway was closed due to flooding caused by heavy rains earlier this year and presence of an endangered fish, the tidewater goby.

The Triathlon’s organizers modified the bike route, but the race was nearly

called off because the organizers didn’t have a temporary use permit for the event. Five days before the two-day endurance event’s start date, the Malibu City Council approved the TUP.

That allowed the starting pistol to go off on Sept. 30.

The Triathlon held the Olympic distance race — a 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer bike ride, and 10-kilometer run — on the first day and the Classic distance race — a 0.5-mile swim, 17-mile bike ride, and 4-mile run — the next day.

Mark Feuerstein and his son Frisco won the male relay team in 1 hour, 13 minutes, and 13 seconds. Anna Hutchinson was the top finishing woman in 1:28:15.

The Triathlon’s first day also included the third version of the Super League Triathlon Malibu, a competition in the Super League Triathlon’s Championship Series, which brought professional endurance race professionals to Malibu. The SLT sponsored the Triathlon this year. The SLT Malibu

Malibu Farmers Market to return to county-owned lot at college

Center.”

The Malibu City Council met last week for a special session to address the Strategic Priority Project list for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24, the Malibu Culture Ad Hoc Committee to work with the Malibu Culture Priority Project team, and the recommended list of employee benefit items.

City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Malibu Culture Project, a sweeping plan with concrete steps meant to improve city operations, workplace morale and culture, and staff recruitment and retention during the special meeting on Sept. 27.

The City Council and city manager have been focusing efforts on addressing many longstanding challenges that the city faces, including being able to provide more efficient, effective, and consistent services to the community; high staff workloads and high expectations; and demands for services and projects from the City

INSIDE this week

Controversy continues over a recent commercial influencer event held in a residential Malibu neighborhood. A Special Event Permit was issued by the city on Sept. 22 for a purported backyard

celebration to be hosted the next day by a local resident, despite apparent red flags communicated by a neighbor and multiple discrepancies on the face of the application itself. As it turned out, the Sept. 23 shindig was a promotional event for Kourtney Kardashian’s company Poosh to be posted on the attendees’ social media accounts. The $118 permit application required, as an express condition

of approval, same-day setup and takedown despite then-Mayor Bruce Silverstein having already alerted the city code enforcement office of party set-up beginning Sept. 21. Silverstein provided city staff photos of the event setup, calling it a possible fire hazard with boxes piled outside the residence. The application, a copy of which was obtained online by The Malibu Times, appears to

“We are excited to welcome the Malibu Farmers Market back to the Malibu Civic Center now that the beautiful Santa Monica College Malibu satellite campus is complete,” Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath said on Sept. 26 after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed her motion addressing the farmers market returning to the countyowned SMC parking lot. “Now, the Malibu community can enjoy fresh, local produce and this cherished Sunday tradition, organized by the Cornucopia Foundation.”

The Malibu Farmers Market has temporarily been operating at Legacy Park under a temporary use permit issued by the City of Malibu that expires Oct. 7.

Horvath introduced a motion entitled, “Fee Waiver and Gratis Issuance of a License Agreement for the Cornucopia Foundation’s Malibu Farmers Market held on certain Sundays at the Malibu Civic

The motion noted that the Cornucopia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that has previously operated a farmers market held on certain Sundays at the county-owned Malibu Civic Center parking lot located at 2352523555 Civic Center Way in Malibu, through a gratis license agreement approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Jul. 27, 2021.

The license agreement issued by the County to Cornucopia expired on Dec. 30, 2022, and Cornucopia has since been operating its weekly farmers market on the City of Malibu-owned Legacy Park, adjacent to the County Parking Lot, under a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) issued to Cornucopia by the City of Malibu. Horvath’s motion noted that TUP “expires on Oct. 7, and Cornucopia has requested the county to return the farmers market to the Parking Lot once its TUP expires.”

Horvath proposed issuing Cornucopia day use permits on certain Sundays through Jan. 31, 2024 (Permit Period), and waiving

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OPINION

Letters to the Editor In Case You Missed it

The top stories from last week you can read at MalibuTimes.com

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Thank you, Malibu, for your support of Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles

Dear Editor,

City Council elects new mayor and mayor pro tem Steve Uhring elected as mayor and Doug Stewart elected as mayor pro tem

On behalf of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where I have worked as a pediatric oncologist and as a local Malibu resident since 1999, I want to express my most heartfelt thanks to the Malibu community for their decades of support of the Malibu Triathlon.

fun, but these steroid-enhanced “golf carts” pose a much greater risk to public safety. I mean, our 12-year-old legitimate golf cart can barely keep pace with a chihuahua at full sprint. These newer machines are Formula One racers in comparison.

James McGowan, Malibu, Point Dume

Planning Commissioners FPPC

From the publisher HAYLEY

MATTSON

without any disclosure or recusal. Why would the City want this to more than likely bring about an FPPC violation for possibly both the council members who made these appointments on top of the two planning commissioners?

Coastal Cleanup Day creates appreciation and awareness for the coast City, California Wildlife Center, & Rincon Consultants collaborate to bring national event to Malibu shore

Beatles expert deconstructs ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’

Over 200 Fab Four enthusiasts attend latest Speaker Series at City Hall program with Scott Freiman

Over the last 34 years, I’ve had the privilege to care for children with cancer at CHLA. These children and their families provide a strong inspiration to our pediatric cancer program medical team to work to cure more children and decrease the related side effects. Those of you who attended the Planning Commission and City Council meetings regarding the permit for this year’s triathlon were able to hear some of these families share their personal journeys and the important role CHLA plays in fighting childhood cancer. Many of these families participated in the triathlon last weekend and helped to raise awareness of children’s cancer and provide important funding for cancer research at CHLA (more than $18 million since 2007). I hope many of you who were triathlon participants had a chance to meet these heroes as they swam, biked, and ran with you. I also want to thank the many Malibu citizens who spoke at the city meetings in support of the role CHLA plays in our own community. Locals also spoke about the importance of the triathlon for local athletes, building community, and raising awareness of children’s cancer.

Thank you Malibu!

Judy Villablanca, Malibu

Re: “Sheriff’s Department cracking down on illegal golf carts”

Dear Editor,

Topanga Actors Company set to return to Malibu with spooky show for the season Masterful storyteller will weave a tale for the season on Halloween weekend

The author neglects to point out that in recent years, the typical “golf carts” around Point Dume have evolved into what I’d describe as “electric ATVs” with much larger wheelbases, big traction tires, and powerful lithium battery-driven motors. Our humble Ez-Go is dwarfed by some of these beasts, which can seat up to eight excited teenagers, all training to become next-generation off-road racers. I’m all for having

Dear Editor,

I have thoroughly gone through the letter from Ann M. Ravel, Former Chair, of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, County Counsel of Santa Clara County, Chair of the Federal Election Commission, and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice.

Just all the titles below her name begs the question —Why is no one at the City listening and responding accordingly and appropriately to this obvious expert in this matter? I heard some comments from the City Council members on the Dias on Monday stating that it might not be “valid” or “isn’t supported by law” and that there is “no evidence that any improprieties have occurred” or it’s “bogus” when the letter is FULL of the evidence. All of this cover-up talk is irrelevant to the code sections cited by Ms. Ravel in the letter. Her Wikipedia page states: “At the FPPC, Ravel oversaw the regulation of campaign finance, lobbyist registration and reporting, and ethics and conflicts of interest related to officeholders and public employees.” So this is what she specializes in. She is also hardly a “young lady” at a highly accomplished and distinguished 74 (the same age as my mother). She now occasionally lectures at her alma mater, University of California, Berkeley. I have no idea how she was consulted on this matter, but we should be grateful for her assistance. I also personally submitted several cases as evidence to both planning commission and you, the city council, where Skylar Peak, while as a city council member, voted through projects where on one, in particular, he had a foreseeable financial gain which he did eventually and substantially profit from for 6701 Portshead and a bias with this one and several other projects regarding the applicant & architect, Doug Burdge, with whom he has a professional relationship as well as voting through friends’ projects

Both of these planning commissioners have done work with Doug Burdge and recently voted through his environmentally damaging Malibu Inn Motel/ Hotel project, which now can possibly be considered void in a court of law due to their conflict of interest in more ways than one with this project. Virtually ALL the projects they have voted on in the past and future can possibly be voided! Why would the City take such a risk and without any public comment or involvement in this serious matter?

This needs to be, at the very least, discussed with the public as it is city conduct and not a lawsuit and the city council represents the residents, and these planning commissioners are supposed to be representing we residents and not serving themselves in the process, so Please bring this item to be discussed in public if these commissioners refuse to simply step down for the sake of our City.

I am sending a link to all the additional accolades that this proud female attorney of Latin American heritage has received

and needs to be shown some respect for her care for Malibu and the law: law.berkeley.edu/ our-faculty/faculty-profiles/ ann-ravel/. She should not be discounted as she was the other night by certain council members who have caused this potential violation. The whole City needs to be notified of this possible violation due to their actions and inaction. Transparency and accountability will earn your constituents’ trust, not the other way around.

Jo Drummond, Malibu

Planning Commission

Dear Editor, Decisions made by the Planning Commission obviously affect the character and nature of homes being built and other construction in Malibu. It is, therefore, useful to have experts on the Commission – people who have experience as contractors. Dennis Smith and Skylar Peak certainly meet that level of expertise.

Yet something seems wrong.

It is common knowledge that many developers and property owners strive to push the limits of what can be built on a property, often to a level that stretches credibility. Those attempting

The Malibu Round Table

Friday, October 6 from 8:30 to 10 a.m.

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to push our ordinances would, of course, hire architects and contractors who will aid them in their pursuit of grandiosity. This, I believe, is where there is pressure on any Planning Commissioner who makes his living as a contractor - who buids such houses and commercial buildings - comes to the fore. If they vote in a certain way, it clearly means more business. It impacts their reputations and income. They cannot avoid the fact that if they take a pro-development stance, and vote to support projects that push the limits, they will be rewarded on future projects. That both Skylar and Dennis are pro-development is clear. This is how they vote on the Commission. I suspect Councilmembers Grisanti and Riggins knew this when making these appointments. It is their right to appoint pro-development individuals. But there is a shadow cast over both men because of the obvious potential for conflict of interest. Whether this pall rises to the occasion of Ms. Ravel’s letter, I do not know. But the issue is serious enough, with the appearance of impropriety weighing heavily, so that both Mr. Smith and Mr. Peak should resign now that the issue has been raised.

Scott Dittrich, Malibu

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The Malibu Times, along with the Malibu Chamber of Commerce, look to make each meeting informative and engaging, allow for open conversations and an in-depth look at what is important to the community and keep everyone well informed. We look forward to seeing you.

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Maibu High beats both Calvary Baptist and Sherman Oaks CES handily to go to 3-1 on the season

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SIRENS

The following incidents were reported between:

SEP 14 - SEP 16

 9/14 | Identity Theft

An iPhone, $300 in cash, and multiple credit cards were stolen from a vehicle parked near the Malibu Pier. The victim said they hid the key in a lockbox, went surfing, and upon return, the lockbox was missing, and their vehicle was ransacked. The victim said they received a notification that an estimated $45,000 charge was made to their credit card at the Nordstrom and Apple Store in Woodland Hills and the Apple Store in Northridge. The Apple Store told the victim the last place the iPhone was traced was in the area of El Segundo.

 9/14 | Petty Theft

A bicycle was stolen from outside the Pavilions in Point Dume. The victim said they did not lock the bicycle prior to leaving it unattended. The security cameras captured an image of the suspect and said it was too blurry to get a clear description of the suspect.

 9/15 | Burglary

A vehicle parked near Malibu Road was broken into and ransacked. The victim left the key underneath the front passenger tire, went surfing, and upon return, the key was missing and their vehicle was ransacked. The victim’s iPhone, AirPods, and multiple credit cards were taken. There were no security cameras available that captured the incident.

 9/15 | Burglary

A vehicle parked near Zuma Beach was broken into and ransacked. The victim said the vehicle was locked and they were unsure how the suspects gained entry to the vehicle. The victim received a notification of an unauthorized charge made at the Ralph’s at Malibu Colony. There was no damage made to the vehicle. There were no security cameras that captured the incident.

 9/16 | Burglary

A vehicle parked near Topanga Beach was broken into and ransacked. The victim left the car key inside the gas cap, and upon return, the key was missing and his vehicle was ransacked. The victim said there were multiple charges to his credit cards in a total of $8,000. The victim said the business nearby had security cameras and could have captured the incident.

Santa Ana winds are coming to Malibu next week

The National Weather Service predicts warm temperatures this week rolling to next. Dry and cold air from the interior through the mountains will pass out towards the ocean. The live fuel moisture in the brush in the Santa Monica mountains above Malibu is at 100 to 110 percent.

City fire safety liaisons monitoring weather conditions as LFM rises to 109 percent

As of Sept. 15, Live Fuel Moisture (LFM) is at 109 percent, up from 81 percent from the previous sampling on Aug. 31. That is great news for Malibu’s fire conditions. High humidity, a strong marine layer, cool temperatures, and late summer rains have kept the LFM levels in the Santa Monica Mountains higher than normal for this time of year.

Last year at this time, the city was below the critical threshold of 60 percent. Historically, throughout 40 years of data collection, LFM has been around 63 percent at this time of year.

