Despite what was reported in our local papers and confirmed by the City Council, Joe Edmiston does not have a signed Draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) despite what he says. So there is still time to protest this ridiculous power play to add more than 20 overnight camping sites and campfire areas to Charmlee and Ramirez Canyon. The $100,000 inducement to Charmlee is just a coincidence (wink, wink).
So far we have had a raft of fires in the last seven days on Catalina, in Griffith Park, Riverside and elsewhere, but that does not seem to sway our beloved city fathers to drop the campfire provision yet. Even the front page of this newspaper had a story about the red flag alert this week in Malibu.
The Los Angeles Times ran a story this week listing some of Los Angeles’ worst blazes. Of the 20, guess where eight were? That’s right, Malibu. So let’s throw another coal on the barbie and finish this place off, Joe!
Susan Tellem