FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
Volume 12 Issue 149
Santa Monica Daily Press
WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND TOWN? SEE PAGE 2
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THE STILL GROWING ISSUE
Home owners bear some responsibility for tree maintenance
MALIBU
Malibu residents continue school district separation effort with study
BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
12TH STREET Santa Monicans love their trees. The city by the sea has 35,000 of them spread throughout parks, Downtown and neighborhoods. The City Council even adopted a plan dictating which kinds of trees would be planted on specific streets, and the thought to make the city into an arboretum has made the rounds more than once. Although many residents enjoy the quiet beauty of a mature specimen, they may not realize that they bear some of the responsibility for making sure it survives to that point, particularly if they’re a homeowner. Trees planted in public parkways — the stretches of green between the sidewalk and the street — are more or less capable of taking care of themselves once they’re fully established. However, young saplings need love — and a bit of water — to make it to adulthood, and City Hall relies on residents to provide it for them. That doesn’t always happen, said Doris Sosin, a resident of 12th Street. Sosin is an avid gardener, and former
Consultant to look at bond measures, unions BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
recovery programs. The facility is certified to provide outpatient services and operates sober living houses, which do not require licenses, Tidwell said. Lohan’s sentence in a misdemeanor driving case requires her to serve 90 days in a lockdown rehab facility. Her choice of
MALIBU Advocates for an independent Malibu school district announced another step toward their goal this week by funding a second round of studies to work out the details of separation. The second phase will examine concerns of groups directly impacted by the separation, including people who pay property taxes and the union representing local teachers. It will be conducted by WestEd, a research consultant which will work with other bond consultants and attorneys as needed, said Craig Foster, president of Advocates for Malibu Public Schools or AMPS, the group pushing for separation. “Because of the lack of precedent and rigor in this particular part of education code, we need to figure out how to achieve what we all want to achieve,” Foster said. Separation, called “unification” in education parlance, is difficult to achieve, in part because the two districts must figure out a way to split property, much like a divorce. It’s also rarely done, meaning the district will be breaking new ground. That includes parcel taxes and bonded indebtedness, like the $385 million bond
SEE LOHAN PAGE 13
SEE MALIBU PAGE 13
Daniel Archuleta daniela@smdp.com
THIS BIG: Doris Sosin, a resident of 12th Street, illustrates what the tree canopy will look like
SEE TREES PAGE 12
when a number of young cork oaks that were recently planted mature.
Dispute arises over rehab facility chosen by Lohan ANTHONY MCCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES Lindsay Lohan’s attorney said Thursday the actress checked into a California rehab facility. However, a state official indicated later in the day that the facility is not licensed to perform the type of restrictive in-patient treatment a judge sentenced her to undergo.
Attorney Mark Jay Heller told a judge during a morning hearing that Lohan was settling in at Morningside Recovery, a treatment facility in Newport Beach. But hours later, Millicent Tidwell, acting deputy director of licensing and certification for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, said Morningside did not have the appropriate licenses to provide residential treatment or
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