As part of year-round wildfire preparedness, the city tracks LFM as well as relative humidity, temperature, dead fuel moisture, wind and historical patterns to determine wildfire conditions for Malibu. The LFM is the percentage of water content to dry matter in live vegetation and indicates how likely a fire is to grow large and spread quickly. The LA County Fire Department takes plant samples every two weeks and posts the results on its website (fire. lacounty.gov/fire-weather-danger/).

For local fire weather information, visit the National Weather Service Los Angeles / Oxnard website (weather.gov/lox/).

Although the higher LFM has reduced the threat of fire ignition and spread, the threat remains and the community is urged to be diligent with home-hardening and brush-clearance efforts. The additional rainfall this summer resulted in new vegetation growth, so earlier brush clearance efforts must be revisited. Residents are urged to complete a free Home Wildfire Assessment with the City of Malibu. Learn more and schedule an appointment on the Fire Safety webpage (malibucity.org/952/Fire-Safety).

Update on fire preparation actions the city has taken since the Woolsey Fire

Nearly five years after the devastating Woolsey Fire, the tragic fire that destroyed the town of Lahaina, Maui, and claimed more than 115

lives, has brought up memories, trauma and fears about the dangers that Malibu faces this wildfire season. Community members want to know if they will be safe, and what efforts the city has taken to be more prepared since the Woolsey Fire, and to prevent a tragedy like Lahaina from occurring in Malibu. Some of the actions the city has taken since the Woolsey Fire include:

Expanded the public safety office into a city department

Hired three retired firefighters as fire safety liaisons

• Offers free home wildfire assessments

Started a free fire hazard tree removal program

• Created a Zero Power Plan in case of a widespread power and communications blackout (worked with the CERT Team to create emergency information stations and to equip the city’s emergency supplies containers with solar-powered satellite phone and internet capabilities; acquired backup generators for traffic signals; worked with the Malibu CERT Team to install radio repeaters to enable the use of handheld radios citywide; acquired additional changeable message signs)

Expanded the disaster notification system database

• Increased the number of CERT classes offered

Adopted a Mass Evacuation Plan and the County Zonehaven evacuation tool and maps

• Installed dozens of Beacon Boxes across Malibu with local maps to assist out-of-area firefighters responding in Malibu

• Adopted an emergency resolution to facilitate the removal of homeless encampments during Red Flag conditions. See more details at malibucity. org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1629.

Homeowners urged to get Home Wildfire Assessment

Malibu homeowners are urged to complete a free Home Wildfire Hardening Assessment with the city’s fire safety liaisons (emergency backpacks are no longer available). The assessment involves a 30- to 60-minute exterior inspection of your property looking at what can be done to make the home and property less vulnerable to the millions of flying embers from a wind-driven wildfire, a leading cause of homes burning down in wildfires. You’ll get a checklist of steps to take to harden your property, such as removing dead vegetation or wood furniture that is touching the house and covering attic vents with fine steel mesh. For more information and to schedule a free Home Wildfire Hardening Assessment, visit the Fire Safety webpage (malibucity.org/952/Fire-Safety), call (310) 456-2489, ext. 238, or email FireSafety@MalibuCity.org.

Residents urged to

start preparing for wildfire season now

Now is the time for everyone in the community, including businesses, to start preparing for wildfire season. Monitor local fire weather conditions and warnings on the National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard website. Create and/or review your family or business emergency plan, including evacuation routes and reunification locations, and gather emergency supplies. Check the expiration dates on food and medication. Keep vehicle fuel tanks above half full. Make sure you are able to open electric gates or garage doors when the power is out. For preparedness guidance, get the Malibu Survival Guide. Sign up for emergency alerts from the city (scroll to Alert Center) and from LA County. Most importantly, make sure flammable materials and vegetation are cleared away from your home. Schedule a free Home Wildfire Hardening Assessment by emailing FireSafety@MalibuCity. org, calling (310) 456-2489, ext. 388 or visiting the Fire Safety webpage (malibucity.org/FireSafety).

Malibu Middle and High School Campus Specific Plan public hearing to be held Oct. 9

The Malibu City Council will consider modifications to the Malibu Middle and High School Campus Specific Plan suggested by the California Coastal Commission (CCC) during the Oct. 9 council meeting. The CCC approved the plan with suggested modifications on Sept. 8. If the City Council agrees to all modifications, the CCC would report it at its next meeting in order to allow for the amended LCP to be certified in that form. For CCC meeting information, visit coastal. ca.gov/. For more information about the plan, visit the project webpage at malibucity.org/397/Malibu-Middle-High-School-Improvements.

City Council adopts steps to improve city operations

The Malibu City Council voted unanimously to adopt the “Malibu Culture Project,” a sweeping plan with concrete steps meant to improve city operations, workplace morale and culture, and staff recruitment and retention during a special meeting on Sept. 27. The City Council and City Manager have been focusing efforts on addressing many longstanding challenges that the City faces, including being able to provide more efficient, effective, consistent services to the community, high staff workloads and high expectations and demands for services and projects from the City Council and the community.

The City Council took several actions to advance the Malibu Culture Project:

Adopting the plan’s proposed list of 20 priority projects, which replaces the 2021-22 Work Plan;

• Directing the city manager to give progress updates on the project every two months during City Council meetings;

• Scheduling the next Strategic Workshop for March 2024 to revisit and, if needed, refresh the Priority List; Giving direction to staff to study and come back to council to consider action on the recommended list of benefits to improve recruitment and retention.

For more details on the Malibu Culture Project, including the list of City priorities and other information, are available in the staff report and watch the video.

Videos available for tsunami alerts and earthquake

preparedness In Malibu

Two videos are available on the City of Malibu YouTube channel for disaster preparedness in Malibu

In “Earthquake Preparedness in Malibu,” SoCal ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning Regional Coordinator Margaret Vinci from California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) discusses the threat of earthquakes in Southern California, and what residents, businesses, schools and other organizations can do to be prepared and resilient when a major earthquake strikes. Learn how to prepare earthquake emergency plans and supplies for yourself, or for a household or an organization.

In “Tsunami Alerts And Warnings,” Engineering Geologist Nick Graehl from Department of Conservation Tsunami Unit and Senior Emergency Services Coordinator/ Tsunami Planning Coordinator Matthew Palmer from Cal OES discusses Malibu’s vulnerability to tsunamis, how community members can sign up for and understand tsunami warnings and alerts, how to prepare and what to do if a tsunami

OBITUARIES

JOHN P. PATTERSON 1958-2023

John Patterson passed away on October 1, 2023, following a long illness. He was

born in Jefferson, Missouri on December 21, 1958. He served in the US Army and then spent most of his career working for Malibu Towing in Malibu, CA. That is also where he met his wife, Andrea. He was a hero to so many people during his time there, and he loved helping others. John was known for his “MacGyver” skills and his sense of humor. He also loved animals and helped rescue and foster many cats and kittens throughout the years. He is survived by his wife Andrea, sister Mary Completo (Keoni), and stepdaughter Megan Hamilton. Arrangements by Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks, NC

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Only events with a connection to Malibu will be considered. Calendar events are scheduled in advance and subject to change.

sat oct 7

FIFTH ANNUAL MENDING KIDS

HIKE TO MEND

Get ready for an inspiring and compassionate morning as Mending Kids celebrate their fifth annual Hike 2 Mend. This event is designed to bring the MendingKids.org family and the community at large together to hike for health equity and help children access the surgical care they need to restore their futures. The group will meet on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Peter Strauss Ranch, in Agoura Hills. It’s free to register. To find more information about this event, visit events.mendingkids.org.

HARVEST OF HOPE

COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER

The Harvest of Hope community fundraiser will occur on Sat, Oct. 7, from 3 to 7 p.m. at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church. The community fundraiser event will support local organizations such as the Malibu Community Labor Exchange and Habitat for Humanity. Live music by Angel City Fiddle Squad. For more information visit, staidanschurch.org/hoh2023.

a fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 10860 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Chatsworth. HHA has funded medical treatment for homeless pets at the Agoura Animal Care Center for over 25 years. Appetizers and drink tickets available for purchase. For registration and more information visit healthcareforhomelessanimals.org.

sun oct 8

SMC GLASS PUMPKIN SALE

The SMC Glass Pumpkin Sale is a wonderful opportunity to buy handcrafted glass pumpkins in a variety of colors, styles, and sizes. Each pumpkin is a truly unique work of art that can enhance fall-season home and office decor, as well as satisfy any of your gift needs while supporting the SMC Art Department, the PalisadesMalibu YMCA and local artists.

The SMC Glass Pumpkin Sale will be held Sunday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at PalisadesMalibu YMCA’s Simon Meadow at Temescal Gateway Park, located at 15601 Sunset Blvd. (corner of Temescal and Sunset), Pacific Palisades.

FRI oct 13

CINE MALIBU: ‘THE ADDAMS

FAMILY’ (2019, PG) AT MALIBU BLUFFS PARK

movie activities begin one hour before sunset. Complimentary.

BIRD WATCHING SEMINAR

Santa Monica College Malibu

Campus presents a free seminar, “Malibu Birds and the Joy of Birding,” with the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society from 9 to 11 a.m. Participants will be introduced to the tools of birdwatching and view a diversity if bird species at the SMC Malibu campus and Legacy Park. Binoculars will be available to borrow if attendees do not have their own. The seminar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please visit www.smc.edu/malibu or email malibu@smc.edu for additional information and registration form.

Sun oct 15

OUR LADY OF MALIBU FUNDRAISER CONCERT

Join Our Lady of Malibu for a fundraiser concert on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 3 p.m. at OLM Church. Joey Amini will perform a 45-minute concert of solo cello music. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the ticket sales will go directly to OLM.

TUE oct 17

CREATIVE WRITING COURSE

LOS ANGELES ZOO EXCURSION

Each month, Community Services Department staff leads participants on an exciting day trip to a location within Los Angeles County. October’s excursion will be to the LA Zoo. Participants will meet at Bluffs Park at the time announced and then take a bus to the location. Afterwards, the group will go to a restaurant for lunch (price does not include lunch costs). Event will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $35 for the excursion, including bus and entrance fee. For more information email, malibuseniorcenter@malibucity.org.

wed oct 18

MALIBU LIBRARY SPEAKER SERIES: DAVID QUAMMEN

Birds (and Bugs),” with the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This seminar will emphasize how to restore and create bird and insect habitats using native plants suitable for both public and private spaces. Resources will be provided for researching plants, planting tips, maintenance tips, and the appropriate next steps. The seminar is FREE and open to the public, but registration is required. Please visit www. smc.edu/malibu or email malibu@smc.edu for additional information and registration form.

SAT oct 28 & 29

TOPANGA ACTORS COMPANY

AT THE MALIBU LIBRARY

for the month or pay a $5 dropin rate, space permitting.

CARDIO SALSA AND STRETCH

An energetic Latin dance workout that incorporates salsa, cha-cha, and merengue in an easy-to-follow format. The cooldown will include stretching to relax the body. No dance experience necessary. Instructed by Jackline Daneshrad. The program is held on Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Michael Landon Center at Malibu Bluffs Park. Sign up at MalibuCity.org/Register to register for the month, or pay a $5 drop-in rate, space permitting.

MAT PILATES PLUS

Join the Topanga Actors Company on Oct. 28 and 29 for Harry Hart-Browne’s adaptation of “The Boy Who Saw True” with Harry. At the Malibu Library at 2 p.m. Free entry. Open seating. Free parking. Appropriate for teens and up. The TAC will also perform at the Topanga Libray on Oct. 21 and 22.

ONGOING

FARMERS MARKET

Relax, refresh, and build core strength. Sessions are Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Michael Landon Community Center at Malibu Bluffs Park. Please bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes. Sign up at MalibuCity.org/Register to register for the month, or pay a $5 drop-in rate, space permitting.

SENIOR STRETCH AND STRENGTH

FUNDRAISER

FOR HEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS

ANIMALS

Healthcare for Homeless

Animals (HHA) will be hosting

CineMalibu: Community Movie in the Park is hosted by the Harry Barovsky Memorial Youth Commission. In “The Addams Family,” the eccentrically macabre family moves to a bland suburb where Wednesday Addams’ friendship with the daughter of a hostile and conformist local reality TV show host exacerbates conflict between the families.

On Friday, Oct. 13, at Malibu Bluffs Park, from 5 to 10 p.m. The movie begins at sunset. Pre-

Join the Malibu Senior Center for a creative writing course on Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. In this free-form class, students learn to use writing as a tool for personal expression, creativity, and healing. Students explore creative writing techniques, fun prompts, timed writing exercises, and thoughtful listening. No experience is necessary. Bring pens, notebooks, and an open mind. Instructed by Tracy Katz.

Join The Malibu Library on Wed, Oct. 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to meet author and journalist David Quammen. Quammen’s 18 books include “Breathless” (2022), “The Tangled Tree” (2018), “Spillover” (2012), “The Song of the Dodo” (1996), and most recently, “The Heartbeat of the Wild” (2023). Though he began his career as a novelist (“To Walk the Line,” [1970], and three other works of fiction), in recent decades, he has written only nonfiction, focused mainly on science, the history of science, and the relationships of humans to landscape and biological diversity.

