Lyon Submits Council Candidate Nomination Papers

The Malibu  election could soon have its first official candidate. Third-generation Malibu resident Andy Lyon, 49, submitted his nomination papers at  on Friday.

The papers contain at least 20 signatures, which is required by city law. The  next week will verify with the Los Angeles County Registrar that at least 20 of the signatures are from registered Malibu voters.

Lyon is a realtor and surfer. His face is also nationally recognizable for a Subaru commercial that has aired numerous times in which a father speaks to a daughter before her first drive. The daughter is shown as a little girl and then as an older girl. The two actresses in the commercial are Lyon's real-life daughters Georgie, 6, and Lanna, 18.

Lyon was the first potential candidate to pull papers from City Hall on Dec. 19, the first day people were allowed to do that. He told Malibu Patch he was motivated to run because of the  and the plan for , both of which he opposes (a video of the interview is attached).

Four other people have pulled papers for potential council runs—incumbents John Sibert and Jefferson "Zuma Jay" Wagner, "Malibu" Hamish "The Illusion" Patterson and former Council member Joan House. All four have said they intend to run. Sibert and Wagner have until Jan. 13 to return their papers to City Hall. Patterson, House and anybody else who might pull papers have a Jan. 18 deadline.

The top three vote-getters in this election earn spots on the council. Election Day is April 10.