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“THE WAY YOU GET DEMOCRACY TO FUNCTION IS BY INFORMING THE PUBLIC” - Robert Kennedy, Jr.

As the political season kicks into high gear, we couldn’t think of a better cover story than one about our local environmental champion, Robert Kennedy, Jr. - who also happens to come from a political dynasty that has shaped our country. We were with Kennedy, a Point Dume resident, recently in Austin, Texas for SXSW Eco where he gave a compelling and profound keynote speech. Read key excerpts from the speech in our exclusive interview with him.

As we get closer to election day, we urge all Malibu voters to dig deep and do their homework on the candidates currently running for the City’s most important positions. This Malibu City Council election is the most crucial we have had in decades, with three seats up for grabs. It is vital to the future of Malibu that we elect the candidates that are dedicated to saving our environment and our open space.

The Local is overwhelmingly in support of the Team Malibu 2016 slate of Skylar Peak, Rick Mullen and Jefferson Wagner, all of whom are united in preserving and protecting our rural coastal town. DON’T CHANGE MALIBU, LET MALIBU CHANGE YOU! - Cece Woods, Editor In Chief

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THE CITY OBSERVED The new curbing is finished at PCH and Trancas Canyon Boulevard, but there’s no right turn lane there as requested by residents and promised by the developer and the city of Malibu.

Is the omission an oversight by somnolent civil servants at City Hall coddled by a succession of developer-friendly, feeble city councils not as smart as they think they are?

Unless if you live in West Malibu, the failure to install the turning lane is really not much of a concern, such as traffic on the east PCH. But as I have commented on 97.5 KBU and elaborate more on in the LOCAL, I do think it worth noting as an indication of the foundering of City Hall, and how such items annoy.

Indeed, my dogs become noticeably agitated if I must wait a minute plus before making a right turn at the light at the corner, on the way to Trancas Canyon Dog Park for their daily social engagements.

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However, as some West Malibu residents angrily contend, the failure to install the turning lane is just one of a number of oversights by City Hall concerning the planning and development of Trancas Canyon Market.

And they add with resentment the failure also is a raw indication of the disregard by a celebrity and developer groveling City Council for a less than tony western Malibu, the city’s stepchild. There is no Nobu there.

Noted is that the 17-acre shopping center was a major project for which there were numerous public hearings where residents raised a host of concerns, which both the Planning Commission and City Council acknowledged and promised to address. And so did the developer.

Apparently holding public meetings to review a major project is one thing in Malibu while getting the actual plans for the project stamped and approved at City Hall, another.

To be sure, the shopping center is popular, if not a little pricey; the Starbucks and the Vintage market attracting both locals and tourists, as do the smattering of welcoming home grown shops, such as Nati and the nursery.And the outdoor concerts have been a big success. Parking is also adequate, though access and particularly egress onto PCH difficult.

Nevertheless, according to residents who have monitored the planning, the project is not as promised, and not as environmentally and people friendly as it could be. No words were minced in response to my initial comments.

Observed a former city planning commissioner in an e-mail that was circulated publically, the project was bungled from the get-go, adding, perhaps “deliberately?”

She contended the net acreage was not calculated correctly, of course in favor of the developer.

In addition, the dedicated equestrian trail recorded on the parcel map was not installed, although it was to be a condition of approval.

Further, the east parking lot was allowed to intrude into the riparian habitat area of the creek, and added that no historical survey was done although demanded.

Also noted was that a pedestrian path to the beach from Morning View Drive was not installed as required.

However, she added that “a strange structure, with no permits, popped up behind the employee parking lot, blocking the view of residents on Trancas Canyon.”

When the topic of the dangerous missing Trancas right hand turn lane was presented,5 of the 6 council candidates at the Malibu West debate had similar comments, citing that there has been a lack of leadership and coordination between developer, Cal Trans and City staff, but one candidate ( Laureen Sills) thought the best solution was for the residents to take the leadership role and boycott the Trancas Complex.

“I THINK WE NEED TO GET COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN BOYCOTTING THE SHOPPING CENTER UNTIL THE TURN LANE IS PUT IN FOR THE TRANCAS RESIDENTS.” -LAUREEN SILLS

The residents were further short-changed by the developer failing to construct an emergency evacuation route for Malibu West, as had been promised when a parking lot blocked the original route.

She added, “with various conditions incomplete or ignored and obvious violations not addressed at all, the city allowed the shopping center to open for business.”

Though issuing a public e-mail, the planning commissioner requested her name not be used, out of fear that the city might retaliate, with flash property inspections or a threat of a lawsuit. Bureaucrats can get nasty, especially if they have council support.

Another resident added another condition of approval ignored was that the power lines supplying the shopping center across PCH were supposed to be “temporary” and undergrounded, and are not. Several others conditions also have not been met.

And I thought City Hall was just napping when it failed to follow through on the turning lane. It now appears it was fast asleep on many other items promised the public, or frankly just duplicitous.

Is its negligence endemic? To be continued...

Now that the PCH corner infrastructure has just been completed at an enormous cost WITHOUT a right hand turn lane, it will have to be ripped out again to accommodate a safe right hand turn lane or else our McCormick ambulances will be a common site at this corner.

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Malibu Democratic Club exec board met Monday October 17th after the latest endorsement debacle that left local Dems with a black eye. The Club’s only endorsee and board member, Jennifer DeNicola, was a no-show.

The Club, sadly, is in complete disarray following Ann Doneen’s resignation and virtual disappearance after what transpired with the questionable process of DeNicola securing the only nod from the Club, leaving new president Lance Simmens as president-in-limbo. No agenda was in place or open discussion on “where do we go from here”?

Simmens said the mishandling of the endorsement of DeNicola cast a dark shadow on the Club and precluded any active participation in the elections, that it “did want to endorse two others, probably Jefferson and Skylar, but dropped the ball”. Other board members weighed in at the meeting adding that their single endorsement gave the impression that Denicola had “rigged the election”. In defense of DeNicola, one member said, “she only manipulated it”.

The best the Dem Club can do for now is to sit out the local election, and when it’s over, reconvene and focus in on local issues.

DeNicola’s near hysterical advocate, Dorothy Reik, kept on interrupting speakers, defending DeNicola, saying how “she plays by the rules”, how “The LOCAL is full of lies”. One board member challenged Reik on the accuracy of her claims offering that another board member at the meeting had been featured numerous times in the publication, and with complete accuracy. Reik also proposed a phone bank, but there were no volunteers.

Carl Randall and Jennifer DeNicola at the Malibu Democratic Club Carl Randall attentive during the debate debate. while Jennifer DeNicola and Laureen Sills share a moment.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In our last issue we published two editorials detailing the questionable results of Jennifer DeNicola’s nominations from the Malibu Democratic Club and the LADCP. Once again, as we stated in Issue 38, we have emails from multiple sources directly connected to both Clubs, who were witnesses to the events.

DeNicola sent out a mass email following the release of our last issue stating The Local had “lied” in those editorials, yet she neglected to present any hard evidence to back up her claims.

As the meeting went on, Reik continued her rant - and when was told “enough already”, and to “stop”, that “Jennifer’s tactics had hurt the club”, Reik got up in a huff and said she was leaving. But when no one objected, she came back.

She continued her rant in the same email claiming that Steve Woods and I, the owners of The Local, did not live in Malibu. Another false claim knowing full well it was a lie, with the intention of manipulating the community. DeNicola was a guest at our home last year to discuss an editorial for the PCBs battle. There were other members of the community who took part in that meeting and were witness to her being there.

With some difficulty (and with President Simmens’ insistence) the talk shifted to the anticipation of a new Council, and how the Club could move forward in the community to play a positive role.

So, while she attempted to manipulate the facts in order to discredit us, I can assure you the majority of this community knows full well who strives to reveal the truth and who doesn’t. - Cece Woods

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MALIBU CITY COUNCIL R A C E

DO YOU WANT MORE OF ‘THE MACHINE” OR DO YOU WANT TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE MALIBU? THREE POWER SEATS ARE OPEN FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS THAT WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. WHICH CANDIDATES WILL YOU CHOOSE?