FRI oct 20

SPOOKY STAMPS WORKSHOP

Get into the Halloween spirit and learn to carve a spooky stamp at the Michael Landon Community Center from 4:30 to 6 p.m. In this workshop, students will learn each step of the stamp-making process, including drawing and transferring your image onto the block to carving and stamping. All materials will be provided. A paying adult must accompany children under 12. Instructed by Fluidity with Mattie. $20 to participate.

SAT oct 21

HHW/E-WASTE COLLECTION

Properly dispose of certain types of household hazardous waste (HHW) and electronic waste at Malibu City Hall upper parking lot, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All containers must be clearly labeled to identify the contents. Maximum amount of paint/ motor oil accepted is 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip. Accepted materials include, paint, used motor oil, anti-freeze, automotive and household batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs (unbroken) and electronics. The city schedules its events on the third Saturday in February, April, June, August, and October. Rain cancels event.

Sun oct 22

MALIBU SEARCH AND RESCUE

ANNUAL FUNDRAISING TRAIL

RUN AND EVENT

Join SoCalTrail and Malibu Search and Rescue on the beautiful trails of Malibu Creek State Park nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains — home turf for the Malibu Search and Rescue team. Hike, run, or race either the 5K or 10K distances (or 1K Run/Walk for Kids) on fire road and single track trails. Celebrate your finish in the beer garden (ages 21 and up), get a post-race massage, and stick around for prize raffles, awards, and festival exhibitors. A variety of food trucks will be on-site as well, including plant-based options. Event park opens at 7:15 a.m. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. 10k starts at 9:05 a.m. 5K starts at 9:25 a.m. Awards ceremony is at 10:45 a.m.

FRI oct 27

GARDENING FOR BIRDS AND BUGS SEMINAR SMC Malibu is presenting a free seminar, “Gardening for

Shop for fresh fruits and veggies, prepared food, and more at the weekly Malibu Farmers Market on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Market at Legacy Park.

MONTHLY HAND WEEDING AT POINT DUME

Bring your gardening gloves on the second Wednesday of each month (Oct 11 next one) from 9 a.m. to noon at the corner of Birdview & Cliffside Dr. Work with staff from State Parks to remove non-native and invasive euphorbia from the area. Volunteers can email poisonfreemalibu@gmail.com to RSVP or sign up directly here at: https://www.signupgenius. com/go/20F0E49A9AD2FAB9monthly1.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION SITTING GROUP

The Malibu Mindfulness Meditation Group meets Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. for a group sit and chat in Point Dume. The group is led by longtime local resident Michael Kory, who has been practicing Mindfulness Meditation for over 12 years and recently graduated a two-year teacher training program. Everyone is welcome, whether you are an experienced meditator or are a complete newbie. There are many benefits to be had both from giving yourself the gift of learning how to quiet the mind, and doing it in a group with the support of others. If you wish to attend, please email mmm@bu-dharma. com for more info.

BALLET SLIM AND TRIM

Develop better posture and improve balance, flexibility, and circulation during this onehour class. Class is Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Michael Landon Community Center. The instructor will also focus on body awareness, coordination, and stretching techniques. Please wear workout clothes and ballet shoes. No experience is necessary. Sign up at MalibuCity.org/Register to register for the month or pay a $5 drop-in rate, space permitting.

TAP/JAZZ DANCE COMBO

Enter stage right to the Senior Center’s new dance program. The class will consist of jazz warmups and stretches, followed by routines. Every dance taught will be straight from a Broadway musical. Instructed by Ann Monahan. The class is Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Civic Theater at Malibu City Hall. No experience is necessary. Register

Class is organized on Mondays from 1 to 2 p.m. and Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Participants will focus on flexibility, balance, circulation, muscle tone, and breathing techniques. Class will be held outdoors at the Malibu Bluffs Park. Register for the month or pay a $5 drop-in rate. For additional information contact (310) 456-2489, Ext. 357, or visit malibucity.org/SeniorCenter.

MAT YOGA

Learn new poses, increase flexibility, and practice stretching techniques in a calm and relaxing environment. Bring your own yoga mat. Instructed by Daya Chrans. Class is organized on Tuesdays at the Senior Center at Malibu City Hall from 1 to 2 p.m. Sign up at MalibuCity.org/ Register to register for the month or pay a $5 drop-in rate, space permitting.

CHAIR YOGA

Yoga is a wonderful way to stretch the body and calm the mind. This class helps you develop a strong and flexible spine, feel ease in your joints, and be steady in your balance. Get fit while you sit! Join this peaceful hour of exercise. Instructed by Daya Chrans. Class is organized on Mondays at the Senior Center at Malibu City Hall from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

RELAX THROUGH COLORING

Did you know that coloring helps relieve stress? Join a free coloring program led by Judy Merrick at the Senior Center at Malibu City Hall on Wednesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. RSVP by calling the Malibu Senior Center at (310) 456-2489, Ext. 357.

CHOIR

Join an upbeat choir group and learn the fundamentals of singing and performing different styles of music. Group meets at Malibu City Hall Senior Center on Tuesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. This is a great opportunity for socialization, self-expression, and learning through music. All levels are welcome. Instructed by Laura DeMieri Fercano. $5 per class.

KNITTING

Knitting with Sheila Rosenthal is organized every Monday and Friday at the Senior Center at Malibu City Hall from 9 to 10:30 a.m. This is an ongoing drop-in complimentary program. No experience is required. Please bring your own size 8 needles and one skein of yarn.

Division continues in the Malibu swimming community

to share pool space, the MAF says it wants to “set the record straight.”

There’s been a war of words between supporters of the Marlins and the MAF over the dismissal of Ran. The ensuing fallout has been painful on both sides with what a spokesperson for the Seawolves called defamatory and hurtful vitriol.

By JUDY ABEL Special to The

It wasn’t the best of summers for the Malibu swimming community this year. The termination of a well-liked coach for the Malibu Seawolves created a deep rift in the swimming community that may take some time to heal.

The falling-out started in June when the board of the Malibu Aquatics Foundation, which operates the youth swim program for the city, terminated coach Erik Ran. Ran’s supporters called the decision abrupt, cruel, and undemocratic as they were not consulted on the coaching change. Unhappy parents formed a new swim team, the Malibu Marlins, and have been trying to get lane time in the Malibu community pool without much success despite a roster of about 50 swimmers.

After charges of non-transparency, non-engagement, and an unwillingness

misstate the event’s purpose when the applicant failed to check a box that it was a promotional event and instead represented its purpose to be “girlfriends [sic] day at the pool.” In another apparent discrepancy, the submitted site plan reflects a baby shower and gender reveal.

After the permit was issued but prior to the event, additional incidents of apparent noncompliance were observed.

Silverstein provided photos of event staff parked on the landside of Pacific Coast Highway behind a staff parking sign, a violation of the permit’s express requirement that all event parking be limited to the applicant’s property grounds and to two properties on the ocean side of PCH with shuttle service to the event site. The Malibu Municipal Code sections governing SEPs require a notice of the event to be posted “in a conspicuous location on the property that is visible from the adjacent street,” yet that requirement also was apparently not satisfied. One resident wrote to Silverstein, expressing surprise at the city’s posture: “you’re the Mayor and get treated with indifference. Now imagine how the rest of Malibu is treated.”

Joe Sichta, an MAF board member and communications director, argues the board is not anonymous. He shared with The Malibu Times quarterly newsletters beginning September 2022 that identify the five-person board of directors, along with earlier emails to parents that identified the co-presidents and other officers. As of Oct. 2, the Malibu Seawolves website identifies five individuals as either officers or directors.

When The Malibu Times initially contacted an MAF board member in June, he asked for anonymity and would only answer questions by email. Sichta says at that time, fresh after a contentious fourhour poolside meeting with parents, board members felt personally “unsafe” and requested their names be unmentioned.

“I think it’s reasonable that we withhold the right to protect ourselves when we don’t feel safe,” he said. “Operationally we were never anonymous.”

In the most recent City Council meeting, Silverstein argued that code enforcement suggests preferential treatment of celebrities and well-heeled interests with incidents of noncompliance and non-enforcement of the city’s permitting procedures in this case and others, including a recent wedding on Broad Beach and big events for YSL and Nobu. The Malibu Times reached out to city’s media information officer, Matt Myerhoff, with the following questions, among others:

The permit application provides that the applicant was Harper Sloane Productions, but the applicant signature was that of the property owner. Why was an SEP application that was not signed by the applicant, as required, approved?

Malibu civil code requires that all applicants submit an affidavit along with the application. Why was this SEP approved without the required affidavit?

The SEP indicates that the event was a “girlfriends (sic) day at the pool” but the required site plan clearly implies that the event is a baby shower given that the proposed balloon entryway states “It’s a baby!” and the right upper corner of the site plan indicates a gender reveal. Why was this

As for claims of non-engagement, Sichta called them “untrue.”

“The day after Coach Ran’s dismissal, that four-hour in-person meeting was held at the pool deck between board members and parents,” he said. “The board engaged with parents and swimmers and by showing up in person disclosed their identity to anyone who didn’t already know them.”

Sichta said that for the three board members who attended, “It was an ugly face to face, but they endured it. Ultimately, they came away feeling unsafe. It was a bad scene.

“We had a face-to-face meeting where we were not comfortable holding another face-to-face meeting and the board was actually very concerned because it was such a venomous situation.”

When approached about holding a second in person meeting between the board and angry parents the MAF board refused.

“They didn’t feel safe or that it was possible to have a constructive dialogue,” Sichta said. “The level of engagement that we’ve been accused of operating under is not true. It’s demonstrable in emails and the in-person conversation we had.”

The Marlins have asked to share swimming lanes with the Seawolves. Sichta

discrepancy not investigated and reconciled prior to approval of the application?

Section 5.34.030A.5 requires the applicant to attest in a signed affidavit that he/she is the person hosting the special event. The application represents that the property is not being rented for the event, but the owner’s signature on the application indicates a Texas notarization dated Sept. 22, the date of the permit approval. Why was the application treated as an ownerhosted event and not a selfevident rental?

Section 5.34.040A provides the city 10 working days to approve or deny an application. Why was this application approved on the date of submission without research as to the above discrepancies?

Section 5.34.040B required the applicant to post a conspicuous notice no later than Sept. 22. Why was the event permitted to continue unimpeded despite what we understand to be no conspicuous notice?

Section 5.34.040 requires the city to issue no SEPs for six months at a property that violated the terms of the SEP. Has Malibu staff been instructed not to approve any additional SEPs at the address at this time?

When asked these and other

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said that would not be possible.

“We are not able,” he said. “With limited resources there isn’t enough space. Our groups are almost at capacity.”

As for charges that the Seawolves roster is padded with non-swimmers, Sichta responded the claims, “are patently false. Our job is to provide a world-class vendorship[sic] to the city. Falsely padding the roster is not on our menu.”

While the Marlins have questioned the legitimacy of the Seawolves legal rights and use of the nonprofit’s name, Sichta stated “the facts are unassailable. The MAF is the rightful legal entity in full standing with the State of California and holds the trademark rights to the name Seawolves.”

To the children who were disappointed in Ran’s dismissal Sichta commented, “My heart goes out to them. I love the kids. It’s a difficult thing for everybody. It’s a small community. I respect them and honor them for making their protest. It takes guts to do that.”

To the high schoolers who relied on the Seawolves for independent PE, he said, “I think it’s unconscionable that the Marlins leadership took these kids down a path and made them think they would be able to achieve pool time which is such a lim-

questions, Myerhoff replied, “The City Manager’s office is conducting a review of the matter and will be reporting those findings back to the City Council.”

As Silverstein sees it, “One of the most significant issues is the city’s failure to follow its own code and require an affidavit — which requires that the affiant attest to the truth of the facts of the application under penalty of perjury. If that were to occur, and the application turns out to be false, it is a criminal matter.”

The Malibu Times reached out to the Los Angeles event planner, Harper Sloane Productions. Their response was, “No thank you. No comment.”

ited resource and endanger their ISPE.”

Sichta also defended the dismissal of Ran as coach.

“There’s no such thing as a … coach for life. Coaches get switched out all the time. It’s a reality of life,” he said. “We made a tough coach switch-out. The kids are receiving, unfortunately, the brunt of that. For those who enjoyed Coach Ran’s style, for them to need to get their ISPE, I admit it puts them into a situation, but it’s not a situation the board created. It’s a situation the Marlins and Coach Ran created and we don’t bear responsibility for that. We do offer the program though.”

Marlins Treasurer Robert Brinkmann has charged the Seawolves with not giving parents and swimmers a voice in how the nonprofit makes important decisions such as coaching changes.

To that, Sichta responded, “We’re not running a democracy. We’re running a swim team.” He called a team vote on everything a “recipe for disaster. As a nonprofit board we’re trying to provide an entire aquatics program that serves everyone from age 1 to 100.”

In the meantime, the Marlins have rented the pool from the school district but could only secure an inconvenient 6 a.m. swim time.

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out to California, bought the house and then invited me to stay there. That was good.”

It’s the same Malibu house he and his wife live in today some 30-plus years later. Uhring hadn’t even seen the house for the first four months his wife lived there.

Uhring’s first foray into community activism started by “hanging out” with another well-known Malibu figure.

