LETTER: An Open Letter to Malibu City Hall

In California alone: Ojai, San Francisco, Sausalito, Sonoma, Benicia, Arcata, San Juan Bautista, Pacific Grove, Coronado, Calistoga, Solvang, Carmel, etc., with more coming, all have highly successful, effective and fully legal Formula Ordinances as law in their cities.  

Upheld in court, a Formula Ordinance is legal and constitutional in California.   Malibu can’t allow loud chest pounding with fictitious claims by a handful of developers, who fear that Malibu might actually grow a backbone, to stand in the way of following our own General Plan. 

Their Mall-mentality is burying Malibu, destroying the rare character of this incredible town - we all know it, we all see it and we've had it! Residents, if you want a truthful count of percent of retail chains in each Cross Creek mall - just go count them. Irrefutable! Solid facts on record at our City have confirmed the critical need for this Ordinance for Malibu for over 2 years. 

There’s a good reason this Ordinance has moved forward at our City. Bullying is not tolerated in schoolyards; it must never be allowed to dictate our City laws.   Malibu has been trying since 2006, it's long overdue for this Formula Ordinance to be implemented on our books.  City Hall – do it right, make it effective and get it done now! 

Over 120 local residents signed this letter in a matter of hours:

Nancy Kearson
Steve Rucker 
Janet Hirsch-Ettenger
Remy O'Neill
Debbi Stone
Bruce Dunn 
Robby Mazza  
Bibi Jordan  
Carol Moss  
Candace Brown
Helen Zoloth 
Arthur Zoloth 
Carol Gable
Bill Sampson
Mari Stanley 
Mace Stanley  
Judi Hutchinson 
Rosemary Sampson
Sally Benjamin 
Hanz Laetz
Carla McCloskey   
John Mazza  
Caytlyn McCloskey 
J. Flora-Katz  
Andy Lyon 
Frank Angel
Brian Eamer  
Julie Eamer  
Diana Mullen 
R. Matheson      
Barbara Fish  
Pam Conley Ulich  
Robert Heinz
Sally Dunn 
Kim Ledoux   
Elizabeth Heinz
Patt Healy
Kerry Beth Daly   
Kathy Zatarga 
Colette Brooks
Julie Tobias 
Gigi Goyette
Richard Gary
Elsa Gary 
Chris Beaty
Nicki Jack
Graham Penniman 
Amy Povah  
Linda Gibbs 
Alicia Sky Kunerth 
Richard Lawrence 
Barbara Lawrence  
Gill Sharp-Randall 
Susan Tellem
Meredith Lobel Angel 
Wendy Clark 
Michael Osterman
Hamish Patterson   
Sal Fish
Barbara Short 
Merrilyn Romen
Fiona Angel   
Levanah Shell Bdolak
Lauren Peterson
Robin Spivack 
Lawrence Weisdorn
James Mitchell-Clyde 
Jane Coben 
Marshall Coben 
Linde Schmidt
Kelly Persson
Deb Norton 
Garrett Eamer 
Bruce Rays 
Miriam Birch Pennington
Jason LaBerge 
John Adams    
Felicia Martinez      
Jim Haynie 
Maggie Causey 
Jenifer Meissner 
Linda Castellucci
Mike Gacad 
Sue Gacad
Vicky Arnold
Grazia McEwen
Bernard Resnick
Rheta Resnick 
Ellen Cooper 
Cindy Vandor 
Ash Adams
Ron Vandor  
Chris Benjamin 
Gaby Morgerman 
Jeffrey Charles  
Kathy Sullivan
Cort Day 
Claudine Book
Molly Ross
Beryl Scoles
Ann Karam 
Judie Stein
Cori Lowe
John Baier 
Dean Ruiz
Lisa Yuhasz
June Louks  
Geraldine Fiske
Antonio Castellanos
Kloie Karels
Louis Spirito
Eugenie Spirito 
Amanda Tolbert
Bruce Greenspan
Jenifer Jourdanne
Lisa Yuhasz
Bernie Beldner
Geraldine Fiske
Zoe Castellanos

Preserve Malibu

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