JENNIFER DENICOLA Jennifer DeNicola is the “newbie” in the election having moved to Malibu in 2012. Just two years later she had formed an activist committee – America Unites (now America Unites for Kids, expanded to stretch far beyond Malibu suggesting her political aspirations easily follow) – to wage a full time and very high profile battle against suspect PCB levels at one school location in Malibu.

While there were parents who praised her initial efforts, more were disgruntled and spoke towards the fear impacting their children as her message of a cancer epidemic (as the result of the PCB exposure) stoked that fear loudly through very public campaigns in mainstream media outlets. Negative publicity for Malibu, but plenty of publicity for Jennifer. Throughout this push to ‘protect your child from dangerous toxins’, which saw many families pulling their kids out of school temporarily or seeking options outside of Malibu, many residents questioned why Jennifer continued to allow her son to attend the contaminated facility.

The costly legal battle she spearheaded, through donations based on her suppositions of toxins that prompted a judge to demand in a legal ruling that she and her organization ‘back off’ their aggressive tactics and terming it as trespass, can be viewed as a monumental red flag of things to come should she secure a seat on the city council. DeNicola incidentally, was physically removed by police officers from the SMMUSD press conference at Malibu High School. What we don’t know is how her past actions and personal animosity is how it could taint future negotiations with any school board oversight committee – SMMUSD or our own Malibu School District. Not a good position for Malibu City Council to be in.

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RICK MULLEN Rick Mullen has been a Malibu resident for 26 years,18 of which he has spent as a member of the Fire Department. He is currently stationed at station 72 in Decker Canyon. He is married to lifelong resident Jenny Ball and has two kids, Marshall and Tatiana, who both attended Juan Cabrillo Elementary School.

Mullen is an environmentalist, who is endorsed by the Sierra Club, with deep roots in Malibu.

He has been vocal and active in every campaign that has been instrumental in preserving and protecting Malibu’s rural, coastal character.

If you’ve done your homework, you know Mullen was front and center to support the passage of Measure R & defeat Measure W, he stood on PCH to save the sycamores, and he spoke at the water district meeting to oppose their plans (which was a last minute, sneaky attempt by developers to open the door to widespread development).

Rick Mullen with wife Jen and daughter Tati.

SKYLAR PEAK

Rick was the leader of a monumental court win that joined Ramirez Canyon residents with the City and reaffirmed the City of Malibu’s authority to determine development within the city limits, even on State property. A landmark case for Malibu and all coastal cities.

His unwavering support of this community is evident in everything Mullen is involved with.

A solid choice for City Council and one of the three choices necessary to end the political machine. - Cece Woods

Mayor pro tem and third generation Malibu resident Skylar Peak, the incumbent in the Malibu City Council race, has proven he is more than worthy of another term. Peak is a shining example of a young father, business owner and public servant who has successfully overcome personal obstacles to show exemplary leadership in our community.

Even with the pressures of family commitments and running Peak Power and Electric, a business handed down to him by his late father Dusty Peak, Skylar has made his presence known at council meetings. ( contrary to some public opinion, his attendance rate at council meetings is 94%, verifiable via the city) Skylar is always voting on the preservation side, with the goal of securing open space. Peak was instrumental in securing 33 acres in Trancas that was purchased by the city. The land was originally slated for new condominiums.

Peak’s perseverance against development was evident with his voting record on Measures R & W. He fought and won the war on banning anticoagulant rodenticides and pesticides in our community parks and common spaces, and is spearheading the campaign to ban Styrofoam, which is impacting our coastlines.

With a voting record that favors the future of Malibu, Peak is a no-brainer in the war for preservation in Malibu. We must elect him to protect and preserve our beloved coastal town.

Skylar Peak holding daughter Dusty, with fiance Janet and children Uma and Theo.

ELECTION 2016

CARL RANDALL

MORE OF THE SAME: Carl Randall and Laureen Sills, center, surrounded by current council,who proudly endorses the two - which means you can expect more of the same and more development.

Carl Randall is a lifelong local, born and raised in eastern Malibu. Married to wife Shelley, his daughter Callie recently graduated from Webster Elementary School and attends Malibu High School.

Randall, to his credit, has been a longtime advocate of local control of our public schools, an AMPS member, and involved with youth sports and activities, but several issues have raised eyebrows in the community. During his service on the Parks and Recreation Committee, he and most of the committee were resistant to eliminating the use of poisonous pesticides and rodenticides at little league, soccer and other green park areas in Malibu. It was only when the community showed up in force at several Parks and Rec meetings that he flip-flopped and joined the community and Poison Free Malibu in banning the dangerous toxins. Coincidentally, this is when he was considering running for City Council.

Another issue of concern is one that is not only growing nationally, but one that has exploded recently in Malibu with the rapidly increasing complaints of short term leases such as AirBnBs, which are commercial, hotel like businesses that are creeping into our residential zoned neighborhoods. This is similar to the rapid increase of drug rehabs, which have caused nuisances and parking problems in residential zones. Randall has not disclosed this on his campaign bio, but he advertises part of his beach front home with AirBnB at a time when the City is considering banning or restricting short term leases. Other cities like Santa Monica have reacted to community protest of unwanted parties and enacted a Home-Sharing Ordinance, which allows rentals under 30 days as long as a regular resident of the house is present on site during the stay. So clearly, there may be a potential conflict of interest affecting Carl’s ability to make difficult decisions should he be elected to the council.

Randall’s ties to the “Political Machine” in Malibu is evident with his endorsements, so if you favor development and more vacant shopping malls and increased traffic, this candidate will be the one to help push it through.

Sills playing the “Save Open Space” card recently with this post on her Facebook page but her track record shows she favors development, opposing Measure R. Clearly, Sills is sending mixed messages to the community as to where her efforts will go if elected to City Council.

LAUREEN SILLS

Since moving to Malibu in 1986, Laureen Sills has been active with the schools and education and, to her credit, is quite accomplished in that area.

With her children grown, Sills claims to be impartial, independent and unbeholden to special interests but, as a close friend and confidante of Laura Rosenthal, Sills was quite visible campaigning against Measure R. She was pictured on the developers side with members of the current “Machine”; House, Sibert and Rosenthal. During the Measure R campaign, Sills wrote a letter to the Malibu Times claiming that the voters of Malibu would lose “their voice” if Measure R passed, further pushing the Machine message in order to favor development.

Sills, clearly on the developers side during the Measure debates (peeking behind the speaker), along with current “Machine” members Rosenthal, House and Sibert. More development means more malls, and more malls mean more empty store fronts. More empty store fronts turn Malibu into a ghost town, driving down property values and ultimately our way of life.

As she announced her candidacy for City Council, Sills (asserting herself into the process as if she were already elected) and current council member Rosenthal together condoned the Point Dume Traffic Management Plan, which included removing encroachments from the public right-of-way easements.

Point residents were up in arms and Sills did not win over the hearts of many Point Dume residents who did not appreciate the power play to urbanize the rural character of their neighborhood.

Sills served on the Parks and Recreation Commission in 2002, while aligned with Machine matriarch Sharon Barovsky, and was quoted in the Malibu Times about the need for an urban sports facility at Charmlee Park nature reserve. The Parks and Rec Commission issued a survey last year but seemed to ignore the responses that clearly showed the majority of residents wanted the last remaining open space, coastal bluff at Bluffs Park to stay as natural as possible, free of urban developments and massive grading for level ball fields.

You may think twice about electing council members who support the destruction of this valuable and endangered habitat. They will only further the agenda of the current sitting council, who also ignores the Mission Statement of Malibu which says:“Malibu will maintain its rural character by establishing programs and policies that avoid suburbanization and commercialization of its natural and cultural resources.”

JEFFERSON WAGNER

As 40 year resident, and small business owner, Malibu icon and former mayor Jefferson “Zuma Jay” Wagner has fought to preserve Malibu for decades, he has been the voice of Malibu residents without fail.

Wagner served on City Council from 2008-2012 and was the top vote getter in that election. As a dedicated member of our community, he was one of the public faces, standing arm and arm with Rob & Michele Reiner advocating against development in the highly charged Measure R and Measure W campaigns.