“When I first moved here I’m sitting in my backyard and I get a call from this guy Ozzie Silna,” he said. “Ozzie had been around for a long time. He was a very successful businessman. He said, ‘Do you know what’s going on in Malibu?’ I told him I had no idea, I just got here and he said, ‘well you’ve got to figure it out.’ We talked about

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strikes. Videos can be seen on youtube. com; search on the City of Malibu channel.

Woolsey Fire non-conforming structures deadlines public hearing set for Oct. 16

On Oct. 16, the Planning Commission will consider extending the deadlines to rebuild non-conforming structures destroyed or damaged in the Woolsey Fire without having to bring the structure into compliance or seek variances. The staff report will be available on malibucity.org in advance. Homeowners with an approved Planning Verification to maintain non-conforming structures who will not meet the Nov. 8 deadline to get building permits are encouraged to submit a request for an extension with the online form. These extensions will be held on hold until a final City Council action and will be considered moot

what we thought the city should be as we go forward.”

Around that time, Uhring says the then City Council “came up with this deal they were going to do” with the late Jerry Perenchio.

“It was Measure M as I recall,” Uhring said. “It would have allowed Jerry Perenchio to build on the old Chili Cook-off site that is now the Legacy Park property. He could have built a 185,000-square-foot shopping center there. He could have built at what is now the Chili Cook-off property. He could have built on land at Trancas and the city came up with this deal to let him do it.

“We looked at that and said ‘this is not a good deal for the city.’ So, Ozzie and I and a bunch of people put together a ballot initiative. We went to the residents and said ‘before this deal can go down residents have

if the code amendment is adopted.

City Council to consider Woolsey Fire fee waiver deadline extension at a future meeting

On Sept. 25, the City Council considered a resolution extending the deadlines to apply for Woolsey Fire rebuild fee waivers in order to support homeowners who are still working on their rebuild projects. The City Council requested a modification to the resolution, which it will consider at a future meeting.

The City Council had asked staff to work on an ordinance to extend the deadlines for homeowners to submit a Planning Verification for non-conforming use and to obtain a building permit for Planning Verification approvals for non-conforming structures damaged or destroyed in the Woolsey Fire.

Temporary Use Permit Ordinance public hearing set for Oct. 23

to vote on it.’ We did the ballot initiative, we got the signatures, put it on the ballot and we won that 60/40. We basically stopped this whole process of what they were doing and then we met with the City Council to talk about buying the Legacy Park property.”

Through the Malibu Coastal Land Conservancy, Uhring and his group raised $500,000 to contribute to the acquisition of Legacy Park, an accomplishment of which the new mayor is very proud. The 76-yearold stated, “We did the work we had to do to try to stop this city from concocting this deal with Perenchio because we thought there was a better way to go and the end result is [that] now we have Legacy Park, we bought the Chili Cook-off site.”

When he lived in Lexington, Massachusetts, Uhring recalled the old city government had “everything all figured out” so

On Oct. 23, the City Council will consider an ordinance and the Planning Commission’s recommendations on updating regulations for Temporary Use Permits (TUPs), permits for events at non-residential properties. This hearing is to address comments provided by the Planning Commission on May 1.

On Dec. 13, 2021 the City Council directed staff to proceed to amend the TUP ordinance. The proposed ordinance was also previously considered by the Zoning Ordinance Revisions and Code Enforcement Subcommittee on Apr. 14 and Oct. 12, 2022 and made its recommendations. For more information visit the TUP webpage (malibucity.org/368/ Temporary-Use-Permits).

Planning consultations and rebuild resources

The Fire Rebuild team is available Monday through Friday at City Hall for complimentary one-on-one consultations about any fire rebuild project. Contact Aakash Shah at ashah@malibucity.org to set an appointment for a meeting by phone or online. For ideas about how to

he didn’t participate in government there. “Once I got out here and got hooked up with Ozzie and other folks” he said he was pulled in. “And that’s what I’ve been doing since,” he said.

Prior to his three-year term on City Council, Uhring served on the Planning Commission for four years. He decided to run for council because he said he was unhappy with the slate of candidates he thought tilted in the direction of more development as he considered himself slow-growth.

“I said let me run and give the residents an alternative,” Uhring said. “I understand you can’t go back to what Malibu was 30 years ago, but I don’t want to wake up one morning and be living in Laguna. If the process can move at a pace that gives everybody a chance to adjust, make the right decisions, see what the impacts are, I can live with that.

get started with your project, as well as numerous handouts, forms and resources, visit the Rebuild webpage.

Annual curbside bulky item pickup for Malibu residents set for Oct. 14

The City of Malibu is partnering with Waste Management to host a free curbside bulky item pickup service for community members on Saturday, Oct. 14. Household bulky items are oversized items that will not fit into a solid waste bin, such as a mattress or a sofa. Residents are encouraged to donate gently used items to charitable organizations or thrift shops. The city organizes a bulky item collection day for residents every year for those who are unable to donate items.

Schedule an appointment

• Call Waste Management’s Service Center at (800) 675-1171 before 12 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13. The Service Center hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Universal Waste Systems customers may call (800) 631-7016 for bulky item disposal options. Describe what items need to be collected so that the bulky item collection can be properly routed.

Place bulky items at your curbside before 6 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14. The bulky items may be picked up by a different truck and driver than your normal waste hauling service. Maximum of seven items per household.

Environmental Sustainability Department Outreach Booth at Sunday Farmers Market, Oct. 15

The Environmental Sustainability Department staff will host the next

That’s what I’m trying to do. I think it’s City Council’s responsibility to try to improve the quality of life for Malibu residents.”

He touts his accomplishments on council as increasing Sheriff’s protection, making strides assisting the homeless, and helping get the Dark Sky Ordinance approved.

In his new position, Uhring would like to tackle enforcement issues on short term rentals and parties.

“We’re doing a disservice to our residents not providing better enforcement,” he said. “We’ve got a lot to accomplish, but we also need the residents to stand up and tell us what they want. The more resident participation I think would move things faster.”

In his spare time Uhring likes visiting the Adamson House, Farmers Market, hiking Solstice Canyon, Malibu Creek State Park, and of course, Legacy Park.

outreach booth at the Malibu Farmers Market on Sunday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community members can meet the staff, learn about the City’s environmental programs and services, ask questions, and receive giveaways including a kitchen caddy that is perfect for recycling food scraps for the City’s Organics Recycling Program. Learn more on the Environmental Programs webpage.

Waterworks District 29 begins improvement project for Encinal Canyon

LA County Public Works, Waterworks District 29 (WWD29), started work on Sept. 11 to replace waterlines in the Encinal Canyon neighborhood on the following streets: parts of Encinal Canyon Road, Vista Del Preseas, Camino De Buena Ventura, Avenida De La Encinal, Encinal Canyon Road, Calle De La Burrita, Avenida Del Mar, and Via Vienta Street. The project aims to improve water system reliability and ensure the health and safety of water customers. Construction is to be completed by July 2024. Work hours are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Minimal traffic impacts are expected. Affected customers were notified directly by WWD29 of any temporary water service disruptions. For more information, visit the WWD29 project webpage at lacounty.gov/GIS/projectmap.

Construction to begin on Traffic Signal Synchronization Project to improve safety and mobility

Construction is expected to start this month on the City of Malibu’s PCH Traffic Signal Synchronization Project, the city’s most significant measure to date to improve

traffic safety and mobility on PCH, among the most important quality of life issues in Malibu. The project will take more than one year to complete. Communications lines will be installed between traffic signals on PCH from Topanga Canyon Boulevard to John Tyler Drive to synchronize them to existing traffic conditions, and they will be controlled by the Caltrans Traffic Management Center.

According to Caltrans, during the past 10 years, there have been more than 4,000 collisions on PCH in Malibu. Speeding and improper turns are the most common contributing factors to collisions, both of which will be directly addressed by the Signal Synchronization Project. The system can also be used to help emergency evacuations move quickly and safely. The $34.6 million project is fully funded through County Measure R transportation funds.

The city’s parcel on Civic Center Way and Webb Way will be used for storage of construction vehicles and materials, employee parking, and a temporary construction office, which will make the project more efficient and reduce vehicle traffic on PCH and Malibu Canyon. Per the city’s requests, the contractor will install screening and has committed to keeping the location clean. For more information, visit malibucity.org.

Updated Zonehaven Evacuation Zone maps for Malibu to be sent

Know your zone! The City of Malibu will be mailing out information cards to all households in Malibu about the updated Zonehaven Evacuation Zone numbers for Malibu. Malibu’s zones are now numbered MAL-C111 to MAL-C114. Los Angeles County adopted new official disaster response and evacuation zones and the new Zonehaven AWARE online tool in November 2022. All county agencies and cities, including the City of Malibu, will adhere to them in a disaster. The new zones for Malibu are the same as the city’s evacuation zones (1114) that were adopted in February 2020 as part of the city’s official Mass Evacuation Plan, following a recommendation after the Woolsey Fire.

Special Events Report

Currently, there are permitted events on Sept. 30 and Oct. 7 and 8, as well as every Sunday for the Malibu Farmers Market and for Farmers Market off-street parking. The City of Malibu Planning Department posts a weekly report of approved event permits on the website. In order to help the public stay informed of pending event permit applications and to create opportunity for public input, the Event Permit Report includes all event permit applications deemed complete for review for consistency and compliance with the requirements of the Malibu Municipal Code and the Planning Director’s action on each application. To sign up to receive an email or text message when an updated Event Permit Report is posted, visit the e-notifications page (scroll down to the “Special Event Permit Report” category).

City of Malibu proclaims Constitution Week as scholars and Malibuites gather and learn

On Sept. 13, Pepperdine hosted Constitution Day 2023: The Hebrew Bible’s Impact on America

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu

Times

At the request of the Malibu Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), at the Malibu City Council’s Sept. 11 meeting, Mayor Bruce Silverstein issued a Proclamation calling the week of September 17-23 as Constitution Week in Malibu.

“[Making up] One of the largest patriotic women’s organizations in the world, DAR members promote historic preservation, education and patriotism,” said Beth Grimes, regent of the Malibu DAR Chapter. “In 1955, DAR petitioned the U.S. Congress to dedicate Sept. 17–23 of each year to the commemoration of Constitution Week. Congress adopted the resolution, and on Aug. 2, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into Public Law 915.”

At the City Council meeting, councilpersons and the audience learned that the goals for having Constitution Week are threefold: to encourage the study of the historical

Cornucopia’s day use permit fees of $175/day for the Permit Period, during which time the county will complete its review of Cornucopia’s financial and tax documentation, health and safety permits, nonprofit status, and any other associated documentation, for the county to determine if Cornucopia meets the county’s standards to operate a California Department of Food and Agriculture-certified farmers market on county property, under a license agreement.

The motion also stated, “During this Permit Period, the county will also evaluate if Cornucopia has been operating the farmers market in accordance with the requirements placed on them by the county, and if their prolonged operation of a farmers market on county property is negatively impacting the county’s and the public’s use of the Malibu Civic Center. At the end of each month during the Permit Period, the county will evaluate Cornucopia’s operations and if the county determines, at its sole and absolute discretion, that Cornucopia’s operations are not negatively impacting the county and public use of the Malibu Civic Center, including but not limited to the use of the county public library, then the county shall issue a new day permit for the following month to Cornucopia, with the intent to issue a gratis license agreement for farmers market for an approximate term of (2) years. The issuance of day permits shall not exceed the Permit Period and the county’s review of Cornucopia will determine if it will eventually issue them said license agreement.”

The Board of Supervisors passed Horvath’s motion as submitted, determining that issuance of day-use permits and the granting of a nonexclusive, gratis license agreement to the Cornucopia Foundation for a farmers market on county-owned property is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15304(e) — Minor Alterations to Land and Class 4 of the County’s Environmental Document Reporting Procedures and Guidelines.

The board determined, pursuant to Government Code section 26227, that “the portion of the county’s Malibu Civic Center Parking Lot proposed for the farmers market is not currently needed for exclusive county purposes during those certain Sundays and those hours of operation of the Malibu Farmers Market, to be defined in the license agreement. The board also determined that the Farmers Market is necessary to meet the social needs of the county and serve public purposes that benefit the county.”

By passing Horvath’s motion, the board “authorized the chief

events that led to the framing of the Constitution in September 1787; to remind the public that the Constitution is the basis of America’s great heritage and the foundation for its way of life; and to emphasize U.S. citizens’ responsibility to protect, defend and preserve the U.S. Constitution.

On Sept. 13, Pepperdine University celebrated Constitution Day by hosting Constitution Day 2023: The Hebrew Bible’s Impact on America. Pete Peterson, dean of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy and a leading national speaker and writer on issues

executive officer, or her designee, to provide monthly non-exclusive, gratis day use permits to the Cornucopia Foundation provided the Cornucopia Foundation is cooperating and providing the information the county needs to issue a license agreement, and the Cornucopia Foundation is not negatively impacting the county and public use of the Malibu Civic Center, including, without limitation, the county public library, and provided such day permits do not extend past Jan. 31, 2024.”

The board waived the $175 perday event fee and the $250 cleaning deposit fee, excluding the cost of security and liability insurance, for the day permits.

