City Staff Recommends Dan Blocker Beach Plan Approval

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A sign posted on a fence at Dan Blocker Beach notifies the public of the pending access improvement project for the beach, which has been owned by the public since 1979 but remains hard to access. LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky estimates the county will break ground on the project by April 2014. 

The Malibu Planning Commission will meet on Monday, Jan. 6, to potentially approve a permit application for the county to begin constructing a public access improvement project at Dan Blocker Beach. 

Planning staff is recommending approval of the plans, according to a city staff report. 

Blueprints for the Dan Blocker Beach Access Improvement Project include plans for 14 parking spaces with 90-minute metered parking, one ADA-compliant parking space, a 242-square-foot public restroom, concrete picnic tables, three public viewing areas and concrete benches. 

Publicly owned since 1979 but never made easily accessible, the LA County Department of Public Works is seeking permit approval on $5.5-million plans to improve public access at the beach. Currently, the one-mile stretch of shoreline is encumbered by tattered fencing and overgrown dry brush. 

County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky estimates construction could get under way as soon as April 2014.