As an environmentalist, Wagner has been involved in every major battle to preserve our open space and prevent the use of rodenticides in our public parks. Wagner won the prestigious surfing award winner of the SIMA Environmentalist of the Year Award, 2011, 2010 award winner was Bobby Kennedy Jr. His record is clearly for the community and preservation. Jefferson Wagner’s leadership is necessary in order to protect our community from commercialization, overdevelopment and overall diminished quality of life.

“Zuma Jay”, Jefferson Wagner has been an active member of the community for over 40 years, fighting for the preservation of our rural coastal town.

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ELECTION 2016 According to David K. Randall, in his book “The King and Queen of Malibu”, the Los Angeles County head of the Department of Regional Planning predicted in 1967 that Malibu would have 275,000 residents by 1987. Today we have only 13,000. That took hard work by a lot of people saying no to things like a nuclear power plant on Corral Beach, a multi-level freeway along the coast, and freeways where Malibu Canyon and Kanan Dume road are. Developers also had their eyes on the Santa Monica Mountains, with big plans for development. Those plans were averted as people stepped forward to preserve the open space.

We have been left a legacy by those who went before us and stepped up to preserve the natural beauty of Malibu. May Rindge exhausted her family’s vast wealth in the early 20th Century to protect Malibu. But there are always forces acting to change Malibu, in the form of the Government and the moneyed interests wanting to develop it. After a lot of hard work and dedication ,Malibu became a city in 1991 to be able to determine its own future and control development.

The effort to form a city employed the motto “fight sewers”, in the acknowledgement that a modern sewer system would facilitate the transition to Newport Beach style development.

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Los Angeles County has become the nation’s most densely populated metro area, so market forces are driving commercial developers to eye Malibu even more than before. The current Council too often takes their side ,which is why this slate of Skylar Peak, Rick Mullen and Zuma Jay Wagner are running – to return a preservation majority back to the council.

It is no surprise that everyone running in this race says that they are anti-development, because that is what the majority of the residents want. But we are the only ones with a track record that you can trust.

The City’s Founders crafted two simple and eloquent statements to help guide the future leaders of Malibu – and the residents – on the issue of development: The Vision and Mission Statements of Malibu.

The Vision statement alerts newcomers, who want to bring where they came from with them in the form of more stores or amenities, that Malibu is the way it is because people who live in Malibu “have historically evidenced a commitment to sacrifice urban and suburban conveniences in order to protect that environment and lifestyle, and to preserve unaltered natural resources and rural characteristics.”

The Mission Statement serves as a guide for decision-making for the City of Malibu. It is well written and powerful, yet simple and eloquent in its direction. The heart of it lies in this one sentence: “Malibu will maintain its rural character by establishing programs and policies that avoid suburbanization and commercialization of its natural and cultural resources.”

We have been left a legacy by those who went before us and stepped up to preserve the natural beauty of Malibu. May Rindge exhausted her family’s vast wealth in the early 20th Century to protect Malibu.

These two statements, which are only in part quoted here and fit entirely on less than one page, are the guiding directives for everyone in Malibu on how to navigate the road ahead to preserve what is special about Malibu, which is its natural beauty.

Malibu is now at a crossroads, as it has been so many times in the past. The dedication to uphold the Mission Statement of Malibu is not universal amongst all the residents of Malibu or even some of its leaders through the years. During this campaign season, all candidates will sound like they are dedicated to preserving open space and Malibu’s rural character. But are they? And how do you tell the difference?

One indicator is either how they stood during the Measure R campaign and debate or if they are endorsed by the Councilmembers who stood against Measure R. Remember: Measure R came about in reaction to the City Council doing nothing as local businesses went out of business and over 50 national and global retail chains overtook the city decimating the hard-fought rural character of Malibu. The residents become fed up with their inaction, and their cozy relationships with developers over Malibu residents. Measure R was a symbol of the residents standing up for the preservation of Malibu’s rural character and against the big outside developers when the City Council would not. The main parts of Measure R were that large commercial developments over 20,000 square feet would be put before the voters, and chain stores would be limited citywide, since confidence in the City Council had been lost. The key moment was the actual Measure R debate between Rob Reiner and Steve Soboroff at City Hall. Attendees got tickets according to whether they supported or opposed Measure R. The room was starkly divided into two camps: developers on one side and Malibu residents on the other. Four of the Five City Councilmembers, along with Council candidate Laureen Sills, sat on developer Steve Soboroff’s side of the room!

Even wearing his cap in support. Only one Councilmember, Skylar Peak, stood with the residents on Measure R. Two of the other candidates, Rick Mullen and Zuma Jay Wagner, were part of the “Faces of Measure R” series of videos of people endorsing and standing up for Measure R. Opposing Measure R was candidate Laureen Sills, who wrote a scathing letter to the Malibu Times calling those 60% of residents who supported Measure R the “Always Angry Rogue Group”. She quoted former Mayor Jeff Jennings ,who referred to them as the “Coalition of the disaffected” and also quoted Arnold York, of the Malibu Times ,as calling those same residents the “coterie of people who are almost pathologically angry about just about everything.” Carl Randall’s position on Measure R is less clear but, like Sills, he is proudly endorsed by the eight former mayors of Malibu, referred to by many environmentalists as “the Machine”, who went on record opposing Measure R and sent out mass mailers against the measure citywide that were paid for BY the developers. What those who opposed Measure R did not realize was that it would pass in a landslide with almost 60% of the voters supporting it.

Four of the five City Council members, along with Council candidate Laureen Sills, sat on developer Steve Soboroff’s side of the room! One even wearing a cap in support. Only one Councilmember, Skylar Peak, stood with the residents on Measure R. Two of the other candidates, Rick Mullen and Zuma Jay Wagner, were part of the “Faces of Measure R”, a series of videos showcasing locals endorsing and standing up for Measure R.

Throw a monkey wrench in the Machine. Vote Peak-Mullen-Wagner.

Measure R was more than simply a ballot initiative; it was a movement by the people of Malibu to take back this city from a 20-year pro-development,anti-resident council majority.

Those positions taken by the candidates are probably the best indicator of how dedicated they are to the Mission Statement of Malibu and supporting the Malibu residents against the outside developers. Did they stand with the developers or did they stand with the residents of Malibu? Are they endorsed by the eight former Mayors who went on record against Measure R – or are they endorsed by Rob Reiner who actually went into the arena with the developer and debated him in public defending Malibu. Laureen Sills and Carl Randall are endorsed by those who opposed Measure R. Skylar Peak, Rick Mullen and Zuma Jay Wagner are endorsed by Rob and Michele Reiner, Victoria Principal and Save Malibu, those who led the Measure R effort against the outside developers.

The road ahead is not certain for Malibu. Will it lead to the 275,000 as predicted in 1967 – or will we maintain what we have against the onslaught of outside money seeking to capitalize on the new sewer system to facilitate development? Who is best to guide the future along the intent of the Mission Statement – those who stood against the people and with the developers on Measure R – or those who stood up and put their reputations on the line either against the odds as a council member in Skylar Peak’s case or as Rick Mullen and Zuma Jay did as a “Face of Measure R”?

Choose wisely Malibu. The future is in your hands.

Mullen, an avid environmentalist, is currently running for one of three open seats on Malibu City Council along side Mayor pro tem Skylar Peak and former mayor Jefferson Wagner.

COVER STORY

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ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. INTERVIEW BY JANET FRIESEN I PHOTOS COURTESY BY ROBERT KENNEDY, JR.

There is no question that Robert Kennedy, Jr. has repeatedly made his case for the environment. Not only as a lifelong activist, but as an attorney fighting for environmental injustices around the world. His passion for the ocean and clean water is not only evident in his professional life as President of Waterkeeper Alliance, it has also led to him to Malibu where he currently resides with wife Cheryl Hines. In an exclusive interview with The Local, Kennedy shares some poignant moments and his devotion to protecting our greatest resource, Mother Earth. - Cece Woods J.F.: Do you remember the first moment you became an environmentalist?