Finally, the board delegated and authorized the chief executive officer, or her designee, to negotiate, execute and issue a gratis license agreement to the Cornucopia Foundation, for a two-year term, for the operation of a farmers market at the county-owned Malibu Civic Center Parking Lot, upon review of the operations of a farmers market on county property during the Permit Period, and upon review and approval of the license agreement by the county’s legal counsel.

Debra Bianco discussed the Foundation’s position in light of the Board of Supervisors’ action.

In an email to The Malibu Times on the evening of Sept. 26, Bianco wrote: “To refer back to the matter of the county college parking lot, John Perenchio generously offered us Legacy Park temporarily.”

Perenchio is one of the prior owners of the property now known as Legacy Park. Perenchio’s father and other prior owners imposed a restrictive lien on that property prohibiting, among other activities, operating a farmers market on the property.

related to civic participation, moderated a panel discussion with scholars from the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. Straus’ faculty members, including Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik, director of the Straus Center; Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, deputy director; Dr. Shaina Trapedo, resident scholar; and Rabbi Dr. Dov Lerner, clinical assistant professor.

The scholars focused on particular aspects of Judaism’s contribution to the Constitution and other founding documents of our

Bianco continued: “He (referring to Perenchio) made it clear that as long as the Malibu Farmers Market was actively engaged with the County of Los Angeles, he would provide us time, ensuring the farmers market would not be displaced. To this day, I haven’t seen an outline or a draft of the contract with the county. Consequently, my board and I have not had the chance to review its terms and conditions. Just yesterday afternoon, we received a revised site map from the county. It considerably reduces the space we initially had. Although we were set to meet with the county representatives at the parking lot this Wednesday, given these unexpected changes, we’ve requested that the meeting be postponed to the following week. This will allow us to reevaluate the site in light of the new information.”

Bianco’s email added, “It’s important to note that the County of LA had assured us that the market would be restored to its original footprint, with no reductions, including the grassy area in front of the library. If the necessary space isn’t provided, it could jeopardize the market’s success. Additionally, during a Planning Commission meeting, the County of LA promised a 10-year lease or contract for us. The new design eliminates 51 parking spaces, changes the farmers market’s layout, and disregards the grassy area which accommodated 10 spaces. The reconfiguration has led to the loss of an additional 10 spaces. To give context, each booth requires a 10-foot space.”

Finally, Bianco stated, “Until these matters are addressed and resolved, we cannot proceed with the move. Thankfully, Mr. Perenchio’s generosity has afforded us the time needed to work through these challenges, ensuring the market’s continued operations as we strive

nation and emphasized the importance of every generation being aware of the founders’ purposes in writing the Constitution to address the fundamental liberties it guarantees.

Trapedo’s lecture discussed the material, religious and political origin of the Bay Psalm Book, an ancient scriptural text from which some of America’s earliest thought leaders first encountered ideas that would inspire our nation.

“The American founding is full of complexity with numerous theological and ideological cross-currents, including the significant imprint of the Hebrew Bible as represented in the country’s early relationship with the Psalms, the ancient wisdom of which remains freely available to all,” Trapedo said. “From Henry Longfellow to Walt Whitman, Anne Bradstreet to Amanda Gorman, America’s poets have both chartered and challenged the country’s sense of civic and moral virtue through their verses, often using the Psalms as a touchstone.”

The scholars drew parallels between the covenant between God and his people set forth in Exodus and Deuteronomy, noting that America is a covenatal society and the Constitution is a text elucidating that covenant.

to return to our original location. We see no reason why the county won’t keep their promise, and we can return there shortly.”

When The Malibu Times spoke with Malibu Councilmember Paul Grisanti on Sept. 25, Grisanti stated that he had talked to Perenchio about the Malibu Farmers Market and that Perenchio stated that he was not inclined to make further exceptions to the deed restriction.

Also on Sept. 25, Steve McClary, Malibu’s city manager, issued a statement stating, “The LA County Board of Supervisors has a motion scheduled for Sept. 26 to permit the Malibu Farmers Market back on the county’s Civic Center property. Given that, the city is not going

The panelists’ fundamental message: It falls on every generation of Americans to grasp these concepts and be mindful that it is imperative for citizens to comprehend the principles that originated in Judaism and other scholarly sources relied upon by the Founders in authoring this nation’s foundational documents in order to preserve our fundamental rights in our time and in the future.

On Sept. 15, the School of Public Policy hosted Civic Sunday, offering middle schoolers a seminar entitled Exploring the Roots of America’s Constitutional Republic. Dr. Steve Bilakovics discussed the phrasing and text of the Constitution.

“When students read the document for the first time, they are often quite surprised that only a few fundamental issues are expressly discussed,” Bilakovics said. “The genius of our constitutional document is that it was written at such a general level that it can be applied to problems and challenges as time goes on, including enormous challenges such as those we face in our modern society.”

Bilakovics emphasized that the future policy leaders attending the class must understand our nation’s history in order to preserve the guarantees provided by the Constitution.

to continue to actively seek for the property owners to release the restrictions on the uses of Legacy Park, but city staff would be open to further discussions with the property

owners should they have interest.” The Malibu Times will update readers concerning whether the farmers market will return to the Civic Center when new information develops.

From left to right, representatives of the Daughters of The American Revolution Malibu Chapter: Jennifer Pogats Meltzer, Patricia O’Neill, Pat Nolan and Beth Grimes, Regent of the DAR Malibu chapter, presenting the proposed declaration to then Mayor Bruce Silverstein at the Malibu City Council Sept. 11 meeting.

Photo courtesy Jennifer Meltzer.

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Customers and vendors are shown at the Malibu Farmers Market in 2022, before the market temporarily moved to Legacy Park. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

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race consisted of a 300-meter one-lap swim, 3.6-kilometer three-lap bike race, and 1.6-kilometer two-lap run.

New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde won the SLT Malibu’s men’s competition. France’s Leo Bergere placed second and Matt Hauser of Australia placed third. South Africa’s Henri Schoeman was fourth and Portugal’s Vasco Vilaca finished fifth.

In an SLT news release, Wilde said, “It was really nice to put together a race that I know I’m capable of and I’m stoked to do it here in Malibu.”

French triathlete Cassandre

Beaugrand won the women’s SLT event. Her countrymate, Emma Lombardi, placed second and Luxembourg’s Jeanne Lehair placed third. In fourth place was Beth Potter of Great Britain. American Katie Zafares finished fifth.

The victory was Beaugrand’s first of the 2023 Championship Series. She had some difficulty at the start of the race.

“I’m not used to swimming in these waves and I was sick during the first choppy swim of the day,” Beaugrand said of swimming off the coast of Zuma. “It was also a technical bike leg, but it was good work today.”

The triathlon celebrity division competition on the second day included participants such as Ben Higgins, Chase Crawford, Daniela Ruah, Diplo, and Timothy Olyphant. Their course included a 0.5-mile swim, 9.6-mile bike ride and 4-mile run.

Crawford, star of the Amazon Prime series “The Boys,” won the celebrity division. He questioned why someone wouldn’t want to participate in the Triathlon.

“It’s a great morning here,” Crawford said the last day of the event. “You get to have fun with your friends and take part in friendly competition while changing the lives of so many children.”

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Council and the community.

City Manager Steve McClary presented the Strategic Priority Project list for the fiscal year and asked the council if there were any requests or suggestions to improve the working environment.

“I feel like we made a lot of progress with these workshops over these past few months; we shared some good stories and had some good dialogue just trying to understand where everyone is coming from, what everyone’s goals are, so I think that’s pretty good, but I do have to say these past few weeks have been a quite bit challenging, for the staff here

at the city,” McClary said. “I know there’s a lot of factors here for that, but I just have to say we are struggling a little bit right now with staff morale, and we’re going to find ways to shore that up.”

McClary asked the council for feedback and how they can address these issues.

Councilmembers shared their concerns during the last City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 25.

One topic that was addressed was a permitted event that was quickly granted by the city for a company owned by Kourtney Kardashian called Poosh.

On Thursday, Sept. 21, Councilmember Bruce Silverstein learned of a party planned at a va-

cant house in his neighborhood. The event, due to its size, needed a Special Event Permit, which on Thursday it did not have.

McClary and councilmembers were concerned with hearing that Silverstein addressed his concerns on Facebook regarding the city for giving preferential treatment to wealthy permit seekers.

“If we have a problem in Malibu, it doesn’t belong on TMZ or any of those other places, we should be able to handle it inside the city, deal with it, figure out what happened, and settle it within the city,” Councilmember Paul Grisanti said.

Councilmember Marianne Riggins said if anyone has any concerns, they should go to the

city manager.

“I think we need to make sure that we give them the opportunity for them to do their jobs, and if we feel like they aren’t doing their jobs, then we go to the city manager and we work to find a solution to that,” Riggins said. Silverstein responded saying, “I respect the staff, I respect the city, but I don’t represent the city, and I don’t represent the staff [in making the Facebook posts]; I represent the residents.

This is not home, this is a public setting, we’re here at a public Brown Act meeting, and if I see issues that are troubling, and I don’t see them getting resolved, I have no problem with going to the public, which is who I repre-

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sent, do it courteously but just do it,” Silverstein said.

Riggins said she’s concerned that the city manager isn’t given the opportunity to provide a report on what occurs in the city.

“I think right now, the problem is that it’s being aired in public or other manners, and he is not given an opportunity to work with staff, to make the clarification and corrections that are necessary,” Riggins said.

Councilmembers had different views and opinions on how much they share with the public when something occurs in the city.

“Even though there was criticism, the criticism helped make me better, and at least in my perspective, I don’t criticize people for the sake of criticizing them, but if something goes wrong, I think we have the responsibility to at least point it out and try and make sure the next time, it doesn’t happen again,” Mayor Steve Uhring said. “I think we are on your side, we’re going to make some mistakes, and hopefully, in the long-run well all make this thing better.”

McClary thanked and acknowledged the comments made by the council.

“We are going to make some mistakes and we are going to get publicly rebuked for that, and we understand that, that’s definitely part of the game,” McClary said.

“I think we all here have very high standards and we always want to do better, and we all want to get it right, and we realize that we will make mistakes, and we do need to be corrected, so we certainly look to the council for their leadership on that.”

Riggins asked McClary if the replacement of the Malibu Little League Snack Shack was on the priority list or if that is on a separate list, to which he said they are not dropping the project, it will be continued.

City Hall hours of operation was another topic that was discussed. The workplan suggests closing City Hall every other Friday in order to standardize all staff 9/80 schedules.

“I just don’t see the value of

closing every other Friday, how that’s going to bring any measurable improvements to the staff,” Riggins said.

Mayor Pro Tem Doug Stewart is also opposed to closing every other Friday.

“My concern is, as a public-facing operation here, people come to City Hall, they don’t know which Friday it is,” Stewart said. “If I’m trying to talk to a planner, or someone from Public Safety, and they’re all closed today? My city closed and I didn’t know about it, so I do think the idea of half and half is the best answer for that.”

Uhring asked if the city can publish a schedule with the staff Hours so the community can know.

Assistant City Manager Joseph Toney said many surrounding cities close every other Friday.

“It also aligns staff schedules,” Toney said. “We still would have emergency services available; we still have to have some services available to the public, so we wouldn’t be completely closing everyone out.”

According to the report, key staff in Community Services, Building Inspection, and Code Enforcement would still be working on those Fridays, and key staff will be on call for any urgent matters that arise on closed days off.

The City Council was in favor of adding Juneteenth (June 19) as an official city holiday.

The City Council took several actions to advance the Malibu Culture Project, including adopting the plan’s proposed list of 20 priority projects, which replaces the 2021-2022 Work Plan, and directing the city manager to give progress updates on the project every two months during City Council meetings.

The council will revisit the strategic workshop in March 2024 and refresh if needed. Staff will also explore ways to improve recruitment and retention.

For more details on the Malibu Culture Project, including the list of City priorities and other information visit, malibucity.org/ agendacenter.

The Malibu Triathlon featured professional triathletes from across the globe, celebrities, and weekend warriors swimming in the Pacific Ocean, biking on Pacific Coast Highway, and running along the Zuma Beach shore. Photos by Samantha Bravo/TMT

Malibu-Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce September Connections Breakfast: In the recent September gathering at Caffé Luxxe, the Pali-Bu Chamber of Commerce’s Connections

Breakfast brought together esteemed business professionals from the Malibu community. Anthony McDemas, The Malibu Times Marketing Director and the

REAL ESTATE

Governor’s executive order aimed at addressing homeowners insurance crisis, urging ‘prompt regulatory action’

Insurance commissioner announces a sustainable insurance strategy

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times

It ’s the old policymakers’ and interest groups’ song and dance: If the legislature fails to come to yes and cannot address an urgent issue affecting citizens, but instead sine dies and ends its legislative session, then stakeholders (often a euphemism for lobbyists) sometimes prevail in their efforts to convince the executive branch to act.

That ’s what happened with regard to the exodus of key players in California’s homeowners insurance sector. Dismayed constituents let their representatives know that they needed to intercede after State Farm and Allstate took their balls and went to play elsewhere, refusing to write homeowners policies and decrying how the California Department of Insurance oversees the setting of their homeowners insurance premiums.

Those insurers stated that doing business in California in our age of consuming wildfires results in enormous losses attributable to the marked increase in wildfire claims. Farmers Insurance took a less extreme position and currently only writes a limited number of

homeowners policies in fire prone areas.

