Malibu Appoints New City Building Official For Woolsey Rebuild

MALIBU, CA — The City of Malibu hired Yolanda Bundy to serve as the Environmental Sustainability Department Director/City Building Official, the City announced Teusday.

Bundy is filling the role that has been vacant since Craig George retired. She brings years of "highly relevant professional experience" and leadership to Malibu’s post-Woolsey Fire rebuilding efforts, as well as the City's ongoing regular building safety and environmental issues, the press release said.

"The City is proud to welcome Yolanda Bundy, who brings a valuable combination of experience, education and local knowledge, having worked on post-fire rebuilding in a neighboring coastal, hillside community that will be very applicable to Malibu’s challenges," said Mayor Karen Farrer.

Bunday said she's honored to accept the position and looks forward to joining the talented Malibu team. She will bring with her lessons she learned while in a leadership role during the City of Ventura's rebuilding efforts after the Thomas Fire, and she has a lot to contribute to Malibu's rebuilding efforts after the Woolsey fire, she said.

"I’m confident that with the broad management skills I’ve developed in the course of my career and the direction provided by City Manager Reva Feldman, I can be of service to the community," Bundy said. "I’m here to serve the community, and I’m fully committed to the City of Malibu and its residents."

Bundy served as the Chief Building Official for the City of Ventura starting in 2014, managing all services and operations of the City’s Building and Safety Division. In this role, she led the permitting and review work on rebuilding more than 520 homes destroyed by the Thomas Fire in December 2018.

Prior to City of Ventura, Bundy was a Plan Check Engineer for the City of Santa Paula and worked for California Code Check as a Plan Check Engineer. She is also a registered Civil Engineer in California with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Structural Engineering from California State University, Northridge.

She has multiple International Code Council certifications including Certified Building Official and Certified Fire Code Official and is a California Emergency Management Agency Safety Assessment Program Evaluator and Coordinator. In June 2019, Bundy was selected as the Safer City Building Official of the Year by the Southern California Structural Engineers Association as part of their annual Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards.

"The City is committed to doing everything possible to help residents rebuild, and the City Council established Woolsey Fire rebuilding as Malibu’s highest priority after ensuring public safety," the City of Malibu said.

Bundy will work in close partnership with the City’s Environmental Sustainability Manager/Deputy Building Official Andrew Sheldon, who has been serving as Acting ESD Director/Building Official.