Robert Kennedy Jr., then 8 years old, in the Oval Office with his uncle, President John F. Kennedy.

This was the first official meeting, of many more to come, for the lifelong environmental activist.

RFK: I was obsessed with nature and the outdoors from the time I could walk. I spent every free moment, as a child in the woods, climbing trees to look at baby birds and knee deep in the many creeks near my house turning over rocks to catch salamanders and mud puppies. My bookshelves were filled with dozens of aquariums and cages where I kept the animals, fish and insects I captured. When I was eight years old, I wrote a letter to my uncle, President John F. Kennedy, asking him for a meeting. I wanted to talk about pollution. He invited me to the oval office. I brought him a salamander in a vase. I told him I wanted to write a book about the environment and pollution. He arranged for me to meet with his interior secretary, Stewart Udall, for an interview. I also met Rachel Carson, who had just published Silent Spring. After my meeting, the President took me out to the rose garden and we released the salamander into one of the fountain pools.

J.F.: As an environmental advocate,you have won many hundreds of lawsuits. Have you ever been arrested for environmental activism?

RFK: In 2001, I served 30 days in a federal maximum security prison in Puerto Rico for trespassing in the live fire zone on the island of Vieques during a naval bombardment.

At the time, I was representing several thousand people from the impoverished fishing community who were suing the navy to stop the bombing that had poisoned their fish, killed their neighbors and left their island with the highest cancer rate in the Caribbean. I had won the underlying legal action, but a crooked local judge refused to give us an injunction. So when the Vieques Mayor asked me to participate in a civil disobedience I agreed.

“WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, I WROTE A LETTER TO MY UNCLE, PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, ASKING HIM FOR A MEETING. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT POLLUTION.”

Robert Kennedy, Jr. fleeing the US coastguard in vessel piloted by masked fishermen while running the naval blockade of Vieques in 2001.

In the winter of 2013, the D.C. Capitol police arrested 50 protesters, including my son Conor and myself, for chaining ourselves to the White House fence in opposition to the XL pipeline.

J.F.: You are the founder of the Waterkeeper Alliance, which is now the worlds largest water protection advocacy group.

RFK: Yeah, Waterkeeper was founded on the Hudson river by a blue-collar coalition of commercial and recreational fishermen, who launched a patrol boat vowing to track down and sue every polluter on the river. Their work helped make the Hudson one of the richest waterways on earth and the international model for ecosystem protection.

Last month we licensed our 300th Waterkeeper. We are now in 38 countries and growing rapidly. Each Waterkeeper has a patrol boat and enforces the laws against polluters to protect their local communities. I’m the president of the group and its senior attorney.

COVER STORY J.F.: Isn’t one of your oldest Waterkeepers right here on Santa Monica Bay? RFK: Yeah, I’m really proud of the work of the Los Angeles Waterkeeper and now that I live in Malibu, I’m one of its beneficiaries! LA Waterkeeper patrols Santa Monica Bay, replants kelp beds with an army of scuba divers, identifies the worst polluters on the bay and brings them to justice. LA Waterkeeper has launched some of the landmark litigation to clean up our local waterways. The organization won the billion dollar victory that forced Caltrans to clean up the highway storm drain discharges that were the principal polluters of Southern California’s surf beaches.

J.F.: What are some issues you are currently working on?

RFK: Dams, factory farms, bomb trains, pipelines, fracking ,Monsanto and coal at every stage from mine to mercury to ash pile.

Kennedy in Ladkah launching Waterkeeper.

“THERE IS SO MUCH MERCURY IN THE FLU SHOT THAT IF YOUR DOCTOR DROPS A VIAL ON THE FLOOR, HE MUST EVACUATE THE BUILDING... WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE INJECT THIS INTO A PREGNANT MOTHER OR A LITTLE BABY? AND YET WE DO. OF COURSE WE HAVE AN AUTISM EPIDEMIC!” A box of flu vaccines containing megadoses of mercury in the Santa Barbara hospital this year.

“IN 1960... I WAS STAYING WITH MY GRANDPARENTS, JOE AND ROSE KENNEDY ... AT THE HOME OF MARION DAVIS. WE ALL VISITED MY UNCLE PETER LAWFORD IN MALIBU ONE AFTERNOON. FRANK SINATRA WAS THERE AND SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE RAT PACK. “ J.F.: What is your position on vaccines? Why is that so controversial?

RFK: I want safe vaccines, first class science, and an honest regulatory agency. Right now the CDC’s vaccine division is arguably the most corrupt agency in the nation, rivaling the West Virginia DEP and Louisiana DEQ. The CDC’s senior vaccine safety scientist, Dr. William Thompson, has invoked federal whistleblower status and asked to be subpoenaed

by Congress. Thompson is the author of the principal studies touted by CDC to exonerate mercury based vaccines from their role in causing the autism epidemic. Thompson says that the CDC has been destroying the data when it shows that certain vaccines cause autism and otherwise manipulating those studies to fool the public about vaccine safety.

Unfortunately, CDC receives undeserving deference from the medical community and the press. Neither doctors nor journalists ever bother to read the mountains of scientific studies linking thimerosal to autism. Despite many assurances to the contrary, we are still giving 50 million flu vaccines a year that are loaded with megadoses of mercury - including here in California where mercury vaccines are supposedly banned. Journalists keep insisting that the flu shot contains only trace amounts of mercury but this is a lie. There is so much mercury in the flu shot that if your doctor drops a vial on the floor, he must evacuate the building and bring in a hazmat crew wearing moonsuits and respirators to clean up the mess.

Why in the world would we inject this into a pregnant mother or a little baby? And yet we do. Of course we have an autism epidemic!

J.F.: You are known as a waterman. Describe your passion for rivers and the ocean.

RFK: I grew up on the water: fishing,diving,kayaking - every other watersport.

J.F.: When was the first time you visited Malibu?

RFK: In 1960,during the Democratic National Convention that nominated my uncle Jack for president. I was staying with my grandparents, Joe and Rose Kennedy, my mother and three of my siblings at the home of Marion Davis.

We all visited my uncle Peter Lawford in Malibu one afternoon. Frank Sinatra was there and some other members of the Rat Pack. The beach was so hot that it burned my feet and then the ocean was surprisingly cold. But I loved the big waves, the palm trees, and the wide beaches.

J.F.: Why did you move to Malibu?

RFK: I married a California girl. One of us had to move. We flipped a coin.

WEBSITE: robertfkennedyjr.com @robertkennedyjr

Kennedy and wife Cheryl Hines.

Robert Kennedy, Jr. enjoying morning surf with his family at Zuma Beach.

A passionate waterman, Robert Kennedy Jr., led the first trips to three hidden rivers in Peru, Colombia and Venezuela.

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ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. HIGHLIGHTS FROM HIS KEYNOTE SPEECH

PHOTOS BY CECE WOODS

THE LOCAL MALIBU ATTENDED SXSW ECO RECENTLY IN AUSTIN, TX. AND WAS FRONT AND CENTER FOR ROBERT KENNEDY JR.’S CAPTIVATING AND AWE INSPIRING KEYNOTE SPEECH -“OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DESTINY”.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WE THOUGHT WERE POWERFUL. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE AND LISTEN TO HIS ENTIRE MONOLOGUE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND WHAT IS NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN AND PROTECT OUR PLANET. - CECE WOODS

“We the Waterkeepers... we’re the free marketeers. We go out into the marketplace and we catch the cheaters and polluters and we say to them “we’re going to force you to internalize your costs the same way that you internalized your profits, because as long as somebody’s cheating the free market none of us gets the advantages of efficiency, the prosperity and the democracy and free market capitalism otherwise promises our nation what we have to understand as Americans. There’s a huge difference between free market capitalism, which makes a nation more efficient, more prosperous ,and more democratic, and the kind of corporate crony capitalism which we’ve now embraced in this country; which is as antithetical to efficiency, democracy, and prosperity in America as it is in Nigeria.”