Overall, since 2022, seven of the top 12 insurers have paused or restricted new business, according to data compiled by the department.

During the few weeks before the legislative session ended, there were private negotiations between legislators and insurance lobbyists and other interest groups about whether to change how insurers writing policies in California calculate risk when seeking department approval to increase their rates.

Currently, the insurers are mandated to base their proposed insurance rates based on past experience, without regard to two realities they maintain must be included in the premium calculations if they are to garner a reasonable profit. First, they want to use forward-focused models that account for the risks of climate change to predict future losses. Second, they want to factor into the premium calculations the cost of reinsurance — insurance the insurers get for themselves to cover some of their risks, a cost that insurers maintain is rapidly escalating worldwide.

The negotiations broke down.

“Deal is dead,” said Sen. Bill Todd, who represents Napa, an area prone to wildfires.

“Very frustrating.”

Meanwhile, many Malibu homeowners and homeowners statewide are reeling as they face either extremely increased premi-

ums or finding that no insurance company will write them a policy. No policy combined with a high risk of wildfires is enormously stressful for homeowners.

The executive order and proposed new insurance regulations

On Sept. 21, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order “requesting” that the Commissioner of Insurance “take prompt regulatory action to strengthen and stabilize California’s marketplace for homeowners and commercial property insurance, and to consider whether the sudden deterioration of the private insurance market presents facts that support emergency regulatory action.”

The same day, Insurance Commissioner Lara Ricardo responded by announcing the Sustainable Insurance Strategy, which he characterized as the largest insurance reform since 1988, when Californians passed a proposition requiring insurance companies to obtain permission before increasing their premiums. Lara’s proposed rate-setting regulations would require insurers to cover a certain share of homeowners in most wildfire areas, a figure that is summed by calculating a given insurer’s share of their number of policies written in the state and mandating such an insurer to cover homeowners in wildfire-prone areas at 85 percent of their state-

wide coverage. Consider this hypothetical provided by Lara’s Sept. 21 press release: If an insurer writes 20 out of 100 homes statewide, it must write 17 out of 100 homes in a distressed fire-prone area.

Lara’s proposed quid pro quo: The regulations, if fully promulgated and approved, would allow insurance companies to charge more to account for their rising cost of doing business in the state utilizing forward-looking wildfire estimates, insurers’ increased costs of building, and their reinsurance costs to cover some of their risk exposure in California.

‘Not so fast’ says insurance advocacy group consumer watchdog The executive order and Lara’s efforts are not lauded by all, with one key consumer rights group, Consumer Watchdog, maintaining that if insurers can obtain premium rate approvals based upon their projected wildfire-related losses, then homeowners will lose.

Lara’s “undisclosed deal will allow insurance companies to use secret algorithms to set rates for homeowners’ policies,” and allowing insurers to add in reinsurance costs will hike home insurance rates, the organization’s website said.

“The use of catastrophic modeling and adding of reinsurance costs to premiums

has pushed Florida’s premiums up two to three times higher than California’s,” said Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court. “Lara has given into industry’s demands and the consumers are going to be paying the bills for a long time unless he is stopped.”

On Sept. 26, Consumer Watchdog released a statement characterizing Lara’s proposal as a “behind-the-closed-doors deal” that will raise home insurance premiums for millions of Californians.

Delving further, on Sept. 28, the organization noted that Lara’s announcement of the deal with the insurance industry to use models marketed privately did not acknowledge consumer groups’ recommendation that the Department of Insurance investigate a public model built with full transparency and public participation so as to prevent artificial insurance rate inflation.

“California’s insurance protection laws make transparency in rates non-negotiable,” said Carmen Balber, Consumer Watchdog’s executive director, who opined that the two largest risk modelers’ systems are inaccurate and possibly biased.

The Malibu Times will keep readers updated as the Department of Insurance promulgates the regulations setting forth methodologies for calculating homeowners insurance premiums.

Skylar Peak and Planning Commissioner Dennis Robert Smith say they will not resign in light of allegations

decision

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times

When the Malibu Planning Commission convened on Oct. 2, Commissioners Skylar Peak and Dennis Robert Smith addressed the allegations that they violated the California Financial Conflict of Interest Law by allegedly voting on matters before the commission in which they have a financial interest by virtue of their being licensed to conduct business in Malibu.

Peak owns Peak Power Electric and Smith owns Dennis Robert Smith Construction, LLC., a business primarily focusing on grading new residential and commercial building sites.

The commissioners addressed the assertions in an Aug. 16 letter sent to City Manager Steve McClary and City Attorney Trevor Rusin by Ann M. Ravel a University of California, Berkeley, law school professor who has chaired both the California Fair Political Practices Commission and Federal Election Commission.

Commissioner Kraig Hill brought Ravel’s letter up for discussion. The letter “informed that the City of Malibu is in violation of the regulations,” because, by virtue of serving on the commission, Peak and Smith may vote on “matters in which they have a reasonably foreseeable material financial benefit.”

Ravel asserted that such conduct has continued since the appointment of the two commissioners. Smith was appointed in January 2021. Peak was appointed in January 2023.

“Both commissioners have routinely voted on development applications before the body, even though the California Code of Regulations §18701 specifies that such circumstances mandate recusal,” Ravel stated. “Both Commissioners must immediately cease to vote on any and all development applications in which they might have any opportunity to bid on a contract for work associated with the application, or with any future applications designed or presented by any of the same development professionals before the body for the current project. Further, because a substantial portion of the commission’s agenda is foreseeably comprised of deliberating and voting on development applications, the council members who appointed those commissioners must appoint new, non-conflicted commissioners in their place.”

City Councilmember Paul Grisanti appointed Smith and City

Councilmember Marianne Riggins appointed Peak.

Peak and Smith do not agree with Ravel’s thesis regarding their alleged conflicts, which centers on the idea that their respective companies can benefit from winning contracts to perform local construction projects for which the commission must consider permitting applications and related issues.

“Both Commissioners Smith and Peak have disqualifying financial interests in virtually all development applications that come before them, because it is reasonably foreseeable that their voting on them will have a material effect on one or more of their own financial interests,”

Ravel’s letter asserts. “Both they and the city are exposed to liability, both for the consequences of their past decisions and any conflicts that might be allowed to persist. They each should resign or be dismissed immediately. At minimum, the city should suspend their participation in any commission activity, pending an administrative review and public hearing on the matter.”

The City of Malibu and its attorneys are preparing a response to Ravel’s letter, according to city staff.

As of this writing, the City of Malibu has received a letter from the Fair Political Practices Commission that on Oct. 3, Ravel formally filed a complaint against Commissioners Smith and Peak, City Councilmem-

bers Marianne Riggins and Paul Grisanti, and the City of Malibu.

The notice informed the addressees that Ravel alleged they violated the Political Reform Act’s conflict of interest provisions. The letter also stated that witnesses having information about the allegations include Mayor Steve Uhring and Councilmember Bruce Silverstein, as well as Planning Commissioners John Mazza, Kraig Hill, and Frank Angel. The city and other addressees to the letter have 14 days to respond.

Peak took umbrage at the allegations against his character, stating, “I have never made a decision on a matter that I’ve been asked to consider as a Commissioner and then benefited from it. Often tradespeople such as an electrical contractor are needed far after the plans have been approved and the Planning Department has approved the plans.”

Similarly, Smith denied having done anything wrong. He contended that, “The letter has no statements regarding any wrongdoing. It doesn’t make any sense to say that because you’re contractors, you’re guilty.”

Hill responded that “The letter is not an accusation of conduct. Rather it’s something more holistic than that.”

Both Peak and Smith noted that they had read the League of Cities and Towns’ publication referenced in Ravel’s letter and they are consulting with the city attorney re-

garding its guidance.

Public comments on Ravel’s assertions differ Public comments regarding the matter asserted two points of view.

Jo Drummond advocated that Peak and Smith must immediately resign because their professions are too interrelated with development efforts in Malibu and the commission’s consideration of applications.

“ Why would the city expose itself to such liability?” Drummond queried, noting that if conflicts are discovered, it is possible that prior actions by the city would have to be reversed.

Drummond stated in an email to The Malibu Times after the meeting, “(If) you make your living off development, you will be biased towards promoting and approving development, which both Skylar Peak and Dennis Smith constantly do. I appreciate very much the integrity of Dennis Smith and his claims that he would never bid on development he has approved. However, his work in Malibu is related to many architects and builders that he’s worked with and possibly will work with in the future, so it’s impossible to remain neutral on all applications that come before him. It all obviously affects his livelihood ... Skylar Peak has already shown his bias and his financial gaining from projects he’s voted on.”

Developer Norm Haney took an

opposite view stating that “If there are experienced decision-makers on the Commission with in-depth knowledge about how the construction process works and who understand the development standards, they can make more informed decisions.”

The city is preparing a response to Ravel’s allegations.

Commission defers consideration of Lechuza Beach improvements proposed by MRCA Commissioners deferred their decision concerning whether to approve the Mountains Coastal Recreational Area’s request to construct improvements at Lechuza Beach, referring various outstanding issues not addressed in the proposed action to staff for clarification.

The years-long proposed project dates back to 2007, when MRCA submitted an application for a conditional use permit and proposed to provide public access to its approximately one-quarter mile stretch of Lechuza Beach.

The proposed Lechuza Beach Public Access Project includes four separate areas in the Broad Beach area and involves construction of public access improvements at Lechuza Beach to improve accessibility consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including installation of a new ADA-accessi-

ble single-stall restroom, an on-site water treatment system, gates, pathways, signs, access improvements, ADA van parking spaces and access aisles, reconstruction of existing view platforms and staircases, and modifications to two turnarounds for the fire department.

Public comments focused on Broad Beach property owners’ concerns that their access easements to the beach be respected and that their deed provisions allowing them 24-7365 beach access be honored.

Commissioners were concerned that, despite litigation between MRCA and the Malibu Encinal Homeowners Association and those parties’ settlement, questions remain concerning several issues, including the height of proposed walls near the beach, adjacent homeowners’ access rights, the city’s fire department review form being blank, concerns regarding whether a geological assessment should be conducted and the requested CUP only being for 25 years.

“We have to make it clear that those with deed restrictions have clear access to the beach,” Commissioner John Mazza emphasized, stating, “Further, the staff report does not even mention an uprush study. That doesn’t cut it.”

City staff will address all of the commissioners’ concerns and the matter will be slated on the agenda at a later time.

Commissioners address alleged violations of conflict of interest law and defers Lechuza Beach construction

Chair

Malibu Life

Changing of the Verse: New Malibu Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall welcomed

The Malibu poetry community came together on Aug. 28 to celebrate and welcome the city’s fifth Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall.

Hassall follows Ann Buxie, who served a two-year term that began in 2021, and helped create the Malibu Poet Laureate program in 2019. Buxie celebrated the conclusion of her term as Malibu poet laureate and was given a plaque for her recognition. The program featured poetry readings from former poet laureates and ended with a reading and insight into his new role as poet laureate from Hassall.

Ricardo Means Ybarra welcomed the community attending the event and thanked Buxie for her time as poet laureate.

“I am so thrilled to be up here, this is a beautiful event, the poet laureate could not happen without all of you, all you poets, all you activists, it’s really a beautiful thing,” Ybarra said. “Ann you have been the most wonderful poet laureate, we have to thank Ann and Ellen [Reich] who is no longer with us, for bringing us here.”

Reich passed away on May 1, 2020, succumbing to cancer. She was appointed as the Malibu poet laureate by the Malibu City Council on March 11, 2019. Her term began on March 28, 2019, and would have concluded March 27, 2021.

“You [Buxie] and Ellen kept us going,” Ybarra said.

Ybarra remembered when Hassall started

attending the caffeinated verses and said he was “immediately struck by his work.”

“There’s this elusive, concrete, quality to his poetry; it’s beautiful, his poetry is beautiful,” Ybarra said.

Hassall moved to the area just over five

years ago and has already been a well-known member of the Malibu poetic community and hopes to expand the interest for creating and enjoying poetry across the network of creatives and artist that work in and around Malibu.

Malibu Arts Commissioner Lotte Cherin

thanked the guests for attending and acknowledged Buxie and honored her with a special plaque and flower bouquet for her time as poet laureate.

The Malibu Community Anthology included “All Breathing Things,” edited by

Buxie, with support from the Poet Laureate Committee and the Malibu Arts Commission. The anthology includes work from 35 poets. “We’re so grateful for Ann for sharing her time, creativity, and expertise for these past

Waves women’s golf leads Colorado tournament from first to last hole

The Pepperdine women’s golf team seized its second tournament championship straight last week.

The Waves, the ninth-ranked squad in the nation, outlasted 16 other teams to win the Golfweek Red Sky Classic in Wolcott, Colorado, on Sept. 27. They led the threeround tournament from the first to the last round.

The Waves opened their fall schedule by winning the Dick McGuire Invitational the second week of September.

Pepperdine head coach Laurie Gibbs said she and assistant coach Kacey Dalpes are proud of the group.

“Great start to the season with two good wins,” she said. “We have some things to work on the next couple of weeks and look forward to some good practices.”

Three Waves finished in the top 10 of the event, and and another placed in the top 15. Nearly, 90 golfers competed.

