Indictments allege Davis conspired with Nancy New to send $48,000 in block grant money to pay for Brett DiBiase’s drug rehabilitation in Malibu, California, in early 2019. Payments were made to a company owned by Brett DiBiase supposedly for his teaching classes about drug abuse, with Davis and Smith falsifying invoices and other records ...

The City of Malibu and its residents are facing a legal challenge to the way in which members of city council are chosen from the current at-large election system to a by-district system. While city council, under some restrictive time constraints, has opted to allow citizens to determine whether they desire the change through a ballot ...

The workshops are identical. One will take place Thursday, February 20 at 6 p.m. at Malibu City Hall (23825 Stuart Ranch Rd, Malibu, CA 90265). The second workshop will be on Saturday, February 22 at 10 a.m. at Malibu City Hall. The City will conduct an online survey in February to gather community input on how to become more resilient to ...

In 2018, Young blasted “our so-called president” over his denial of climate science after losing his Malibu, California, home to a wildfire. “Imagine a leader who defies science, saying these solutions shouldn’t be part of his decision-making on our behalf,” said Young. “Imagine a leader who cares more for his own, convenient ...

If a government agency sent their minions out to arrest you just because you publicly disagreed with what the agency wanted to do, well, people would be outraged and rushing to court shouting “First Amendment!” If a government agency came to the ...

In order to address homelessness in Malibu, Council Member Mikke Pierson made a motion during City Council on Monday, Jan. 13, to schedule a special meeting to discuss the issue. In 2019, the increase in homeless individuals in California was higher than that of all other states combined, according to a statement released by the U.S ...

The City of Malibu is one step closer to implementing nighttime parking restrictions on two segments of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)—one near Las Tunas Beach and one near the Malibu Pier. On Monday, Jan. 13, the City Council voted, 4-0, to approve the resolution. The council also voted to bring a resolution with similar parking restrictions ...

In a letter dated Oct. 25, attorney Milton Grimes threatened the City of Malibu with litigation under the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) of 2001. The letter, officially received by the city clerk’s office on Oct. 28, alleged Malibu’s at-large ...

Flanzer spent 18 months in addiction treatment at a rehab center on the beach in Malibu, California, and received a no-jail plea deal. His attorney, Stephen Romine, made a maximum donation of $1,000 to Brodsky’s reelection campaign in the middle of the plea negotiations. Chittaro called that incident “troubling” and said that the “State ...

As previously reported in The Malibu Times, that letter, officially received by the city clerk’s office on Oct. 28, alleged the city’s election system violated the California Voting Rights Act, due to Malibu’s at-large voting. “I write on behalf of our client, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, and its members residing in ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has scheduled an insurance workshop to take place at Malibu City Hall on Thursday, Jan. 30. The event, previously announced for Jan. 16, was rescheduled to the later date. Lara, an elected official who heads up the state’s department of insurance, scheduled the workshop “to offer community ...

The year began with anger, confusion, pain and uncertainty about the future on all sides. The County of Los Angeles and the City of Malibu were just as overwhelmed as the residents. Finger pointing, commiserating and rumors were the currency of the day. Woolsey was larger than anyone (state, county, or city) had contemplated. The response ...

The amendment now goes to the California Coastal Commission for approval. Local resident Barry Haldeman, an attorney by trade, has been the unofficial organizer of Malibu opposition to the LCP amendment. “At least we have time to marshal our resources before the item is placed on the agenda of a Coastal Commission meeting,” he said in a ...

On Dec. 9, Malibu City Council is expected to once again discuss a proposed anticoagulant rodenticide ban—a ban on poison bait boxes that kill rats and other small rodents. Though designed as pest control, the practice of poisoning rats is known to spread poison up the food chain to pets, birds and larger mammals, including mountain lions.

At Monday evening’s city council meeting, council members discussed asking California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara—who is scheduled to hold a public meeting in Malibu Jan. 16—to pursue rewarding Malibu residents who have improved the fire resilience of their homes with lower insurance rates. On Dec. 5, with the passing of Senate ...

Malibu City Council voted unanimously, 5-0, Monday night to approve a $67,000 project to install five water bottle filling stations across the city. The construction of the project will be executed by Zusser Company, Inc. One of the filling stations will be indoors at the Michael Landon Community Center, and four will be outdoors at each of the ...

In October, Lincoln received a demand letter from the Malibu-based law firm Shenkman & Hughes ... Elk Grove and Davis — have already made the switch to district-based elections this year after firms threatened to sue under the California Voting Rights Act. The attorneys claim the municipalities violated state law because at-large elections ...

The City of Malibu (City) is a coastal city located in the northwestern portion of Los Angeles County, California has a population of approximately 13,000. The City was incorporated in 1991, operates under the Council/Manager form of government and is considered a contract city. The five members of the City Council are elected at-large.

A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the California Voting Rights Act and the City of Poway’s conversion ... The City Council went to the new system reluctantly in October 2017 after Malibu attorney Kevin Shenkman threatened to sue the city under the provision of the Voting Rights Act. Shenkman had sent similar ...

City Council was greeted with a full house in the Civic Theater at City Hall for a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 3, regarding one of the most hot button issues in the city: short-term rental regulations. This meeting comes on the heels of an Oct. 28 ...