“People have asked me for the last 30 years what’s the most important environmental law that I would pass and I would always say the same thing...I’d have true free market capitalism. Now I say something different, which is...I would get rid of Citizens United. Because for capitalism to work, you need democracy to work ,and right now we don’t have a democracy. We have what I would call a corporate kleptocracy. We have an oligarchy by the corporation, by the wealthy, and you can’t have a clean environment or safe and wholesome environment when you have that. An example is the fishermen on the Hudson. They had a business plan that worked. Their capitalist system was working for three and a half centuries. They wanted their children to be able to do the same thing and it didn’t stop working because of a failure of their business model; it stopped working because of the failure of capitalism, a failure of democracy.”

“AN ECONOMY BASED ON POLLUTION MAKES A FEW BILLIONAIRES...BUT OUR KIDS WILL PAY ALL THEIR LIVES FOR THE JOYRIDE.” “...Coming back to capitalism, the reason I believe that true, free market capitalism is the best thing for the environment is because in a true marketplace, in a rational marketplace, the marketplace promotes efficiency and efficiency means the elimination of waste- and pollution is waste. An irrational marketplace would require us to properly value our natural resources...and it’s the undervaluation of those resources that cause us to use them wastefully. In a true, free market capitalism you can’t make yourself rich without making your neighbors rich and without enriching your community. What polluters do is they make themselves rich by making everybody else poor, a raised standard of living. They live for themselves by lowering quality of life for everybody else and they do that by escaping the discipline of the free market. You show me a polluter and I will show you a subsidy.”

Check out the entire speech at: http://sxsweco.com/news/2016/ opening-keynote-robert-f-kennedy-jr-sxsw-eco-2016-video

“WHAT POLLUTERS DO IS THEY MAKE THEMSELVES RICH BY MAKING EVERYBODY ELSE POOR...

YOU SHOW ME POLLUTER AND I WILL SHOW YOU A SUBSIDY.”

ROBERT KENNEDY JR. STEPS UP TO SUPPORT TEAM MALIBU 2016 SLATE

Point Dume resident, President of Waterkeeper Alliance and environmental hero Robert Kennedy Jr., puts his vote behind the Team Malibu 2016 slate; PEAK - MULLEN - WAGNER. Kennedy, just home from Ladakh, picks up more signs to show support after his went missing from his and his wife Cheryl Hines front yard.

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BY SUZANNE GUILDMANN

CONTINUED FROM ISSUE 38 The theory put forward by the pro-develpment side is that taxes from these developments are needed to fund community improvements like ball fields, public art, and landscaping along Pacific Coast Highway. The majority on the city council has often embraced this approach.

Things fall apart when the developers, flexible invertebrates that they are, manage to wiggle out through loopholes, like that time in 2009 when the city council approved a 16-year, $1.5 million, interest-free rent deferral for the developers of the Lumber Yard Shopping Center.

When they can’t exploit existing loopholes, developers invariable attempt to create their own by bending the rules set out in the Malibu General Plan. They do this by seeking variances in exchange for elements they hope the city will find appealing, even when the proposal conflicts directly with Malibu’s general plan and mission statement.

The infamous 22,000 square feet (slightly more than half an acre, and double the amount of actual “Park”) of “vertical landscaping” a.k.a. walls covered with potted plants, approved in lieu of open space requirements for the “Whole Foods in the Park” shopping center development is a recent example.

A ten-year-old agreement with the owners of the La Paz property next door to the Whole Foods mall that would permit a 30 percent increase in development density in exchange for setting aside an inconveniently out of the way and partially unusable two-acre portion of the property for a city hall or wastewater treatment facility that Malibu no longer needs is another example.

The preservation side of the spectrum embraces the city’s mission statement as Malibu’s Declaration of Independence. Activists on this side of the divide are not interested in shopping destinations, do not care if PCH is landscaped as long as traffic is moving, and would prefer that all development fall within the existing guidelines. They counter what they view as over-the-top projects with appeals to the Coastal Commission, litigation, and when all else fails, ballot initiatives.

When the current city council approved five mega mansions on the blufftop next to Malibu Bluffs Park in exchange for the donation of a 1.75-acre parcel to expand the city’s active recreation facilities and parking, activists protested in front of the Coastal Commission and succeeded in getting changes to the height and orientation of the buildings to reduce the visual impact, things the city could and should have done to ensure maximum mitigation for the environmental impacts of the project.

Malibu residents battled dozens of ill-conceived and poorly thought out development projects like this freeway, which would have flattened Malibu Canyon and wrapped the Civic Center area in a serpentine tangle of concrete.

The spectre of nearly two million square feet of new development in and around the Civic Center area was FAR RIGHT:a rallying cry during the Measure R fight and is expected to be a major campaign issue this November.

In 2003, the city council negotiated and endorsed Measure M, a ballot initiative that would have authorized 600,000 square feet of new development on 12 Malibu Bay Company properties scattered throughout Malibu, including a 40-unit housing development next to Malibu Lagoon State Park.

The development agreement allowed the Bay Company a 20-year approval period and the projects would have been exempt from many key aspects of Malibu’s zoning code, allowing for non-conforming development projects all the way through 2022.

In exchange for all those entitlements, the Bay Company agreed to build a 5000-square-foot community center at Point Dume and offered the city a limited option to buy what is now Legacy Park for $25 million. If the city didn’t raise the funds within two years, the Bay Company would have been entitled to build 155,000 square feet of development on the property.

When the city approved a plan to bulldoze the heritage sycamore on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Cross Creek Road to facilitate the La Paz shopping center development mentioned above, preservationists rallied, unwilling to accept the project planner’s assertion that chopping down the tree would provide views of “the clear blue sky.” The tree was saved. It turned out that nobody- not even the developer really thought removing the tree was a good idea, except for that city planner. One criticism repeatedly leveled at Malibu’s government is a lack of adequate ABOVE: City Council candidate Rick Mullen has always been on the forefront of fighting against development and communication and transparenprotecting our environment. Mullen, seen here far right cy. If there is, in fact, a machine it with daughter Tati, was an activist for saving the heritage sometimes appears to operate on sycamore from the developers. autopilot.

When Measure M was proposed in 2003, it was presented as the only way for the city to ever acquire the land that is now Legacy Park. Because the issue The city council unanimously approved the Measure M initiative. Their planning commission went to a referendum, the voters had an opportunity to call the developer’s opposed it. One of the planning commission’s main concerns was “the inadequacy of the traffic bluff. In 2006, the owner agreed to sell the property to the city without Measure planning,” according to a November 3, 2003 Los Angeles Times article by Martha Groves.

M’s smörgåsbord of development bonuses attached. A different city council cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the park in 2010, just seven years after the Malibu Bay Company issued the ultimatum that Malibu would never get the “The commissioners objected to that plan as allowing more development than Malibu could support,” Groves wrote. “Opponents say the conditions and alternatives make Measure M too property unless the community agreed to Measure M.

iffy a proposition.”

Voters overwhelmingly rejected the measure. A few years later, the City of Malibu was able to purchase the entire property that is now Legacy Park without the development agreement. The 40-unit subdivision site next to the lagoon that would have been facilitated by the Measure M deal has also been retired from development. It will be transferred to State Parks after the owner’s death.

OPINION The current council continues the tradition of variances for big developers. Four of the five council members opposed Measure R, the grassroots voter initiative that limits chain stores and empowers Malibu voters to weigh in on development projects over 20,000 square feet. The only council voice in support of the measure was Skylar Peak.

More than a decade after the Measure M debate, traffic issues continue to be a major concern in the Civic Center area. The city addressed this concern during the Measure R debate with a traffic study that found “no increase in traffic in the past 20 years.” A finding that elicits incredulity, in light of the fact that an estimated 15 million people visited Malibu last year.

This ad for the vacant 4500-squarefoot space previously occupied by the now defunct Banana Republic store boasts “this affluent community attracts over 15 million visitors annually for its spectacular natural beauty.”

Malibu residents passed Measure R by nearly 60 percent. When development interests challenged the law in court, the city council reluctantly agreed to enter into the appeal process only after Malibu residents raised $50,000 to fund their own appeal.