Senior Kaleiya Romero placed third overall. She finished the three-day invitational with a score of 214 (73-70-71). Romero had nine birdies overall, including four in the last round. She had an eagle on the 15th hole of the second round.

Junior Lauren Gomez’s score of 216 (73-

71-72) placed her sixth. Gomez had four birdies in the final round and finished with an invitational-best 13 birdies.

Lion Higo, a senior, tied for ninth with a three-round score of 217 (69-74-74). Higo hit an eagle and 11 birdies, including four in the last round. She went bogeyless on the last five holes.

Sophomore Jeneath Wong tied for 12th with a score of 218 (70-74-74). Wong hit eight birdies, including four in the last rounds.

KaYee Kwok, a junior tied for 32nd with a score of 226 (77-73-76). She had seven birdies and an eagle.

Freshman Helen Chu played in the spectacle as an individual. She tied for 27th with a score of 225 (74-79-72) and had five birdies.

The Waves finished with a team score of 864 (285-288-291) at the par-72 Fazio Course at the Red Sky Golf Club. The second-place finisher, New Mexico State, finished 10 strokes behind Pepperdine. Kennesaw State placed third; Boise State was fourth; and Mercer University was fifth. Pepperdine was the only team to not shoot over par. The Waves have now finished first in the Golfweek Red Sky Classic six times.

Pepperdine will conclude its fall schedule with the Oct. 15-17 Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

“We are all excited for our trip to Nashville, Tennessee and over to Knoxville for the Mercedes-Benz tournament coming up,” Gibbs said.

Former Poet Laureate Ricardo Means Ybarra, outgoing Poet Laureate Ann Buxie, and current Poet Laureate Nathan Hassell pose together during the Changing of Verse on Thursday, Oct. 28. Photos by Samantha Bravo/TMT.

Beast Mode

MALIBU SEEN

By Benjamin Marcus, Entertainment Editor

through.

Half Moon Bay? Ain’t nothing there but steers and craft beers. Brussel sprouts and whale spouts.

Giant, treacherous surf, hungry wildlife, massive rocks, deep, cold, dark water. A lot “could” happen. We’ll add these to the list of what makes surfing Mavericks such a riveting experience.

Some lovely beatings on offer.

There are a lot of interesting, talented, driven people coming and going through Malibu. Luca Padua is a healthy, fighting-age male who spends a lot of time with Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece, preparing his mind and body for the rigors of big-wave surfing, foiling and other shenanigans.

You’re the guy who goes left at Mavericks. Is that really a good idea?

LP:  If by “good” you mean safe, absolutely not.

Would your parents agree you’ve exhibited dangerous, thrill-seeking behavior from a young age?

My parents will say the opposite.

I have always been quite cautious, observant, and calculated. Slow to jump off the high dive and climb the steep tree. I’ll say I probably had to exercise more courage as a young boy than most of my peers.

Luca Padua. Are you one of them Brazil Nuts?

No, sir. I’m as domestic as they get. I was born and raised in Half Moon Bay and consider myself a proud American through and

Don’t forget waves of consequence and redwood forest dominance.

Portuguese?

I am Filipino on my Dad’s side.

As a Half Moon Bay gremmie, I imagine Mavericks calling to you. Haunting you. Like that dude in “The Warriors”: “Oh Luuuuccccaaa Paduuuuaaa! Come out and playyay!”

I clearly recall being a thirdgrade student at Farallone View Elementary and getting my hands on a book that featured Mavericks. This 9-year-old (me) was immediately filled with wonder, fear, and respect for both the surfing and surviving that was happening in our backyard.

How old were you when you first started surfing Mavericks?

My first session was a couple weeks after my 13th birthday.

I’d ask what your parents thought about that but I’m sure you didn’t tell them.

I had zero interest in giving them the opportunity to say no.

The danger of Mavericks is no exaggeration.

Pitbull with a porkchop. Most often I’ll get beat straight down and come right back up in the thunder dome. Bad place to get stuck. And if the west swell is funneling into the rocks one must “be like water.”

You spend a lot of time in Malibu training with Laird Hamilton. Is it fair to characterize you as Robin to Laird’s Batman?

We’ll go with that. Instead of waging a tireless war on crime, we’re waging a relentless pursuit on riding the unrideable.

What have you learned from Laird and what do you hope to learn from Laird? In 50 words or less.

Speed and take chances.

How did you two connect?

Laird would describe it as similar to finding a stray dog. Haha. I got connected with Laird and Gab through some great mutual friends. Have you learned proper eating habits?

Plants and animals! Simple and clean eating.

And what about Gabby? Is she as nice and kind and smart as she is tall?? Gab is short compared to her

kindness and intelligence. What kind of training do you do with Laird and how does it prepare you? During the week, we alternate between land-based and waterbased training. Then, depending on the time of year, the orientation of training goals changes. Usually, land-based work is about developing a strong, durable, and powerful vessel. Then we use that vessel in the pool to train the mind and nervous system. We create chaos in a controlled environment and train the stress response. Program the autonomic response to be that of rational thought and deliberate action when in the face of threat.

How long can you hold your breath?

Like Laird says, “So far, long enough.” I can hold my breath upwards of six minutes. But a relaxed, static breath hold is irrelevant in the surf. What counts is being able to intermittently hold your breath and maintain an even keel while managing a high heart rate and high C02.

Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco Football 49ers trains with Laird too.

Christian is one of my closest friends. A great man on and off the field. Go Niners. CMC can fly for a white guy and you two seem to share a disregard for personal safety. What do you think is more dangerous? Going left

on a bomb at Mavericks or running full tilt into a wall of 300-plus-lb linemen?

Well, I would take a bomb to the teeth at Mavericks long before I’d run into the Meat Wall. And C would charge the Meat Wall long before he’d go over the falls at Mavericks. We’ve talked about this before. It seems similar to asking,

Burt’s Eye View: You will never know

PERSPECTIVE

By Burt Ross, Contributed Column

You, my loyal reader, will never know when I kick the bucket, buy the farm, croak — you get the idea. You see, I don’t like to waste anything, and I have accumulated well over 110 columns that just sit there in my downloads

two years with us as poet laureate for Malibu,” Cherin said. “We wish her the very best and look forward to seeing more of her and her work.”

Buxie thanked the community and City of Malibu for their support.

“They’ve [the city] have been phenomenal, along with Melissa [Stallings] at the library, it really has been phenomenal,” Buxie said. Hassall thanked his family and friends for attending the event.

“We often hear poems recited at life’s milestones and occasions, such as this, or at weddings, birthdays, funerals, and that’s when many of us realize the true power the best poetry contains and emotionally rhythmic art form that holds within it mysterious quality,” Hassall said. “We often find it difficult to have a conversation uninterrupted by a buzz or a ding, so poetry asks us to pay attention, when writing it, we must focus on our inner states, what we’ve expereinced, what’s happening around us, what others have experienced, and as we put it onto the page, we may surprise ourselves, and realize that we may not always know who we are, or who we might become. So whether you are an established or aspiring poet, or otherwise, I encourage you to explore what feels trapped and buried under in these small bubbles under your flesh, release the knot caught in your throat and pay attention

collecting the proverbial dust until each week one of them is released from its confines and sees the light of day.

When I cross the river, perish, give up the ghost, etc., I don’t want this esteemed publication to stop carrying my columns and thus waste my work product, so I have instructed my estate to keep my demise a secret. “Mum’s the word,” I told my executrix.

to what might need to be nourished or released.”

Looking forward to his two-year appointment, Hassall plans to continue to be an ambassador for poetry and an advocate for the art. He will continue to build on the momentum and success of poetry programs like Caffeinated Verse, a workshop led by special guest readers, and Jubilations, which Hassall calls “Ann Buxie’s Baby,” poetry gatherings that celebrate joy in a time of whelming possibilities, to give voice to the true nature of vitality modeled on the natural world, to attend to the power of love and joy.

“I hope that you’ll attend our events, where you’ll have a chance to listen to and share poetry, to write and delight in the hidden gifts it offers us,” Hassall said. “I’ll be carrying on the fine traditions of the Caffeinated Verse, our open mics featuring guest speakers and an open mic, Jubilations and open-air poetry readings celebrating joy as well as hosting a new generative poetry workshop called, The Ripple Effect, and these are events for everyone.”

Hassall has also been working with students at Malibu Middle/High school and Webster Elementary.

“It’s so much fun helping kids generate poetry too,” Hassall said. “I hope that they find the tools earlier in life, because so many of us don’t get to do that or decide not to do that at some point, and I think if kids are excited about that, it excites me.”

The way I look at it, nobody needs to discover my demise until at least two years after the fact. So long as I am alive and write something funny, you will be able to chuckle, although I much prefer a belly laugh or a guffaw, but the moment you read something posthumously, you might not be able to find it as posthumorously. (My spell check dislikes puns.) In other words, why ruin a good thing sim -

“Would you rather get hit in the front of the head, or back of the head?”

Let’s just say Meat Walls and Mavericks will both fall under the banner of objective danger. Different but equal.  God bless.

Tips? Complaints? Comments? thebenmalibu@gmail.com

ply because I bite the dust, cash in my chips (there is no end to the synonyms)?

At some point long after I expire, leave the scene, cross the river (I told you the list is endless), you will figure out I am elsewhere simply because my inventory of columns will have been exhausted, and then the editors can explain that I have gone on an extended holiday. I prefer the term “gone fishing.”

(From left) Christian McCaffrey, Luca Padua, and Laird Hamilton are no strangers to danger, whether it’s running into huge waves at Mavericks or into “Meat Walls” on the football field. Contributed Photo

Malibu Arts Commissioner Lotte Cherin (right) gives a bouquet to Ann Buxie for her time as Poet Laureate. Members of the Malibu poetry community listen to new Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall.

Ann Buxie shows off her plaque given to her for serving as Malibu’s poet laureate. Photos by Samantha Bravo/TMT.

Luca Padua is the dude who goes left at Mavericks

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. 23AHCP00390

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Petition of: HERMELINDA GUTIERREZ

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Petitioner HERMELINDA GUTIERREZ a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name: HERMELINDA GUTIERREZ Proposed

Name: LINDA GUTIERREZ

The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing:

Date: NOVEMBER 14, 2023 Time: 8:30AM, Dept.: P

The address of the court is:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

150 WEST COMMONWEALTH, ALHAMBRA, CA 91801

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): The Malibu Times

Date: 09/12/2023

ROBIN MILLER SLOAN, Judge of the Superior Court

DAVID W. SLAYTON Executive Officer/Clerk of Court

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2023194774

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS

AS:

1. THE BYRD SISTERS FILMS

500 W BROADWAY APT 413, LONG BEACH, CA 90802, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable):

Registered Owner(s):

1. L ATRICE BYRD

500 W BROADWAY APT 413, LONG BEACH, CA 90802

2. TANYA BYRD

500 W BROADWAY APT 413, LONG BEACH, CA 90802

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization

This business is conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2018.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, LATRICE BYRD, GENERAL PARTNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/5/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER.

A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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such newspapers.

Notice of Online Public Auction of Tax-Defaulted Property Subject to the Tax Collector’s Power to Sell (Sale No. 2023B)

Whereas, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, directed the County of Los Angeles Treasurer and Tax Collector (TTC), to sell at online auction certain tax-defaulted properties.

The TTC does hereby give public notice, that unless said properties are redeemed, prior to the close of business on the last business day prior to the first day of the online auction, or Friday, October 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, the TTC will offer for sale and sell said properties on Saturday, October 21, 2023, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time, through Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, to the highest bidder, for not less than the minimum bid, at online auction at www.bid4assets.com/losangeles.

The minimum bid for each parcel is the total amount necessary to redeem, plus costs, as required by R&TC Section 3698.5.

If a property does not sell during the online auction, the right of redemption will revive and remain until Friday, December 1, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

The TTC will re-offer any properties that did not sell or were not redeemed prior to Friday, December 1, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, for sale at online auction at www.bid4assets.com/losangeles beginning Saturday, December 2, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time, through Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Prospective bidders should obtain detailed information of this sale from the TTC at ttc.lacounty.gov. Bidders are required to pre-register at www.bid4assets.com and submit a refundable $5,000 deposit in the form of wire transfer, electronic check, cashier’s check or bank-issued money order at the time of registration. Registration will begin on Friday, September 15, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time and end on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Pursuant to R&TC Section 3692.3, the TTC sells all property ``as is`` and the County and its employees are not liable for any known or unknown conditions of the property, including, but not limited to, errors in the records of the Office of the Assessor (Assessor) pertaining to improvement of the property.

If the TTC sells a property, parties of interest, as defined by R&TC Section 4675, have a right to file a claim with the County for any proceeds from the sale, which are in excess of the liens and costs required to be paid from the proceeds. If there are any excess proceeds after the application of the minimum bid, the TTC will send notice to all parties of interest, pursuant to law.

Please direct requests for information concerning redemption of tax-defaulted property to the Treasurer and Tax Collector at 225 North Hill Street, Room 130, Los Angeles, California 90012. You may also call (213) 974-2045, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, visit our website at ttc.lacounty.gov or email us at auction@ttc.lacounty.gov.