A quick look at the eight Malibu mayors who opposed Measure R and the four who supported it offers a primer on who falls where in the Malibu political spectrum: Sharon Barovsky, Joan House, Jeff Jennings, Andy Stern, John Sibert, Lou LaMonte, Laura Rosenthal and Ken Kearsley actively opposed Measure R. Most of these names were also at the top of the Yes on M list a decade earlier.

These five former mayors are regarded by conspiracy theorists as the core of the Malibu Machine with Sharon Barovsky as a kind of queen bee. Accusations of a shadowy machine were already being made during the second city council election, just two years after Malibu incorporation, long before Barovsky stepped in to finish her late husband Harry Barovsky’s term in office in 2000. This group, however, was the driving force behind the Measure M development agreement, defeated by a landslide in 2003, and among the most outspoken opponents of Measure R.

There was just one debate on Measure R. Bowing to pressure from the developer, the city agreed to limit tickets to the city hall event and to segregate the audience: blue tickets were assigned to Measure R’s opponents, green tickets to R’s supporters. Each side was expected to enter and exit through their own side of the door. There was no middle ground for agnostics. The organizers tried to corral the media into a special corner in back, which didn’t go over well. They might have done better putting the elected officials in the corner reserved for media, because four of the five city council members and a number of their friends and supporters sat in the front row on the No on R side, a seating arrangement that may have been based on voting preference but was something of a public relations fiasco.

Measure R's supporters included Malibu’s first mayor Walt Keller, as well as former Mayor Jefferson Wagner and current councilmember Skylar Peak. Wagner and Peak are running for second terms on the city council on a slate with first-time candidate and Measure R activist Rick Mullen.

2016 city council candidates Rick Mullen and Jefferson Wagner were sitting in the Yes on R side right in front of the photographer. Denise Peak, Skylar Peak’s mother and a longtime conservation activist in her own right, is in the photo, too. The Yes on R side of the room was made up entirely of friends and neighbors. The No on R side? Mostly politicians, developers and consultants.

If Malibu residents are shouting, perhaps it is because they feel they that their voices are not being heard. Nearly 60 percent of Malibu voters supported Measure R and opposed Measure W.

On Oct. 1, 2014, Arnold York, the publisher of the Malibu Times, had this response to the letter from eight mayors urging a no vote on R: There is a letter in this week’s Malibu Times from eight past mayors urging a “no” vote on Measure R. The hard reality is that there is a significant segment of the Malibu population that doesn’t trust the council to fix things. To a degree, this development problem — both actual and potential — got away from all eight of them and the current council is going to have to show they can improve the situation, assuming of course, the proposition fails. The eight ex-mayors are all sensible, competent people, but they grossly underestimated the impacts of the Civic Center development. I must confess, so did I. It sort of crept up on all of us and if they get the opportunity again to fix it, they need to act, and act with more urgency than they have in the past.

No matter what the results of the Measure R election, if the present council doesn’t deal with the Civic Center development problems in a way that satisfies more of Malibu, I suspect in 2016 a much more radical council could get voted into office.

Perhaps it is not surprising that the candidate who has deep ties to those eight anti-R mayors was also an outspoken Measure R opponent. Laureen Sills stated in a 2014 letter to the editor of the Malibu Times that: “Our voices will never be heard if Measure R passes.”

She also called the measure’s supporters the “Always Angry Rouge [sic] Group,” who “have never won an election.”

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Critics of the current Malibu political climate point to what they describe as the endless cycle of council members appointing commissioners, commissioners running for council with the former council members’ blessing, and newly elected council members appointing former council members to commissions and committees, a Malibu version of the self-satisfied medieval Worm Ouroborus, above.

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Every Malibu election season the ominous rumblings and clankings of the Malibu Political Machine can reportedly be heard, a sort of small town Deus ex machina that seeks, critics say, to arrange the future of Malibu.

Well, avast ye mateys, Malibu’s rogue group (we’ll assume she meant “Rogue,” as in Captain Jack Sparrow, or Han Solo, as opposed to rouge as in red) won a stunning victory, with 59 percent of Malibu voters approving the measure. Malibu voters also united to defeat Measure W, Steve Soboroff, the "Whole Foods in the Park" developer who is also the mastermind behind the massive multi-billion dollar Playa Vista development once described by the L.A. Times as "one of the most rancorous development deals in modern Los Angeles history," sought voter approval for his mall as required by Measure R. The "Whole Foods in the Park" developer, with the help of the Malibu Bay Company—perhaps still smarting from Measure M—promptly sued. The case is working its way through the appeals process, but Measure R is currently in effect. If the new council supports the ideals of voter-approved Measure R they will be, in the words of preservation activist Peter Jones, an insurance policy should the higher court reject the Measure R appeal. That's because the council has always had the authority to implement the core principles of Measure R. Sometimes the whole machine vs preservationist battle deteriorates into a kind of slapstick farce, like that time city employees were ordered to remove 70 Yes on R signs from in front of houses all over Malibu.

“Last week I did order city crews to pick up signs within the public right-of-way, as we have done in prior elections,” former City Manager Jim Thorsen said, after the disappearance was traced to the city. “Historically our road crews have not picked up signs in front of homes, even where they are on public land or right-of-way, generally because those parkways are often treated just like private property. However, an honest mistake occurred with the signs, and for that I do apologize to our citizens.”

With two old guard council members termed out leaving two empty seats, and a dedicated preservation incumbent running for re-election, the preservation side of the power struggle is hoping that the balance will change this November. However, for a change to take place, the preservationists needs to elect three candidates, otherwise the status quo remains the same. And anyone doubting the pro-development slant of Malibu City Hall has only to look at the speakers panel at the recent Malibu Times sponsored forum for potential city council candidates. Journalist Sam Hall Kaplan described it as: “weighted with pro development panelists.”

It may look peaceful, but the Malibu Civic Center area, once the flood plain for Malibu Creek, is ground zero in a development fight that has spanned more than 50 years and will continue to be the main battleground as the sewer project opens the flood gates for a new wave of development. Photo @ 2016 S. Guldimann

The council elected in November will decide the fate of Bluffs Park Open Space and the newly acquired Trancas Fields Park. They will have the power to pass or deny the rodenticide ban and Malibu’s long delayed dark skies ordinance, and they will determine the ultimate fate of the Civic Center area, where the new sewage treatment plant is under construction and development interests are already pushing for new zoning that will permit higher density projects. In the words of late Coastal Commission executive director and eco warrior Peter Douglas: “The coast is never saved. It’s always being saved.”

PHOTO: SUZANNE GUILDMANN

A study was released this week that finds developers have destroyed one tenth of the Earth’s wilderness in the past 20 years. That’s a catastrophic loss for everyone and everything.

And in its own small way, Malibu is on the front line of that battleground. This 27-mile-long stretch of coast and mountains is a recognized area of special biological significance—a biodiversity holy grail that is one of just five Mediterranean ecosystems on earth.

This is what people dream of seeing when they come to Malibu...

not this.

Every developer who lies and cheats and wheedles their way around Malibu’s environmental protections, and every Malibu city planner and city council member who is complacent or who voluntarily trades away open space in variances for things like "vertical landscaping" is complicit in a crime against the earth and against the future. Bad development deals, alas, appear to be part of human nature going all the way back to poor old Esau, who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage and ended up with nothing but an empty bowl. That doesn't mean they are inevitable. The November 8 election offers Malibu residents an opportunity to change the future. We just need to choose wisely.

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Sar·casm ˈsärˌkazəm/ noun the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. “his voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment” Nathan Schields Nay-thun she-olds/ noun Proprietor of Malibu Newsstand. User of sarcasm.

“Nathan’s voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his trepidation for the future of Malibu Newsstand.”

B.M.: How long has the Malibu Newsstand been in existence?

N.S.: The Newsstand was built in 1989. The original owner couldn’t get the return he wanted and closed it up. Fran Perry saw a community need and reopened it as Malibu Newsstand in March 1993, when a young Marky Mark was busy making rap records and trying to keep his pants pulled up.

B.M.: How long have you owned it?

N.S.: I’ve worked here since it opened in ‘93. I’ve owned it for about ten years now because I wanted to get in on the ground floor of the burgeoning print media biz.

B.M.: Where are you from originally and how did you make your way to Malibu Newsstand?

N.S.: I was born in Kansas, lived in Estes Park, Colorado and went to high school in the Palm Springs area. I went to Pepperdine to be near the water (turns out it’s a religious school). I applied for a job here my senior year and fell in love with the idea of constantly dirty fingers. Also, Fran was very helpful and generous with me.

B.M.: What were the best times for the newsstand?

N.S.: I would say the best times financially were 93 -04. Then the Internet began to conspire against us, and I’m pretty sure it also had Biggie killed. But all the times have been pretty good, amazing weather, interesting customers and employees, and the community has really embraced us ( we just need them to keep embracing). We even made it through SARS, Mad Cow disease, the Zika virus, Ebola, and two bouts of Pokémon related irritable bowel syndrome.

B.M.: Have you met Mel Gibson? What’s he like?

N.S.: Yes, and did you know he was Mel G in the Spice Girls? A lot of people don’t know that. And he never, ever, not ONCE, called me Sugar Tits. He was actually always nice and was usually willing to talk with us Newsies, even the Jewish ones!

B.M.: Any other celebrities you like who come through there?

N.S.: I would say our interactions with celebrities have most always been pleasant. We have seen quite a few of our resident celebrities over the years, Rod Steiger, Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris, Victoria Principal, Julie Kavner, Halle Berry, Tupac. Still waiting for Bob Dylan though, apparently he has his personal assistant stop by to pick up his Muscle and Fitness and Oprah magazines.

B.M.: How has the business evolved in the time you have owned it? Good and bad?

N.S.: Well, when we first opened, in the Macarena-crazed nineties, we would sell 30-40 LA Times every day. Now we average three or four every day. And no, it didn’t cost a farthing, more like 35 cents, now it’s $2.00. Most people get their news from their phones or Verizon frontal cortex implants now. We have a great constituency of customers who are wonderful about stopping in to support us. However, there are far less customers than there used to be. The magazines have less advertising now as more ad dollars are spent online. There seems to be way fewer America Online internet startup discs than there used to be. Oh, and much less pornography is sold, due to people no longer being interested in nudity I would surmise.

Nathan Schields B.M.: Why is Malibu Newsstand being threatened now?

N.S.: The main tide we struggle against is the battle to not lose all our customers to the internet, even though Vladimir Putin is much less likely to hack your People magazine. I feel like there is also a trend toward the devaluation of art, be it music, literature, photography, cinema, or a host of others. Less and less people feel like they should have to pay to enjoy others’ artistic labors. It becomes more and more difficult to provide for my family when sales keep trending down B.M.: Is it because the rent is rising, or the sales are shrinking?

N.S.: We have been very fortunate with our landlords. Through the ownership changes of the Colony Shopping center we have been treated respectfully and fairly. A larger concern has been trying to find ways to keep sales from dropping too much, or ways to diversify our inventory to provide other products customers may want.

LOCAL “THE MAIN TIDE WE STRUGGLE AGAINST IS THE BATTLE NOT TO LOSE OUR CUSTOMERS TO THE INTERNET ,EVEN THOUGH VALDIMIR PUTIN IS MUCH LESS LIKELY TO HACK YOUR PEOPLE MAGAZINE.” B.M.: Do you think Malibu Newsstand is a victim of changing times - like bookstores and other retail affected by the Internet?

N.S.:We are most certainly affected by this internet of which you speak. It has changed nearly every type of business and ours is acutely susceptible to internet disruption. Eventually they will probably just get a steam engine (with an 80 megapixel camera) to do my job.

B.M.: You said you usually get five issues of the LA Times and barely sell them in the morning. How many issues would you get in the past, and how many would sell?

N.S.: We would get 30-40 daily and sell 2/3 or more. On Sundays the numbers would be about double.

B.M.: Have you seen a decrease in interest/sales in other products at the newsstand?

N.S.: We sell less cigarettes these days. Turns out smoking isn’t the cool, harmless refreshment Santa Claus and the American Medical Association once told us it was. We carry cigarettes for the customers, but we don’t promote them and don’t encourage people to do it. Also, people aren’t as interested in maps or postcards as they used to be, or our beautiful artisanal whale oil lamps.

B.M.: Are there people who were regulars there who don’t come around any more?

N.S. Of course, due to a myriad of reasons. There are still those who can enjoy the experience of reading a printed publication or book. However, our demographics seem to skew older all the time. Sadly we’ve also seen a few of our beloved regular customers pass away during our time here. Even though we get less and less people, we still get a fair amount of people. Even though it seems we are running out of time, we still have Time ( I have even more bad magazine puns).

B.M.: What will it take to save the newsstand? What can people do to help?

N.S.: If we can get the landlord to provide rent assistance and people to make an effort to patronize the Stand a few times a month if it’s an institution they would like to see continue. We also have a GoFundMe account for anyone who would like to contribute: GoFundme.com/Malibu. We are also looking to have a fundraiser at Casa Escobar in November. We have been putting money into the Newsstand for a couple of years and simply don’t have the resources to continue doing so. I love the newsstand and have many, many great memories and will happily keep it going if it is financially feasible.

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WELLNESS

Coco Chanel freed woman from the corset and its wires 70 years ago. In those days (and even in recent times) women believed they had to wear corsets and other confining garments to accentuate their curves. Ouch! Chanel believed that comfort is a form of luxury and if the clothes weren’t comfortable, they weren’t luxurious. Comfortable is sexy!

During the feminist movement in the 1960’s, women were encouraged by social activists like Gloria Steinem to burn their bras in a symbolic declaration of independence and power.

Today, the landscape has shifted to also include a focus on breast health and cancer prevention.

Studies show that a shocking one in eight women will develop breast cancer… so why not do everything we can to beat the odds?

Time to go Wireless!

The type of bra you choose, (preferably with foam fabric and dyes toxin free) how tight (size matters) and the length of time you wear it, can all influence the blockage of lymphatic drainage (the breasts are the second most porous part of your body with the most elaborate lymphatic system) This can suggest that wearing a bra, especially one with an underwire, may contribute to the development of breast cancer. Think about this… the lymph nodes are the trash cans of the organs. If the breasts are encased in a wire where do the toxins go? Furthermore, try tying a wire around your finger and see how long before you lose circulation.

COULD WEARING AN

UNDERWIRE

BE UNDERMINING

YOUR BREAST HEALTH?

BY DIANA NICHOLSON

A Harvard University study conducted by Singer and Grismaijer from their 1995 book, “Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras”studied 5000 women between 1991 and 1993. They discovered that breast cancer risk dramatically increased in women who wore their bras over 12 hours per day. Their other findings included: Women who wore their bras 24 hours per day had a 3 out of 4 chance of developing breast cancer.

Women who wore their bras for more than 12 hours but not to bed had a 1 in 7 risk for breast cancer Wearing a bra less than 12 hours per day dropped breast cancer risk to 1 in 152.

Women who never or rarely wore bras had a 1 in 168 risk for breast cancer.

Overall, women who wore their bras 24 hours per day increased their breast cancer risk by 125 times over women who rarely or never wore a bra.

Another cancer-related concern has been raised about bras with an underwire and their ability to magnify and sustain electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) and radiation from things like cell phones and Wi-Fi. This may seem preposterous but it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. Science has known for some time that metal objects can be used to sustain and magnify radiation.

Things to consider:

Another cancer-related concern has been raised about bras with an underwire and their ability to magnify and sustain electromagnetic frequencies.

Purchase bras without an underwire.

Never carry your cell phone in a breast pocket, pants pocket, or in your bra. Always use an earpiece or speaker phone, keeping the phone away from your body.

Reduce the time you wear your bra by several hours each day. Try going bra-free once you come home from work instead of wearing it up until bedtime.

Never wear your bra to bed.

Just ask yourself for any part of your body, is it better to restrict it or activate it? And remember about those toxins “if it’s on you, its in you” - trust your intuition!