The Assessor’s Identification Number (AIN) in this publication refers to the Assessor’s Map Book, the Map Page, and the individual Parcel Number on the Map Page. If a change in the AIN occurred, the publication will show both prior and current AINs. An explanation of the parcel numbering system and the referenced maps are available at the Office of the Assessor located at 500 West Temple Street, Room 225, Los Angeles, California 90012, or at assessor.lacounty.gov.

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Los Angeles, California, on August 11, 2023.

$76,572.00

2368 AIN 4462-017-028 ATLASSI, FARIBORZ LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $11,537.00

2369 AIN 4464-020-053 TRUST SERVICES OF AMERICA INC TRUST #71-3393-00-7 LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $75,402.00

2373 AIN 4470-002-036 AFH HOLDING AND ADVISORY LLC LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

$565,483.00 2375 AIN 4471-013-014 WOOD, ANDREA LOCATION

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $3,630.00

2378 AIN 4472-006-049 EPP, LORIN CO TR LORIN EPP TRUST LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

$14,210.00

CN999790 524

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2023195073

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS

AS:

1. MALIBU MOBILE CAR WASH

22548 PACIFIC COAST HWY, UNIT 406, MALIBU, CA 90265, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable):

Registered Owner(s):

1. MICHAEL SHAWN SMITH

22548 PACIFIC COAST HWY, UNIT 406, MALIBU, CA 90265

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, MICHAEL SHAWN SMITH, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/6/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER.

A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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2023199505

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

1. CLOSE TO THE EARTH 3728 CROSS CREEK ROAD, MALIBU, CA 90265, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s):

1. SARA GEPP 6150 GALAHAD ROAD, MALIBU, CA 90265

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS

AS:

1. WINDY HALLOWS

1050 W. ALAMEDA AVE. #497, BURBANK, CA 91506, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable):

Registered Owner(s):

1. ERIKA JENKO

1050 W. ALAMEDA AVE. #497, BURBANK, CA 91506

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/2023.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, ERIKA JENKO, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/20/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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2023198980

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS

AS:

1. LOKAL MARKET

1032 N SIERRA BONITA AVE, PASADENA, CA 91104, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable):

Registered Owner(s):

1. 180 OUTSOURCING LLC

1032 N SIERRA BONITA AVE, PASADENA, CA 91104

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization

CA

This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, 180 OUTSOURCING LLC, GAMZE OZCAN, PRESIDENT

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/11/2023.

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR

Notice of Divided Publication

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC)

Sections 3702, 3381, and 3382, the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector is publishing in divided distribution, the Notice of Sale of Tax-Defaulted Property Subject to the Tax Collector’s Power to Sell in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California, to various newspapers of general circulation published in the County. A portion of the list appears in each of

Elizabeth Buenrostro Ginsberg

Chief Deputy

The real property that is subject to this notice is situated in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and is described as follows:

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, SARA GEPP, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/11/2023. NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT

GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS

FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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2023209652

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS

AS:

1. TOPANGA NEW PRESS

1111 N. TOPANGA CYN BLVD. SUITE 5, TOPANGA, CA 90290, LOS ANGELES COUNTY P.O. BOX 193, TOPANGA, CA 90290

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable):

Registered Owner(s): 1. DESIGN LIKE IT MATTERS, INC. 1111 N. TOPANGA CYN BLVD. SUITE 5, TOPANGA, CA 90290

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization CA

This business is conducted by A CORPORATION

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, DESIGN LIKE IT MATTERS, INC.,

BONNIE MORGAN, CEO

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/25/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER.

A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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2023211730

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS

AS:

1. OCE ANHILL PARTNERS

4430 WILLOWBROOK LANE, WILSON, WY 83014, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if

applicable):

Registered Owner(s):

1. AN A MARIA ESCOBAR-MILES

4430 WILLOWBROOK LANE, WILSON, WY 83014

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/

Organization

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/2023.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, ANA MARIA ESCOBARMILES, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 9/27/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT

GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ.,

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. 23CHCP00388

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Petition of: GLADYS VANNESSA GONZALEZ

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Petitioner GLADYS VANNESSA GONZALEZ a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name: GLADYS VANNESSA GONZALEZ

Proposed Name: VANNESSA GLADYS GONZALEZ

The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing:

Date: NOVEMBER 27, 2023 Time: 8:30AM, Dept.: F49

The address of the court is:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

9425 PENFIELD AVE., CHATSWORTH, CA 91311

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): The Malibu Times

Date: 09/21/2023

DAVID B. GELFOUND, Judge of the Superior Court

DAVID W. SLAYTON Executive Officer/Clerk of Court

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Times

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. 23SMCP00475

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Petition of: LAUREN ELIZABETH JOHNSON

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Petitioner LAUREN ELIZABETH JOHNSON a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name: LAUREN ELIZABETH JOHNSON

Proposed Name: LAUREN ELIZABETH LEVA

The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing:

Date: OCTOBER 27, 2023 Time: 8:30AM, Dept.: K

The address of the court is:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS

NEED

ANGELES 1725 MAIN STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): The Malibu Times

Date: 08/29/2023

HON. LAWRENCE CHO, Judge of the Superior Court

DAVID W. SLAYTON Executive Officer/Clerk of Court

PUB: 10/05, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/2023 The Malibu

Times

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NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that electronic bids for the City of Malibu, MALIBU BLUFF’S PARK SOUTH WALKWAY PROJECT SPECIFICATION NO. 2106, will be received by the City Clerk, at Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, California, 90265 at or before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, NOVEMBER 2, 2023, at which time they will be publicly opened and read by the City Clerk (or designated representative).

SCOPE OF WORK

In general, the proposed improvements consist of the south walkway repairs at Malibu Bluff’s Park. The improvements include constructing a new concrete curb and concrete sidewalk along with appurtenant work including but not limited to sidewalk removal, clearing, grubbing, earthwork, and all other appurtenant work included and shown in the Contract Documents and Specifications.

The bid shall be submitted and the work shall be performed by a Class “A” State of California licensed contractor in strict conformance with the project specifications for Malibu Bluff’s Park South Walkway Project Specification No. 2106 now on file in the City’s Public Works Department.

An electronic copy of plans and specifications may be obtained by prospective bidders from the Public Works Department through mpublicworks@ malibucity.org

All prospective bidders shall abide by the provisions of the Bid Terms and Conditions listed in the project’s specifications.

The City reserves the right to retain all bids for a period of 90 days after the bid opening date for examination and comparison and to delete any portion of the work from the Contract. The City reserves the right to determine and waive nonsubstantial irregularities in any bid, and to reject any or all bids. The bid shall be balanced so that each bid item is priced to carry its share of the cost of the work and also its share of the contractor’s overhead and profit. The City reserves the right to delete any bid item to the extent that the bid is qualified by specific limitation. An unbalanced bid shall be considered as grounds for rejecting the entire bid. The City shall award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder as the interest of the City may require.

In accordance with the provisions of Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code, the California Department of Industrial Relations has established the general prevailing rates of per diem

wages for each craft, classification and type of work needed to execute contracts for public works and improvements. The per diem wages published at the date the contract is advertised for bids shall be applicable. Future effective wage rates which have been predetermined are on file with the Department of Industrial Relations, are referenced but not printed in said publication. The new wage rates shall become effective on the day following the expiration date and apply to this contract in the same manner as if they had been included or referenced in this contract. The website for California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Unit is currently located at www.dir.ca.gov, prevailing wages are located on the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/ dlsr/pwd/index.htm.

The wage rate for any classification not listed by the California Department of Industrial Relations, but which may be required to execute the proposed contract, shall be in accord with specified rates for similar or comparable classifications or for those performing similar or comparable duties, within the agency’s determinations.

At the time of submitting the bid the Bidder shall be registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations in accordance with the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the California Labor Code, as amended by Senate Bill 854. No public work contract may be awarded to a non-registered contractor or subcontractor.

Without exception, the bidder is required to state the name and address of each subcontractor who will perform work or labor or render service to the prime contractor and the portion of the work which each will do in their bid as required by Section 23, “Subcontracts”, of the Standard Specifications and in conformance with Public Contract Code, Sections 4100 to 4113, inclusive.

The City will not consider awarding any contract based upon any bid submitted by any contractor nor consent to subletting any portions of the Contract to any subcontractor located in a foreign country during any period in which such foreign country is listed by the United States Trade Representative as discriminating against U.S. firms in conducting procurements for public works projects.

All bidders are hereby notified that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Business Enterprises must be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin consideration for an award.

The Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300.

Date this 28 th day of September, 2023

CITY OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA

Rob DuBoux, Public Works Director/City Engineer

Published: Malibu Times on October 5, 2023 and October 12, 2023 MALIBU 233

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Pepperdine women’s volleyball continues winning streak with victory over San Francisco

Win over the Dons is the seventh straight for Waves after a slow start to the season

By McKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

The Pepperdine Waves women’s volleyball team was tied with the San Francisco Dons in the early moments of the second set on the court inside Pepperdine’s Firestone Fieldhouse on Sept. 30.

Then, Waves outside hitter Emily Hellmuth registered a kill, a block, and another kill. The West Coast Conference’s Freshman of the Year last season followed that with an ace on her serve.

Hellmuth’s teammates then jumped in on the action — knocking the ball over the net with power and sometimes a soft touch for points.

An ace by junior outside hitter Grace Chillingworth gave Pepperdine a 10-5 lead. Plays later, senior setter Birdie Hendrickson nailed a kill, followed by a block by Hendrickson and sophomore middle blocker Vanessa Polk — Pepperdine was up 17-8. The closing plays of the match, a 25-14 Waves’ win, included a kill by senior middle blocker Meg Brown and an ace by Chillingworth.

Pepperdine head coach Scott Wong said the Waves can play like that consistently.

“It is not always going to be as smooth as this,” he said. “A few times our team said, ‘Hey, I’m going to turn up my serve a little bit,’ or ‘I’m going to get across a bit more on my block.’ That breaks the match open pretty clearly.”

Pepperdine won the first set over the Dons, 25-21, and closed out the sweep with a 25-18 triumph in the third set. The win was the group’s seventh consecutive victory after starting the 2023 campaign by losing six of seven games.

Wong, the team’s coach since December 2014, said Pepperdine has been training hard.

“The girls did a nice job of preparing,” he said. “We have been playing a lot of really good volleyball. We want to go one game at a time.”

Setter Isabel Zelaya, a graduate student, dished out 34 assists in the match. The Waves had a .356 hitting percentage, their highest of the season, with a total of 40 kills and only nine errors on 87 swings of the arm.

Zelaya moved into second place on

Pepperdine’s all-time career assist list in the Waves’ win over Saint Mary’s last week. She enjoys passing the ball to a variety of Waves ready to swing their arm for a kill.

“My teammates are awesome,” Zelaya said. “As a setter, I feel fluid. I feel like I can fling the ball around and someone is going to get up there and get a kill.”

Chillingworth, who has been on the receiving end of plenty of Zelaya’s passes, called the setter amazing.

“She knows how to set us all up so well,” Chillingworth said. “She is the best leader. We wouldn’t be where we are without her. All credit goes to her.”

Chillingworth had 13 kills, 2 aces, and 6 digs against San Francisco. Brown nailed 11 kills, 5 blocks, and 1 ace; Hen-

drickson tallied 6 kills, 7 digs, and 2 blocks; Hellmuth had 5 kills, 4 blocks, 3 digs, and 1 ace; and Polk registered 5 blocks and 5 kills.

Pepperdine had a five-point lead in the first set, but the Dons tied the scoreboard at 11. The squads traded points, which led to a tie at 17. The Waves then took a three-point advantage, before kills by Polk, Chillingworth, and Brown closed the set.

San Francisco led 6-2 in the third set, but Pepperdine caught up. Brown hit an ace, kill, and block to give her bunch a 17-12 lead. Pepperdine quickly snagged a 24-15 lead, and Polk secured the win with a kill.

Pepperdine enters their Thursday match against Gonzaga in Spokane,

Washington, with an 8-6 overall record and 4-0 record in the WCC. The team faces Portland in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday.

Pepperdine began the season in August with losses to Kansas, Texas A&M, and UC Santa Barbara. Their first victory was on the first day of last month, a sweep over San Diego State. Pepperdine next lost to Oregon, UCLA, and Hawai’i.

The Waves’ winning ways began with a victory over Liberty. Pepperdine then beat Washington and Cal Poly. The team started WCC competition by beating Pacific on Sept. 21, then Loyola Marymount and Saint Mary’s, before downing San Francisco.

Pepperdine finished 2022 with an 18-11 record and qualified for the

NCAA tournament.

Brown said the Waves had to make changes in their play and positions from last year to finally be successful on the court this season.

“We had to find out what works for us,” she said. “We came into the season thinking we might have been the same team from last year, but we had to readjust. Now, its working out for us.”

Wong said Pepperdine had the fifth-toughest schedule in the nation the first portion of the season. He said the Waves must continue to improve.

“We want to be good and take whatever steps to do it,” Wong said.

Pepperdine, Zelaya noted, strives to improve and win their conference title.

“We want that WCC ring,” she said.

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Pepperdine sophomore Emily Hellmuth gets ready to serve during the Waves win over San Francisco.

Pepperdine volleyball players Isabel Zelaya (2) and Meg Brown (12) go for a block against San Francisco in the

sweep over the visiting Dons.

Pepperdine’s Meg Brown goes for the ball in the Waves match against San Francisco.

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