Trained as a Health Coach at the Institute For Integrative Nutrition, Diana received her Pilate’s certification at Long Beach Dance and Conditioning. She enjoys sharing a holistic approach to health and wellness that achieves lasting results.

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WELLNESS

MALIBU CELEBRATES A

VIBRANT

NEW DIRECTION IN BREAST HEALTH VIBRANT BODY COMPANY LAUNCHES A REVOLUTIONARY BRA CONCEPT BORN IN MALIBU, DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

MEET THE VISIONARY: Social impact investor and longtime Malibu local Michael Drescher, Founder, Principal of Vibrant LLC, has dedicated years of effort and energy behind the Vibrant Bra. Why? Like us all, knowing so many who suffer from breast health issues, including losing some to breast cancer, Drescher immersed himself in the knowledge of how the true anatomical body works, and the delicate lymphatic system that surrounds and cleanses a woman’s breasts.

And so began the Vibrant journey. Drescher spent the last eight years traveling the world; from Germany to Hong Kong, London, Paris, Sri Lanka, NYC & Los Angeles, learning and searching for the right combination of forward thinkers in science, design, and sourcing of a completely toxin free and wire-free bra. After extensive market research and a plethora of prototypes, not to mention hundreds of women who have wear-tested this groundbreaking product, Drescher has now manifested in delivering a patented product that has brought a new vision to women’s intimates and is a bra that women love!!! These bras are, and always will be, toxin and wire-free,with amazing support and comfort. He adds that this journey has been a collective effort of like-minded people working together to truly deliver on the Vibrant Body Company mission of: “We aspire to change the way women feel & think about their breasts and their bras.” Vibrant Body Company.

Un-bra yourself.

YOU’RE INVITED!

On Sunday, October 30th, Vibrant Body Company will be having a soft launch of their Vibrant One Bra at The Sunset Restaurant from 12-2 pm. with light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres. 6800 Westward Beach Rd, Malibu, CA 90265 310.589.1007 vibrantbodycompany.com @myvibrantbody

Malibu gets the

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The Vibrant Comfort Cup supports the entire breast, 20-year utility patent on 11 features, Ergonomic, wireless support, 100% non-toxic OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified, natural look and feel.

Your purchase of a Vibrant bra helps support a variety of women’s organizations who work on behalf of breast health and breast education. If you or your organization would like to join, we’d love to hear from you. vibrantbodycompany.com I Use code: THELOCAL I Receive a discount on your first purchase.

Photo: Lesley Pedraza

Founder Michael Drescher with Gloria Steinem

Photo: ©Amy Boyle Photography

OPINION

WHAT THE LOCALS ARE SAYING WHEN THE COMMUNITY SPEAKS, WE LISTEN

MALIBU’S SELF-DETERMINATION

Malibu Planning Commissioner David Brotman recently made some written statements about my position, and that of Skylar Peak and Jefferson Wagner. Some of his statements are incorrect. I want to set the record straight.

Mr. Brotman betrays his belief that if Malibu doesn’t develop Bluffs Park Open Space then Joe Edmiston will have free reign to build his campgrounds that were approved by the Coastal Commission. That somehow it’s either develop that area or there will be campgrounds. Let me address this directly: that is false. It is true that the Coastal Commission approved an “override” of Malibu’s Local Coastal Program by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in 2010 that included a camping plan that was in violation of its own Coastal Act. The Coastal Commission was taken to court by the Ramirez Canyon Preservation Fund, of which I am President, and the City of Malibu over this approval. The reason my organization joined the lawsuit, at great expense to the residents of Ramirez Canyon, is because we did not want the City of Malibu to negotiate away the rights of the residents of Malibu by “settling” with the Conservancy prior to trial. We ensured that the case went to court and because of that decision, Malibu achieved a victory and won. The Coastal Commission appealed and lost again. They then petitioned to prevent the decision from begin published so that it could not be used as precedent in future cases by other municipalities. That petition was denied.

The victors in this case were the people of Malibu. What was determined was that the City of Malibu, not the Coastal Commission nor the Conservancy, has the right to approve development within the Malibu even on State owned property. This was a huge victory for the City and all coastal cities in California who have been bullied by the Conservancy and the Coastal Commission. This means, and Mr. Brotman should know this as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Malibu, that the Conservancy can’t put campgrounds on Bluff’s without the City’s approval. All entities must get approval from the City for those developments. This victory was achieved from the efforts of Ramirez Canyon residents, whom I helped lead in this effort. In addition to this legal triumph - the City of Malibu’s fees were reimbursed by the State for this case.

Through the years I have gotten the impression from Council Members that they were intimidated by State agencies like the Conservancy and the Coastal Commission. A City government cannot be intimidated, it must be willing to fight and I have proven that as a council member I will. The cities and towns are where the rubber meets the road and the County and State agencies should support us, not close down communication and dictate to the residents. This is America, not some authoritarian state.

The kind of fear-mongering that Commissioner Brotman brought up about there being a regional overnight campground being built is simply not true. Malibu has the power to approve or disapprove of that. Most of the people that I talk to as I campaign are in agreement with me: they want to preserve Malibu and ease the congestion on PCH and “avoid suburbanization of our natural resources.” I do not support those overnight campgrounds as he seems to suggest and have done more than anyone to ensure that they will not be there. I am dedicated to protecting Malibu’s open spaces and as a Fire Captain I am keenly aware of the need to keeping them free of activities that increase the fire hazard to the residents of Malibu. - By Rick Mullen

“Jennifer DeNicola’s fight for teacher and student health is a good one, but as a transplant from Chicago and Arizona, she has not been in touch with Malibu or its history.

We locked horns with her during her first year here.At the top of her property (where she put a bench in order to view the ocean), DeNicola was not so happy with a 150 year-old Agave cactus at the edge of her neighbor’s property. One day I drove by and saw that she had hired some gardeners to completely eradicate the offending cactus on the neighbors property. Even if DeNicola sought the consent of the neighbor to take it down, I was completely stunned at the shortsightedness and the destruction of a cactus field I had grown up with. It was a beautiful century plant, with spires of flowers, twenty-five feet tall, and it was here before the PCH was built. I have a severe disrespect of defacing something so graceful and historic to Malibu.” - Bill Stange” - Bill Stange

“NOT IN TOUCH WITH MALIBU”

This cactus field just above Rambla Vista, in the 1930

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Janet Friesen Charlotte Frieze Jones Danny Fuller Thom Furtado Carol Gable Max Gail Vincent Gallo Chris Garcia Glen Gerson Keegan Gibbs Tanya Gibbs Linda Gibbs Richard Gibbs NamHee Gilhuly Ted Gillespie Dolores Gillham Errol Ginsberg Andrew Glennon Georgia Goldfarb Leslie Goldstein Barbara Graff Yvonne Green Lia Gregg David Guilburt Kendal Guilburt Suzanne Guldimann Carol Hahn Logan Hall Laird Hamilton Lily Harfouche Terry Harmon Simone Harrer Leo Harrington Eamon Harrington Ed Harris Seth Hartenbach Peter Haynes Pete Haynes Norman Haynie Tim Hazelip Patt Healy Brendan Hearne Bradley Heinrich Manfred Heiting Helene Henderson Don Henley Sharon Henley Muriel Herrera Lyon Herron Margaret Herron Barbie Herron Jules Hershfeld Lysa Heslov John Hildebrand Henry Holguin Kathryn Holguin Tony Hotchkiss William Hotkain Stella Hopkins Brandon Howlett Scott Hubbel Mourielle Hurtado

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Judi Hutchinson Greg Hutto Judith Israel Chris Jack Nicki Jack Chris Jackson Andrew Jacobson Dru Ann Jacobson Jake Jacobson Jaime Jacobson Kelly Jacobson Brandon Jenner Leah Jenner Brody Jenner John Johannessen Kevin John Elisabeth Johnson Monica Johnson Bobby Johnson Peter Jones Mo Joyce Darragh Joyce Dalila Jusic-LaBerge Willow Kalatchi Bertan Kalatchi Lori Kantor Jae Flora Katz Jeff Katz David Katz Jonathan Kaye Justin Kell Lucile Keller

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